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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has insisted that its decision to freeze the Osun State Government’s bank accounts was aimed solely at preventing the alleged diversion of about N11 billion in public funds, and had no link to the state’s approaching governorship election. In a statement released Wednesday night by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the anti-graft agency said it had been investigating the state since March 2026 over the suspected fraudulent handling of Ecology Funds, Intervention Funds and Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations totalling N11 billion. The state’s Accountant-General and other officials have…

Police Scotland is investigating reports that several foreign athletes failed to return home after competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The force confirmed it had received reports of athletes who were unaccounted for. Enquiries are under way, with early contact already made with the UK Home Office to establish the circumstances. Uganda’s NBS Sport reported that four members of the country’s six-person boxing team went missing before their scheduled departure on Tuesday. One of the athletes reportedly told the broadcaster he intended to seek asylum. Pakistan Today also reported that one Pakistani boxer failed to board the team’s return…

Three children were discovered dead at the home of a suspected female native doctor in Ideani community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, authorities and community sources confirmed on Wednesday. A fourth person found at the premises was alive and has been taken to hospital for medical examination. The bodies of the deceased children, said to be aged between six and 15, have been deposited in a mortuary. Police have arrested the woman, whose identity has not been released, and are holding her at Ogidi Police Division. The Anambra State Police Command had not issued an official statement…

The four fundamental rights enforcement suits instituted by the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) against the notorious Tiger Base Unit of the Imo State Police Command came up for the first time today, Wednesday, 5 August 2026, before the Vacation Court sitting in Owerri. The suits were filed on behalf of eight identified victims, all indigenes of Imo State, who alleged serious violations of their constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights by officers attached to the police unit. During proceedings, the court observed that the court bailiff had filed only one proof of service for each suit, rather than…

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the Attorney-General to challenge in court the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s decision to freeze a state government account domiciled with First Bank. The anti-graft agency placed a “Post No Debit” restriction on the account, which sources say is used for the payment of workers’ salaries. Adeleke described the move as a clear breach of the rule of law and demanded that EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede publicly explain the basis for the action and produce the evidence supporting it. Addressing journalists at the Government House in Osogbo, the governor said the restriction and…

The University of Calabar has directed 214 LLB II students who were not originally admitted into the Faculty of Law to return immediately to their former departments. The decision was reached on Tuesday, August 5, 2026, during a meeting involving the university management, the Law Faculty leadership, the affected LLB II class, and the president and vice president of the Law Students’ Association of Nigeria, University of Calabar Chapter (LAWSAN-UCC). According to a press statement from the LAWSAN-UCC executive council, Vice-Chancellor Professor Offiong Offiong disclosed that of the 435 students currently in the LLB II class, only 221 were officially…

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, convicted and sentenced John Nwawuto Anoruo, a 55-year-old man who ran a legal and educational consultancy in Ikorodu, for impersonating a lawyer and possessing a forged Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seal. Justice A.M. Lawal found Anoruo guilty on two counts after he pleaded guilty. The court imposed a total fine of ₦270,000—₦120,000 on the first count and ₦150,000 on the second, payable to the Lagos State Judiciary. The legal practitioner’s attire and the counterfeit NBA seal recovered from him were ordered forfeited to the Federal Government through the…

The Super Falcons of Nigeria will meet Egypt in their final Group C match at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday evening. Kick-off is set for 9pm West African Time at the Stade Olympique de Rabat in Morocco. Nigeria, the defending champions, enter the fixture seeking a strong result as the group stage concludes. Egypt have already been eliminated from the tournament. In the other Group C game, Malawi face Zambia. The results of both matches could shape the final standings. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. Should Zambia defeat Malawi and…

President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases ranging from 30 to 80 per cent for Nigeria’s armed forces personnel, numbering about 250,000. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga announced the decision in a statement on Tuesday. The new pay structure takes effect from September 1, 2026. Under the arrangement, officers above the rank of colonel, Brigadier-Generals, Major-Generals, Lieutenant Generals and Generals will receive a 30 per cent increase. Personnel from colonel down to warrant officer will get a 50 per cent rise, while those from private to staff sergeant will benefit from an 80 per cent boost. The adjustment will raise the…

In a clear signal of expanding political outreach beyond Nigeria’s borders, Senator Hope Uzodimma, Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA) and Governor of Imo State, is set to inaugurate the organisation’s Diaspora Youth Directorate coordinators in Toronto, Canada, next week. The ceremony, scheduled for Monday, 10 August 2026, at the Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, will also mark the official launch of the RHA Diaspora Arise platform. It forms part of a deliberate strategy to mobilise young Nigerians living abroad in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda and his expected re-election bid in 2027. According to…