GUINEA-BISSAU MILITARY SEIZES POWER, SUSPENDS ELECTIONS AFTER HEAVY GUNFIRE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Military officers in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday announced that they had assumed “total control” of the coup-prone West African nation, closing its...
POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT FOR MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY BATHE GIRLFRIEND WITH ACID IN EDO
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Edo State Police Command has commenced a manhunt for Timothy Gilbert, who allegedly poured acid on his 40-year-old girlfriend, Angela...
TINUBU DECLARES NATIONWIDE SECURITY EMERGENCY, ORDERS MASS RECRUITMENT FOR ARMY, POLICE
By Aishat Momoh. O. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency and directed the Nigerian Army and Police to begin massive recruitment...
NASARAWA GOVERNOR SULE PRESENTS N517.5BN ‘BUDGET OF STRATEGIC CONSOLIDATION’ FOR 2026 TO STATE ASSEMBLY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Wednesday presented a ₦517.5 billion budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to the State...
TINUBU NOMINATES NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS FOR US, UK, FRANCE
By Aishat Momoh. O. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated three non-career diplomats as Nigeria’s ambassadors to the United States, the United Kingdom and France....
LAGOS BUDGET HITS N4 TRILLION IN 2026, AS SANWO-OLU PLANS HUGE INVESTMENT IN KEY SECTORS
HOTJIST NEWS •State secured N1 trillion new investment in 2025, projects N3.12trn IGR next year •Tinubu’s reforms bolster Lagos revenue drive — Governor Lagos State...
NDLEA DISMANTLES LAGOS OPIOID CARTEL, SEIZES N6.7BILLION WORTH OF DRUGS
HOTJIST NEWS Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), continuing their nationwide campaign against drug syndicates, have dismantled an opioids cartel in an...
EIGHT DEAD, FOUR WOUNDED IN OYO FATAL ROAD ACCIDENT
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Eight people are confirmed dead, and four others are being treated at Oyo State General Hospital after a crash happened on Tuesday...
CONDOM DISTRIBUTION IN NIGERIA FALLS BY 55 PERCENT- UNAIDS
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has estimated that the distribution of condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention in Nigeria has fallen by 55 per...
BANDITS ABDUCT AT LEAST EIGHT IN KANO VILLAGE RAID AS FEAR GRIPS COMMUNITIES
At least eight persons have been abducted by suspected bandits in Biresawa village, Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State, following a night raid...