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A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request by a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, for the release of his international passport to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) on health grounds. In a ruling on Monday, Justice Emeka Nwite found that the medical report attached to Bello’s application was not signed by its maker as required.

 Mohammed Babangida, son of former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has dismissed reports circulating on social media claiming he rejected his recent appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Ibrahim Babangida Media Office in Minna described the letter circulating online as fake and politically motivated.

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 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of twelve Commissioners of Police (CP) to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIG). The Commission also approved the promotion of 16 Deputy Commissioners to substantive Commissioners and 27 Assistant Commissioners to Deputy Commissioners.

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 A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has granted an interim order freezing bank accounts belonging to TAK Logistics Limited, TAK Agro Plc, and their director, Thomas Akoh Etuh. The court barred them from accessing funds, shares, dividends, or other financial instruments up to ₦24,934,741,718.91 “standing to their credit in any account maintained with any bank or financial institution.”

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 Retired police officers stormed the streets nationwide on Monday, protesting poor pension and other living conditions. Aside from Abuja, the protest took place simultaneously in Edo, Plateau, Kwara, Taraba, and Cross River states, among others.

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The police in Edo State said they have arrested no fewer than 175 suspects involved in various crimes across the three senatorial districts of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, during a press conference, said 124 of the suspects were arrested for cultism, 40 for kidnapping, while 11 were apprehended for armed robbery and other violent crimes.

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The Federal Government has revealed that over 730 individuals have been convicted for terrorism-related offences, as part of its intensified efforts to exit the terror financing watchlist. The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, Maj. Gen. Adamu Laka, disclosed this at the on-site meeting of the Financial Action Task Force in Abuja on Monday.

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About 62 people have lost their lives to fire incidents and building collapses across Lagos State in the first half of 2025. This was revealed in the mid-year activity report of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service released on Monday.

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 Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Monday held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the president’s official residence. The meeting followed Kwankwaso’s appearance at the opening of the Nigeria Forest Economy Summit 2025, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.

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