Kemi Nandap of the Immigration Service and Sylvester Nwakuche of the Correctional Service get 18 more months. For Nandap, it is a second extension in under two years.
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Biodun Oyebanji has begun a second term as Ekiti governor, a first for the state since 1996. What he promised, what Tinubu's message said and what comes next.
Governor Biodun Oyebanji was sworn in for a second four-year term in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, 16 October 2026, becoming the first Ekiti governor to be re-elected and go straight into a second term since the state was created in 1996. The Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, administered the oath of office to Oyebanji and his deputy, Monisade…
President Tinubu has nominated four INEC National Commissioners, one of them reappointed, and two RECs. The Senate must confirm them, with the presidential election 91 days away.
Updated 09:12 WAT, 20 Oct 2026: The ADC has asked the Senate to reject the North-West nominee, Professor Mustapha Aliu, saying he is the Sokoto governor's brother; the Sokoto government confirmed the family tie but says he holds no party post. President Bola Tinubu has nominated four National Commissioners and two Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral…
The NLC says the law requires minimum wage talks to start by 17 October. The FG says the ₦70,000 wage is not due for review until 1 June 2027. Here is what the row means for you.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says negotiations on a new national minimum wage should legally begin by Saturday, 17 October 2026. The Federal Government says the ₦70,000 wage is not due for review until 1 June 2027 and that starting now would be premature. The two sides set out their positions in letters this week. The Minister of Labour and…
The Onitsha-Asaba bridge is open again after repairs that ran 24 days past schedule, with new CCTV, solar lights, emergency turnarounds and a dredging ban nearby.
The First Niger Bridge between Onitsha in Anambra State and Asaba in Delta State is open to traffic again. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, declared it open on Thursday, 15 October 2026, after 38 days of emergency repairs. The Federal Ministry of Works shut the bridge on Monday, 7 September for what it said would be two weeks of…
Edo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers and Zamfara have approved the state police amendment, which needs 24 states, as Gbajabiamila says the policing bill is 90% ready.
The constitutional amendment that would let Nigeria's states set up their own police forces has been approved by five of the 36 state Houses of Assembly, far short of the 24 it needs, Premium Times and Blueprint reported on Friday, 16 October 2026. The five are Edo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers and Zamfara. It came a day after Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief…
Headline inflation eased to 14.63% in September from 15.39% in August, the NBS said, as food prices fell month on month. Core and energy prices rose.
Nigeria's headline inflation rate eased to 14.63% in September 2026, from 15.39% in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in its consumer price index report on Thursday, 15 October 2026, THISDAY, Premium Times and Nairametrics reported. It is the fourth monthly fall in a row, according to Nairametrics and The Guardian, which said the rate is now at…
“Now I hear something explode. Boom! Like a gun.” Lazarus was near Oluku on the Benin-Lagos Expressway when a fallen petrol tanker went up in flames on Thursday. He told GistMatrix how he got away.
Updated 10:30 WAT, 17 Oct 2026: Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has visited the burnt Oluku market and the injured at UBTH and pledged to rebuild the market; there is still no official death toll. Updated 10:26 WAT, 16 Oct 2026: The Edo State Police Command says eight people suffered burns and were taken to UBTH, and that the fire…
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