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The Nigerian Army has commenced the 2026 Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination (SSCQE), a key assessment for the career progression of senior officers.At the opening of the exercise, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, urged members of the examination panel to uphold the highest standards of professionalism, fairness and integrity throughout the process.According to a statement posted on the Nigerian Army's official X account on Wednesday, the examination began on August 2, 2026, and is being conducted simultaneously at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Postgraduate School, Kaduna, and the Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre, Jaji, Kaduna State.The statement, signed by the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, Training and Doctrine C...

The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee that is investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, has said they would interrogate the Director-General of the agency, Aderemi Matthew Adeyemi, in undisclosed location.According to the lawmakers, it is to respect the constitutional principles of separation of powers.This is as the Managing Director of a private firm, Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbenga Collins, yesterday narrated before the committee how he allegedly paid N400 million to the purported PFIPC DG after being promised a contract to renovate and furnish what was presented to him as the official residence of the agency’s chief executive.Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, who disclosed this at the panel’s sitting, said ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly placed one of the Osun State Government's bank accounts under restriction less than two weeks before the state's governorship election scheduled for August 15.According to reports, the affected account, which is maintained with First Bank, has been placed on a Post No Debit (PND) status, preventing withdrawals and other debit transactions.The reported action comes barely a day after Governor Ademola Adeleke alleged that the anti-corruption agency was planning to freeze the accounts of the state government and several senior officials.Sources familiar with the matter disclosed that the restricted account is primarily used for the payment of workers' salaries, raising concerns over the possible impact on governmen...

The Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Olumode Adeyemi, has announced the introduction of a Medical Intervention Scheme and other welfare initiatives, including an increase in the Service’s interest-free loan facility from ₦300,000 to ₦500,000.Adeyemi disclosed this on Tuesday during the inauguration of a Quarter Guard at the Federal Fire Service National Headquarters in Wuse, Abuja.He said the measures were introduced shortly after he assumed office to improve the welfare of officers and men.According to him, staff welfare has remained a top priority since he took over the leadership of the Service.“One of the commitments I made to my officers and men was to prioritise the welfare of our workforce,” he said.The Controller-General revealed that he decli...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released the results of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.The examination body announced the development on Wednesday through its official X account, urging candidates to generate their result-checking PIN and access their results online.According to WAEC, candidates should visit waec.org to generate their Serial Number and PIN before proceeding to waecdirect.org to check their examination results.Speaking during a press briefing in Lagos, the Head of the WAEC Nigeria National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, disclosed that the council withheld the results of 167,486 candidates, representing 8.59 percent of those who sat for the 2026 computer-based WASSCE, over allegatio...

The Nigerian Army has arrested two serving soldiers over their alleged involvement in an unauthorized deployment during the wedding ceremony of content creator Habeeb Hamzat, known as Peller, and fellow TikTok personality Jarvis. Africans& DiasporaMilitary sources told SaharaReporters on Tuesday evening, August 4, that the arrests followed intelligence indicating that the soldiers participated in an illegal deployment at the celebrity wedding held in Lekki, Lagos State, over the weekend.According to a top military source, the soldiers were apprehended on Tuesday morning as investigations commenced into the incident.The source identified the arrested personnel as 23NA/85/10007 Private Onasanya Ifeoluwa of the 81 Division Medical Services and Hospital (81DMSH) an...

A pastor in Florida has been accused of s£xually abusing a 14-year-old boy and exposing him to HIV.The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested and charged 42-year-old Timothy Chaneyfield, pastor at St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church.According to Sheriff Grady Judd, investigators received a cyber tip from Instagram about inappropriate activity between an adult and a child.During an interview, the 14-year-old victim disclosed that he and Chaneyfield met on a dating app, then continued to chat via Instagram.Investigators said Chaneyfield allegedly picked up the boy from his neighborhood three times, took him to his home and s£xually abused him.During a phone call with the victim, Chaneyfield allegedly told the child that he wanted to cont...