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The Federal Government is advancing a strategic partnership with China aimed at accelerating affordable housing delivery and closing Nigeria’s widening housing gap through technology-driven and scalable solutions. This follows a high-level technical study tour to Guangzhou led by Joseph Tegbe, Director-General and Global Liaison of the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership, alongside a delegation from Family Homes Funds Limited. The delegation included the Managing Director, Abdul Mutallab Mukhtar, and Executive Director of Operations, Emeka Henry Inegbu. The engagement focused on unlocking strategic partnerships to integrate modular and prefabricated housing technologies into Nigeria’s construction ecosystem—an approach expected to significantly reduce building costs,…
The leader of the Centre for the Advocacy of Human Rights and Social Justice (CAHRSC), Olufemi Akindele, has come out strongly against what he described as a desperate and malicious smear campaign targeting Dapo Abiodun, warning that no amount of blackmail will derail the governor’s senatorial ambition. In a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday, Akindele accused a serving Ogun senator of orchestrating a sustained campaign of lies, disinformation, and character assassination against the governor, urging the public to see through what he called a “tired script of deceit.” He specifically condemned the circulation of a document titled “31 Questions…
The ongoing redeployment of officers from different zones across the federation has generated public debate, with some narratives portraying the exercise as irregular or excessive. Recently, a group of concerned police officers, as they describe themselves, alleged an “illegal” mass transfer of 695 personnel from the Zone 2 Police Command Headquarters in Lagos. However, emerging facts indicate that the move is a strategic step toward correcting long-standing imbalances in police deployment in Nigeria. For years, zonal commands, covering different states, have experienced a concentration of personnel beyond administrative requirements. In theory, the command is a critical operational hub requiring disciplined…
Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has issued a sharp rebuttal to media reports regarding an All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun Central Senatorial District meeting held on Thursday, April 23, 2026.In a statement released via his media office, Amosun characterized recent news accounts as a “complete misrepresentation” of the proceedings held at the residence of Chief Olusegun Osoba. He clarified that the meeting was convened at his own instance to address “insinuations” regarding his potential candidacy for the 2027 general elections. According to the statement, the former governor sought to set the record straight on three specific fronts: Amosun…
Stakeholders of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State have thrown their full weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Dauda Lawal for a second term in the 2027 general elections. The endorsement came on Saturday, April 25, 2026, during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting convened at the Government House in Gusau. The gathering drew all four former governors of the state, elected officials, elders, and representatives of youth and women from all 14 local government areas. Speaking at the event, Governor Lawal described the meeting as timely, noting that political activities ahead of the 2027 elections are about to…
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, was on Saturday honoured at a state banquet in Lagos, where he was celebrated as a proud son of the state whose career reflects discipline and service. The event, hosted by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, brought together top government officials, security chiefs and community leaders to recognise the nation’s top police officer. Speaking at the event, Sanwo-Olu described Disu as “one of our own,” noting that his journey was shaped by Lagos. He highlighted his academic background at Lagos State University and his upbringing on Lagos Island as key influences on his…
This week, African Voices, the Globacom-sponsored magazine programme on CNN International, turns its searchlight on Ejatu Shaw the London-based photographer and multidisciplinary artist whose work continues to refract heritage into striking visual poetry. Born in 1996, Shaw is a graduate of University of Westminster, where she earned a Master’s degree in Photography Arts in 2020. Yet the true genesis of her craft predates the academy. It was during a 2013 family sojourn to Sierra Leone that her creative awakening first flickered—like light finding its way through a narrow aperture—setting her on a path of introspective exploration. Her oeuvre is a…
In every functioning society, the true test of policing is not what happens in elite corridors of influence, but what the ordinary citizen experiences on the street. For too long, that balance has been distorted. Recent criticism surrounding the redeployment of officers from Zone 2 Command in Lagos has been framed in sensational terms: mass transfers, alleged illegality, internal discontent. But beneath the noise lies a far more important and uncomfortable truth: Nigeria’s policing structure, particularly in high-interest zones, has been uneven, inefficient, and in urgent need of correction. This is the context within which the actions of the Inspector-General…
In recent days, a wave of commentary across sections of the media has sought to cast routine police postings in a controversial light, particularly within Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force, which oversees Lagos and Ogun States. At the heart of the narrative is a claim misleading at best that the redeployment of officers from the zone is either improper or should be resisted. This framing deserves closer scrutiny, not just for what it says, but for what it risks encouraging. Postings and transfers are not punitive tools; they are essential administrative instruments in policing worldwide. They ensure…
The United Front for Religious Tolerance in Nigeria has firmly rejected allegations circulating online that the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, attempted to bribe a United States official to suppress reports on Nigeria’s security situation, describing the claims as “false, unfounded, and lacking credibility.” In a strongly worded press statement signed by Barrister Okie Okechukwu, the group said it was compelled to respond to what it called a dangerous wave of misinformation allegedly linked to remarks attributed to a member of the Florida House of Representatives, Kimberly Daniels, during a Facebook live broadcast. “The United Front…