The Federal Government has urged local vehicle assemblers to increase production, improve quality and strengthen after-sales services as part of efforts to promote domestic manufacturing under the Nigeria First Policy. Speaking in Abuja, the Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, said Nigeria’s vehicle assembly plants have an annual…
By Ayomide Otitoju Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe has convened a ministerial committee comprising security agencies and power sector stakeholders to address the vandalism of electricity infrastructure across Nigeria. The committee was established to develop coordinated measures to prevent attacks on generation, transmission and distribution assets, which disrupt electricity supply, increase repair costs and undermine…
By Ayomide Otitoju A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Panama on Friday, damaging buildings and roads and injuring at least 27 people, with no fatalities reported, according to the country’s National Civil Protection System. The shallow tremor was felt across the Central American country, which has a population of about 4.5 million, prompting residents to evacuate buildings…
By Ayomide Otitoju The All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin its presidential campaign in Kaduna on October 24, 2026, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, AbdulAziz Yari, disclosed this on Friday while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa….
By Ayomide Otitoju US President Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay, describing the choice as “disgraceful” and claiming the honour should have gone to him. Pillay was announced as the laureate on Friday in recognition of her…
By Ayomide Otitoju A High Court sitting in Koton-Karfe, Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State, has dismissed a suit challenging the tenure of local government officials, ruling that the Kogi State Electoral Law is not inconsistent with the Electoral Act or the 1999 Constitution, as amended. Justice Aminu Eri, in his judgment on Friday,…
By Ayomide Otitoju A Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja has issued bench warrants for the arrest of former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, former Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and two others over allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and the presentation of false documents. The other individuals named in the warrants are Timothy Ama Chuks and…
By Ayomide Otitoju Nigeria recorded 263 deaths from Lassa fever and 1,115 confirmed cases between January and September 20, 2026, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The agency disclosed this in its situation report for September 14–20, which showed that the case fatality rate (CFR) rose to 23.6 per cent,…
Protests against foreign nationals turned violent in parts of South Africa on Thursday, with vehicles set ablaze and foreign-owned shops looted amid renewed tensions over immigration and asylum applications. Violence was reported in Soweto, Johannesburg, and the coastal city of Durban, following fresh demonstrations by groups campaigning against undocumented migration. In Durban, allegations that a…
