January 2026 – Page 28

Enugu Police Arraign Man Over Alleged Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl

29.01.2026

…as State Gov’t vows more crackdown The Enugu State Police Command have arraigned a 42-year-old man, Edwin Eze, before a magistrate’s court for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at Mburubu, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. This was even as the Enugu State Government vowed more crackdown on child molesters, reiterating...

FG, World Bank, NGF Collaborate On Basic Education, Primary Healthcare Reform

29.01.2026

The World Bank–assisted Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity Governance (HOPE-GOV) Program of the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning has engaged the Nigeria Governors‘ Forum (NGF) to support the implementation of governance reforms in the management of basic education and primary healthcare across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal...

Court Orders Jet Forfeiture Over Unpaid Customs Duties

29.01.2026

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture of a Bombardier BD-700 Global 6000 aircraft, with registration mark 9H-GVG and manufacturer’s serial number 9470, operated by Orlean Invest Africa Limited, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The court, in its judgment delivered on January 22 in suit number...

Abiodun Commissions Afon Township Road, Orders Reconstruction Of Olorunda–Imeko Road

29.01.2026

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday commissioned the Afon Township Road in Imeko-Afon Local Government and ordered the immediate reconstruction of the Olorunda–Imeko Road. The Afon Township Road, originally constructed in 1959 by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was commissioned at a ceremony held in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area. Speaking at the...

Senate Urges FG To Fix Collapsed Bridge, Onitsha-Owerri Road In Anambra

29.01.2026

The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Works and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, (FERMA), to undertake an immediate engineering inspection of the collapsed old bridge and all failed sections of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, including Okija section. The Senate also mandated its Committee on Works to oversee all intervention activities concerning the Okija...

Insecurity: 24-Hour Curfew Imposed On Kwara Community

29.01.2026

A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the entire Oro-Ago District in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State to enable the troops rout out bandits and kidnappers from the area. The Local Government Chairman, Hadji Abdulrasheed, Femi Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. It would be recalled that Kwara South Senatorial District,...

Air France Water Protest Video is Old, NCAA Clarifies

28.01.2026

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority said the viral video of passengers on an Air France flight aggressively demanding water is old and has no link to any Abuja-bound flight, despite claims circulating on social media. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, on Saturday, said preliminary findings by the...

PS Engages NIWA Management On Waterways Safety, Service Delivery

28.01.2026

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (FMM&BE), Hajiya Fatima Sugra Tabi’a Mahmood, has engaged the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on strengthening safety and improving service delivery across Nigeria’s inland waterways. The meeting, held in Abuja, was focused on familiarising the permanent secretary with NIWA’s operations...

Oyegun, Utomi Head ADC Manifesto C’ttee

28.01.2026

Former Edo State governor John Odigie Oyegun, and former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Prof. Pat Utomi, are heading a 50-member committee of ADC Policy and Manifesto Committee. Former National Vice Chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will serve as Secretary of the committee, which has former People’s Democratic...

Varsity Students Can Write UTME, Warns Against Non-Disclosure

28.01.2026

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked claims circulating on social media that candidates currently enrolled in tertiary institutions were barred from registering for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), describing the narrative as a deliberate distortion of its guidelines. In a statement signed by the Public Communication Advisor (PCA) to JAMB, Dr...