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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

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Anti-Corruption

Courtroom

Carpenter bags eight-month jail term for stealing air conditioner worth N350,000

The Prosecutor, Inspector Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that Adewumi committed the offences on September 5, 2025, at about 3.25 a.m., at Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, Onireke, Ibadan.

Rights

Armed cops

Police arraign 24 over mob killing of Kaduna teacher

The police command in Kaduna has arraigned 24 suspects for the killing of Malama Ummulkhair, an Islamic school teacher, in Maraban Jos, Igabi local council.

Economy

Ayo Oritsejafor and President Bola Tinubu

Nigerians have no hope, nothing to renew; Tinubu making Nigeria worse: Ayo Oritsejafor

“Nigeria is in a mess, big trouble. I fear for Nigeria. The government of Tinubu has done more harm to this nation than this nation has ever experienced,” said Mr Oritsejafor.

Health

Cholera patients

Poor infrastructure driving cholera outbreaks: Expert

A virologist says inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure, rather than lack of community awareness, drives recurrent cholera outbreaks in Nigeria.

Nationwide

Cholera patients

Poor infrastructure driving cholera outbreaks: Expert

A virologist says inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure, rather than lack of community awareness, drives recurrent cholera outbreaks in Nigeria.

Agriculture

Poultry farm

Court jails farm attendant for stealing chickens, rams

The Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced a farm attendant, Adedotun Gbolagade, to one year’s imprisonment for stealing animals.

OPINION

They’re coming to America

It’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to visit America these days.

 Mark Okoye, SEDC and the trial of South-East leadership

The era when leaders could toy with the destiny of the South-East and expect endless patience is drawing to a close.

Our republic and its judges

History rarely repeats itself in an identical form. It does, however, preserve patterns.

VAT hits N2.42 trillion as Tinubu’s tax reforms begin to deliver results

The latest VAT report released by the National Bureau of Statistics provides strong evidence that Nigeria’s tax and economic reforms are beginning to produce measurable results.

Lipuo Mokhesi: Protecting girls, women from genital mutilation

This solution strengthens early risks, improves survivor care, and transforms health facilities into prevention hubs.

Africa’s share in $950 billion animation boom

Global audiences do not want cultural odorlessness: a clean, sterilised visual style stripped of its native identity to fit a safe, generic Western structure.

Lagos

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Lagos funds 90 R&D projects, expands 3,000km fibre

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Tuesday at the Women in Technology and Engineering Summit and Awards (WITESA 5.0) in Lagos.

Abuja

Tinubu with IG, Akpabio

CSOs rally Senate to pass Tinubu’s state police bill quickly

Civil society organisations have urged the Godswill Akpabio-led Senate to promptly pass the state police bill into law to reform the country’s security architecture.

States

Armed cops

Police arraign 24 over mob killing of Kaduna teacher

The police command in Kaduna has arraigned 24 suspects for the killing of Malama Ummulkhair, an Islamic school teacher, in Maraban Jos, Igabi local council.

Showbiz

Canada’s 2026 Black Film Festival

Nollywood actors, filmmakers to participate in Canada’s 2026 Black Film Festival

Organisers of the Windsor International Black Film Festival in Windsor, Ontario, announced that Nollywood actors and filmmakers will participate in the festival’s 2026 edition.

Faith

Kumuyi with Tinubu

I’m hoping God will make Tinubu, others hear people’s outcry: Kumuyi

“We are human beings, and when we pray, we pray with faith and confidence, but we are not the ones who answer prayers. The answers come from God,” said Mr Kumuyi.