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Wednesday, 04 November, 2026

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Tag: South-South Echoes


The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a hidden residential building in Lagos containing over 100 sacks of empty premium liquor bottles being stockpiled to supply syndicates manufacturing fake alcoholic drinks.


A spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Alwan Hassan, has sparked intense public controversy after alleging that several government ministers pay billions of naira to secure their political appointments. ​Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time program, Read more…


The Court of Appeal in Abuja has rejected a bid by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to challenge a judgment at the Supreme Court regarding the unfreezing of 124 bank accounts linked to Abuja businesswoman Aisha Achimugu and Read more…


Efforts to decentralize policing across Nigeria have reached a critical constitutional threshold as 25 State Houses of Assembly formally endorsed the bill seeking to establish state police, surpassing the required two-thirds parliamentary majority.


Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has clarified his recent statement regarding the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway route, explaining that describing the connection to the East-West Road as a “diversion” was merely a slip of the tongue and that the original 750km coastal alignment remains intact.


French President Emmanuel Macron has officially deferred his planned two-day state visit to Nigeria originally scheduled for October 28 and 29, citing pressing domestic obligations and civil unrest currently sweeping across major French cities.


The Edo State Government has officially terminated the tenure of Mr. Nicholas Odamah as the Regent of Ikpeshi/Egbegere Clan in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, reinstating Zaiki Luckman Momodu Odamah III as the rightful traditional ruler following appeals from community stakeholders and pending court litigation.


One person has been killed and three others critically injured following an attack by suspected political thugs on the motorcade of Mr. Rollins Offia-Nwali, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Ezza South Constituency in Ebonyi State. ​The violent assault Read more…


Saturday morning roundup of top developments across national security, telecommunications regulations, infrastructure, and fuel market updates.


WOTCLEF founder Titi Amina Atiku Abubakar has sounded a fresh warning over cross-border human trafficking, joining civil society leaders in Abuja to demand stronger border enforcement and youth empowerment to protect vulnerable women from international syndicates.