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The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has extended the deadline for submitting memoranda and position papers to 5 p.m. West Africa Time on Friday, August 21, 2026. Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu and chairman of the working group, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, announced the extension on Thursday. He said the move would give stakeholders more time to prepare thorough, well-considered contributions to the proposed legislation. The group stressed its commitment to broad consultation so that informed perspectives from Nigerians and relevant institutions can shape the bill. The legislation is expected to establish the operational, administrative,…

The Federal Government, aviation sector unions and airline operators on Wednesday reached a set of resolutions aimed at resolving lingering tensions in Nigeria’s aviation industry. The agreement followed an emergency meeting convened by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, in response to recent disruptions that affected operations at the Abuja and Lagos airports. The meeting served as a follow-up to earlier engagements with the unions and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) after the temporary suspension of industrial action on Tuesday, 11 August 2026. The goal was to restore cooperation and stability across the sector. According to…

Donald Trump is facing a federal lawsuit over a new service that charges subscribers for early access to posts from his Truth Social account and those of several senior US officials. The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, seeking to block the White House from using Truth Social as an exclusive channel for official government announcements while the paid service, known as Truth API, remains in operation. Launched on August 1 by Trump Media & Technology Group, Truth API charges subscribers as much as $100,000 a month for early access…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has alleged the killing of Dele Ayegbo, nephew of the party’s governorship campaign Director-General, Wole Oke, in Esa-Oke, Obokun Local Government Area. According to the APC state spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, Ayegbo was shot dead on Wednesday night in the Idofin area of Esa-Oke. Olabisi said the victim was attacked at a road junction near his residence by suspected hoodlums who arrived in a vehicle. He alleged that supporters of the Accord Party were behind the attack, accusing them of targeting APC members and supporters across the state. The APC spokesperson said two…

Members of the National Council for Finance and Economic Development (NCFED) are set to converge on Owerri, Imo State, for a four-day conference aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s fiscal and economic framework. The conference, the first NCFED meeting to be held in the Southeast geopolitical zone, is scheduled to commence on Monday, August 16, at the Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu International Convention Centre (EIICC), Owerri. The event, with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy as chairman, is expected to attract financial experts, state commissioners for finance, accountants-general of states and other key stakeholders from across the 36 states…

The kidnappers holding Chief Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, Chairman of Jezco Group and a prominent Anambra businessman, have increased their ransom demand to N1.5 billion, according to a source close to the family. Ezeokafor, a septuagenarian, was abducted in the early hours of Tuesday while travelling to a prayer ground for his annual spiritual retreat. He left his home around 2 a.m. without his security detail, leaving him exposed to the attackers. The abductors initially demanded N700 million. The family indicated readiness to negotiate, but the kidnappers later raised the figure to N1.5 billion. Communication between the family and the captors…

Human rights lawyer and activist Professor Chidi Odinkalu has described the NGO Regulation Bill before the National Assembly as the most dangerous piece of legislation proposed in Nigeria since the return to democracy in 1999. The bill has already passed first and second readings in the House of Representatives and is now before the House Committee on NGOs, which is due to hold a public hearing in Abuja later this month. Speaking in the capital on Thursday, Odinkalu said the proposed law would place almost every non-governmental activity under federal control, with far-reaching consequences for civil liberties. He warned that…

The Federal Government has begun a nationwide six-month revalidation and re-certification exercise for all cooperative societies and signed an agreement to introduce a national digital identity and governance platform for the sector. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Wednesday in Abuja by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Marcus Olaniyi Ogunbiyi, on behalf of the ministry. The partners are the Cooperative Federation of Nigeria (CFN) and Seamfix Limited. The signing took place on the second day of the National Technical Workshop on Cooperative Sector Digitalisation. Minister of State for Agriculture and Food…

The United States has launched an inter-agency task force aimed at stopping birth tourism and has already revoked more than 600 visas held by foreign nationals around the world. The Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, announced by the Department of State under President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, targets the practice of non-citizens traveling to the US primarily to give birth so their children can obtain American citizenship. Officials said the effort forms part of a wider campaign to protect the integrity of US citizenship and ensure non-immigrant visas are used only for their intended purposes. The…

Sokoto State Police Command has recorded significant gains against kidnapping and violent crime, arresting a suspected serial kidnapper and rescuing a 10-year-old boy who was found stuffed inside a sack. In the first operation, Anti-Kidnapping Unit officers, acting on intelligence, raided a hideout in Tudun Doki Village, Gwadabawa Local Government Area, at about 2:00 pm on August 8. They arrested Abdullahi Buba, popularly known as “Osho.” Police said preliminary interrogation linked him to a criminal syndicate involved in multiple kidnappings and the illegal collection of levies from residents in Gwadabawa, Kware and Gada local government areas. Buba is currently cooperating…