Customs records ₦2.7bn seizures
The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded seizures worth over ₦2.7 billion and exceeded its 2025 revenue target, reflecting what officials described as improved enforcement and compliance within the zone. The Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Wale Adewole, disclosed this during his maiden press briefing at the command headquarters on January 29, 2026. Adewole said...
Yobe enrols 30,240 vulnerable residents in state healthcare scheme
The Yobe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency has begun enrolling 30,240 vulnerable residents into the state’s health insurance scheme under the Federal Government-backed Basic Healthcare Provision Fund. The initiative is aimed at improving access to essential medical services for underserved groups and advancing the state’s target of achieving universal health coverage by 2030. Speaking at the launch of the enrolment exercise...
Kebbi sponsors 35 indigent students abroad for medicine, pharmacy studies
Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to expanding access to education, saying children from poor and underprivileged families will be given equal opportunities to succeed. Idris spoke on Tuesday at the Government House in Birnin Kebbi during a farewell ceremony for 35 Kebbi indigenes awarded full scholarships to study Medicine and Pharmacy in Addis Ababa,...
Court threatens to revoke Maina’s bail over trial delays
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has warned former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, that his bail could be revoked over repeated delays in his ongoing fraud trial. Justice Abubakar Kutigi issued the warning on Thursday after Maina’s defence counsel, Mr Achibong, presented a hospital referral and requested an adjournment, citing his...
Nigeria won’t yield to religious extremism — Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s resolve to confront terrorism and religious extremism, saying the country will not bow to violent groups seeking to impose their beliefs through force. Tinubu made the declaration on Thursday in a statement posted on his verified X handle following a deadly attack on the Worro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. The...
Evidence tampering: Court orders DSS, police to probe registrar, defendant in N10.27bn fraud trial
Proceedings in the trial of Ali Bello, a nephew of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, took a dramatic turn on Thursday as a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered an investigation into alleged evidence tampering involving a court registrar and one of the defendants. Justice James Omotosho directed the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force...
Seplat, Guinea Insurance lead as stock market investors gain N1.2trn
The stock market continued its positive trend as investors recorded N1.268 trillion gain on Thursday, February 5, 2026. This uptrend was driven by increased interest in large and mid-cap stocks such as Seplat Energy, Coronation Infrastructure Fund, Guinea Insurance, RT Briscoe, Neimeth International Pharmaceutical, and 50 other advancing stocks. The market capitalisation of listed equities, which opened at N107.861 trillion, gained...
Court sentences three men to death for murder of woman in Osun
An Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo has sentenced three men to death by hanging for the murder of a 52-year-old woman, Asiata Yekeen, in Ile-Ogbo community. The convicts — Muideen Tunji, Yusuf Muslim and Rabiu Fatai — were found guilty of conspiracy, murder and unlawful possession of human parts. Yekeen had earlier been declared missing, prompting concerned relatives to...
Final-year KWASU student dies in accident on way to exam hall
A 400-level student of Kwara State University (KWASU), Idris Agboluaje, has been confirmed dead in an accident in the Malete area of the state. The KWASU Registrar, Dr Kikelomo Sallee, confirmed the incident via a statement issued on Thursday, February 5, 2026. Sallee disclosed that Agboluaje was on his way to the campus to write an examination when the accident happened...
Police arrest man exhuming corpses in Ogun
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a man, Gafaru Rasaki, for allegedly exhuming bodies from a cemetery in Sagamu and being found in possession of four human remains. The command’s spokesperson, Babaseyi Oluseyi, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday, saying the suspect was apprehended by officers of the Shagamu Police Division on January 21, 2026,...
