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The Federal Government has unveiled plans to establish world-class medical simulation centres across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones as it targets an increase in annual medical school admissions to 20,000 within the next three years. The move is part of efforts to expand the country’s healthcare workforce and strengthen practical training for medical and other health professional students amid concerns over the migration of Nigerian-trained healthcare workers. The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while receiving the report of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Medical Simulation Committee. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Office of the Minister of Education and signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the minister...

The African Action Congress, AAC, has rejected the reported suspension of the case against its 2027 presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services, DSS In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Rex Elanu, on Sunday, the AAC asked the DSS to immediately discontinue the prosecution of Sowore. The party’s demand followed reports that the secret police had suspended its prosecution of Sowore until after the 2027 presidential election. Recall that the DSS ordered its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to suspend the alleged cyberbullying case instituted against Sowore until after the 2027 presidential election The development came against the backdrop of a meeting between the Director-General of the DSS, Tosin...

Gunmen who abducted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have demanded N20m ransom each. LIB reported that the 15 corps members travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja after completing their three-week orientation exercise were abducted along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. A family member of one of the victims told Daily Trust that the abductors had contacted them to make known their ransom demand. "One of our daughters who was kidnapped on her way from Bayelsa State to Abuja after completing three weeks orientation camp. The kidnappers are requesting N20 million naira,” the family source said. The development comes after the Kogi State Police Command confirmed the abduction of some passengers, including NYSC members, along t...

The Benue State Police Command has arrested a 500-level student of Fr Moses Adasu University, formerly Benue State University, for allegedly attacking a neighbour with hot water. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Peter Aondongu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, August 29, 2026 said that an investigation had commenced to unravel the cause of fighting between the two students. “Yes, it happened yesterday, Friday, August 28, 2026. From the information I have, both students were staying in the same room and had an issue. The suspect allegedly boiled water, added salt and pepper, and poured the mixture on the victim and then locked her inside,” the PPRO said.  “After some time, people became aware of what had happened and were able to intervene and rescu...

Former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has been found guilty of bribery in a corruption case linked to the construction of the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, the public prosecutor’s office said on Friday, August 28. Moreno, 73, was sentenced to five years in prison and permanently barred from holding public office. The attorney general’s office launched an investigation in March 2023, alleging that Moreno, members of his family and local and Chinese business partners were involved in a corruption network connected to the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. The facility began operating in 2016 but has experienced technical problems since. “Lenin Moreno’s conduct is consistent with the charges brought by the prosecution: the crime of bribery attributed to a public officia...

President Bola Tinubu has begun a three-week vacation as part of his annual leave. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday. The statement said Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday (today) for Europe. His  first stop will be London, United Kingdom. According to the statement, President Tinubu is expected to return home after the working vacation to join the hectic campaigns for the January 2027 election. https://youtu.be/B8OZHw-V6Go?si=0xXkJo88SM2R4kUh

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has issued an Executive Order establishing a Coroner Inquest/Panel of Inquiry into the killings, shootings, injuries and violence reported at Naira and Kobo Junction, Motor Park/Garage Area, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, on August 24, 2026. The panel, headed by Magistrate Ayokunle Shiyanbola, will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, determine the identities and number of victims, establish the immediate and remote causes of the violence and examine whether criminal responsibility is connected to the deaths. The Executive Order, which takes effect on August 31, also mandates the panel to investigate the role of security operatives and determine whether live ammunition or other weapons were used during the incident and w...

The Cross River State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the gruesome m#rder of a Bolt driver in Calabar in the early hours of Friday after he allegedly resisted an attempt by three unidentified men to dispossess him of his Toyota Corolla vehicle while driving at about 5:30am along Target Road in Calabar South Local Government Area. According to an eyewitness, the driver picked up the three suspects along Mbukpa Road in Calabar South and was heading towards Calabar Municipality when they allegedly ordered him to stop and hand over his car key. When he refused to heed to their instruction, the assailants stabbed him. The deceased managed to drive into a nearby fuel station with blood all over his body. The suspects fled the scene afterwards. Passersby rushed the driver...

President Bola Tinubu has gone to a United States court to prevent the US Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from releasing records linked to allegations of drug trafficking.The records are being sought by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, who filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against several US government agencies. Greenspan is seeking documents relating to investigations involving Tinubu, including the FBI’s full file on him and FBI Form 302 interview records from 1992 and 1993. The case also concerns an alleged record linked to a 1993 civil forfeiture case in the US involving about $460,000 connected to Tinubu. Tinubu has consistently denied any wrongdoing. In court ...

The Nigeria Police Force has rescued two Colombian women allegedly lured to Nigeria and held captive by a human trafficking syndicate in Lagos.  ExploringAfrican Heritage The victims, identified as Maria Camila Rodas Ortiz and Yuliet Fernanda Rios Mesa, were rescued by operatives of the National Central Bureau (NCB-INTERPOL), Lagos Annex, following actionable intelligence from INTERPOL-NCB, Bogotá. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, August 29. According to Iniedu, the intelligence was received on August 26, 2026, indicating that the two Colombian nationals had been fraudulently lured to Nigeria, where they were allegedly held against their will and stripped of their travel documents. The police said cert...