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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has approved the nullification and cancellation of 485 land title applications across the territory after they failed rigorous integrity checks. The move, part of an ongoing overhaul of the FCT land administration, targets applications submitted for the regularisation of Area Council land documents that have now been confirmed as invalid by officials. According to a public notice published in Vanguard newspaper on Monday, the minister directed that these unsuccessful applications be immediately expunged from the regularisation databases of both the Department of Land Administration and the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS). The FCTA confirmed that the cancellations were carried out because the documents failed to pass necessary official checks for genuineness, and the notice serves as a final guide for the affected applicants. High-profile entities are among those hit by the sudden nullification. The list of...

Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, has defended Executive Order 9, insisting that the directive is consistent with the 1999 Constitution and does not amount to an overreach of executive authority. The presidential aide spoke in a post on his verified X handle on Monday, following criticism that the order amounts to the President “making law”. President Tinubu had, last Wednesday, signed Executive Order 9 of 2026, formally titled  Presidential Executive Order to Safeguard Federation Oil and Gas Revenues and Provide Regulatory Clarity . Addressing the concerns, Dare said claims that the order violates constitutional boundaries misrepresent both the Constitution and the fiscal framework governing public revenue. Quoting Section 80(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), he said: “Section 80(1) of the Constitution (1999, as amended) is mandatory: all revenues or other moneys raised or received by the Federation shall be paid into...

A cement-laden truck careered out of control on Monday, killing a traffic officer and two motorcyclists at Badagry Roundabout in Lagos. The victims included a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) official on duty and two commercial motorcyclists waiting for passengers at about 9.45 a.m. Eyewitnesses said the truck suddenly lost control while approaching the busy junction, ploughing into the victims and sending shockwaves through the community. “The truck hit the LASTMA staff on official duty and two cyclists waiting to carry passengers,” an official of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Corps said. He added, “The driver tried to manoeuvre to reduce casualties; otherwise many more motorcyclists and vehicles would have been affected.” Confirming the tragedy, Mr Yusuf Sanni, Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said the driver had been arrested. “The driver has been taken to Badagry Police Station,” Sanni said, blaming the crash on loss of control and urging mot...

The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended its officers involved in a shooting that killed two passersby in the Alagbado area of the state. It was gathered that the officers were pursuing suspected criminals in the area when gunshots were accidentally discharged during the operation. Residents had expressed concern over the incident, prompting swift intervention by the authorities to contain tensions and maintain public safety. The command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, who confirmed the arrest in a post shared on her X handle, said the officers were apprehended on Friday. “The officers implicated in the unfortunate incident had been taken into custody pending further investigation,” she said. Adebisi said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, had ordered a thorough and comprehensive probe to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The spokesperson further stated that additional security personnel had been deployed to the community to forestal...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday recorded early arrival of election materials and ad hoc staff at city centre for the area council elections. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN report that as at 8:15 a.m., all the polling units visited within Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) were set for commencement of the election. NAN also reports that security agencies, including the police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel were seen manning the polling units. At polling unit 16, Area 8, City Centre, AMAC, the Presiding Officer, Emmanuel Miracle, said they arrived at 7.30 a.m. to start the business of the day. “We’re set and waiting for the time for commencement of the election,” Miracle said. Also at polling unit 15, the electoral officers and security agents were already on ground waiting for election to start. Also at polling units 072 and 073, the electoral officers were already set as at 7.50 a.m., waiting for the electorate and the c...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, following the discovery of large quantities of expired food and beverage products. A statement by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, said that the warehouses were located around Ndazabo White House along Minna Road, behind Bida Modern Market in Niger state. Akintola said that the warehouses were shut after NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team acted on credible intelligence. He said that the items recovered during the raid included expired non-alcoholic beverages, dairy milk, candies, bottled water and pasta valued at N100 million. He said that some of those items were already packaged for distribution, including 80,000 packets of expired non-alcoholic drinks, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 16,000 packets of bottled water, 28 cartons of pasta and other assorted expired products. The statement noted that other assorted expired products were uncove...