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Foreign // February 5, 2026

Trump acknowledges Nigeria’s First Lady Remi Tinubu at US prayer breakfast

WHO: Up to 40% of global cancer cases preventable with policy, behaviour change

Ibadan court orders Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo to operate without interference

Adedeji urges shift from raw exports to innovation-led growth for Nigeria

Running Nigeria’s refineries is financially wasteful – NNPC GCEO Ojulari

Senate retains electronic results transfer, rejects real-time upload

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NDLEA, CSO vow asset seizure as Lagos anti-drug campaign intensifies

February 5, 2026 // 1:17 am

US deploys small military team to boost Nigeria’s counter-terrorism efforts

Lagos

lagos house assembly

Lagos assembly halts Makoko demolition, promises compensation for affected residents

Lagos investment firm employee arraigned over alleged N90m insider fraud

CNG truck crashes into car in Lagos, three injured

Lagos airlifts first batch of Christian pilgrims to Jordan, Israel

Hoodlums disrupt LP-ADC defection event in Lagos’ Alimosho

Oyo

seyi makinde

Makinde confident PDP will prevail in court, vows to protect party in Oyo

Oyo police seize seven over murder, cultism, robbery across state

Two bodies recovered from wells in Ogbomoso, Saki

Makinde assures continuity of governance as Oyo marks 50th anniversary

Police arrest seven suspects over deadly attack on old Oyo National Park

Ogun

violence against women

Ogun govt vows tougher action against gender-based violence, child abuse in 2026

Ogun hands over TASUED to federal government in historic education shift

Ogun govt warns against illegal structures on walkways, highways

Ijebu Diaspora warns Ogun govt against imposing next Awujale

Ogun police arrest 14 suspected cultists, recover arms in Ipara-Remo sweep

Osun

bola oyebamiji

Osun 2026: APC’s Oyebamiji welcomes PDP defectors, dismisses Accord party claims

Osun LG commission deploys five HLGAs amid escalating council control dispute

INEC secures conviction of nine for vote buying in Osun

Adeleke demands release of ₦130bn Osun LG funds, accuses APC of illegal occupation

Adewole celebrates Bisi Akande at 87, says he’s pillar of Nigeria’s democratic journey

Ondo

end kidnapping

Pregnant woman abducted as gunmen attack Ayede community in Akure

Marwa: Terrorists, kidnappers now operate from cannabis communities

Protest rocks Akure North as kidnapping, gun attacks paralyse Airport-Owo road

2027: Aiyedatiwa denies endorsing any aspirant yet

Ondo police rescue two victims after gunmen abduct four in Akure

Ekiti

crime

Ekiti court sentences three men to death for armed robbery

Ekiti police arrest 17 suspected cattle rustlers, recover 558 cattle

Former Ekiti PDP spokesperson defects to APC

Osun, Ekiti off-cycle polls, FCT council elections to test INEC’s 2027 readiness

Ekiti to roll out measles-rubella vaccine, targets children 9 months to 14 years

Opinion & Interview

Fani-Kayode slams ‘faceless’ group calling for FIRS chairman Adedeji’s resignation

Prioritise your security: The Asaba shockwave

Electing visionary leaders for Oyo State NUJ

Makinde’s multi-pronged strategy tames multi-dimensional poverty in Oyo

Education

data-driven decision

Stakeholders push data-driven policy shift in Nigeria’s TVET sector

ssanu

SSANU urges FG to conclude talks with non-teaching unions after ASUU deal

babajide sanwo olu

Panic in Ikorodu as classroom block collapses in Lagos public school

asuu strike

FG-ASUU newly signed deal introduces professorial allowances, ends 16-year dispute

Politics

labour party

LP to begin nationwide congresses, membership revalidation March 2026

president tinubu

Tinubu declares APC governors party leaders in their states

thugs

Hoodlums disrupt LP-ADC defection event in Lagos’ Alimosho

ademola adeleke

APM slams Adeleke over idle ₦10.7bn Oke-Fia bridge, calls project wasteful

Law & Crime

police arrest

Oyo police seize seven over murder, cultism, robbery across state

crime

Lagos investment firm employee arraigned over alleged N90m insider fraud

crime

Police arrest seven suspects over deadly attack on old Oyo National Park

sex trafficking

Alleged human trafficking: NSCDC arrests housewife in Oyo

National

labour party

LP to begin nationwide congresses, membership revalidation March 2026

president tinubu

Tinubu declares APC governors party leaders in their states

hijab in nysc

Muslim women seek review of NYSC uniform to accommodate hijab