Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, has approved the Rivers State Pensions Board’s immediate dissolution.
The Office of the Accountant General of Rivers State will now be in charge of the board’s functions, according to the governor’s statement released on Friday by Dr. (Mrs.) Inyingi Brown, the head of service.
The statement further directed the director of administration in the pensions office to turn over all of the board’s assets and properties to the director of administration.
Read more about Rivers People’s Understanding of Fubara’s Agreement with Tinubu by Ann-Kio Briggs.
The governor will soon form a new board to manage pension issues in the state, according to the statement.
Five alleged bandits have been taken into custody in Kwara State by Nigerian Army troops.
Six AK-47s were discovered with the suspects at a checkpoint along Share town in the state’s Ifelodun Local Government Area on Thursday.
The state governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the chief press secretary (CPS), made this known on Friday.
He claimed that the suspected bandits’ arrest came a day after six people who appeared to be the kidnappers’ couriers were detained in Babanla town along with a sizable shipment of bread and gasoline in the Ifelodun LGA.
Along the Share axis, five suspected kidnappers were detained today. In a Golf saloon car this afternoon, they concealed six AK-47s under the hood.
The Nigerian Army team was on patrol and intercepted them. According to Ajakaye, the five suspects are being questioned.
Six individuals who are suspected of being the kidnappers’ couriers were detained in Babanla, also in the Ifelodun LGA, the day after their arrests, along with a sizable shipment of bread and gasoline, in the area.
The suspects were charged with being the axis’s kidnapping gang’s couriers.
They were detained on Wednesday while they were hiding during a surveillance operation by government-backed local vigilantes in Babanla.
According to the CPS, “They have been transferred to the police headquarters in Ilorin for further investigation.”
He added that earlier on Tuesday, he reported that many criminals had been reported killed as a result of a coordinated attack by government vigilante forces in Omu Aran-Eruku.
Six motorcycles, numerous assault rifles, and numerous magazines were found hidden in their homes.
Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, was hailed as “a rare gem in history,” according to President Bola Tinubu at his coronation.
Tinubu praised the experience as an honor to witness, noting that Ladoja’s journey reflected perseverance and dependability.
On September 26, 2025, Governor Seyi Makinde gave Ladoja the staffing of office.
“Today is a wonderful day. The President said on Friday in Ibadan, “It’s a great honor to witness your coronation, to witness history.”
Read more about Ladoja’s appointment as 44th Olubadan here.
He praised the new Olubadan’s resilience in political struggles and recalled their shared history at the Senate and in his election as Oyo governor.
Tinubu prayed for the monarch’s long life and a place where he would stand as a renowned ruler of Nigeria’s history.
The former governor and senator was honored as the 44th Olubadan, according to Tinubu.
The President also made use of the occasion to provide insight into Nigeria’s economic state.
Tinubu declared, “Today I am honored and proud to share the cheering news that the economy has turned around.”
Tinubu also expressed his gratitude to Ibadan’s electorate for supporting the 2023 elections, calling his visit “a homecoming filled with joy and excitement.”
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Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, crowned Ladoja on Friday, bringing cheers from Ibadan residents and guests.
Following his receipt of the Akoko leaf and crown, the ceremony took place in Ibadan South-East’s Ose Meji Temple and Labosinde Compound.
Dignitaries from all walks of life showed up at the vibrant event.
Former and current governors as well as traditional and religious leaders are included.
In attendance: governors and monarchs
Former and current governors as well as traditional and religious leaders are included. The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, Soun of Oyo, Oba Ghandi Laoye, and the Alaafin of Oyo, were among the notable guests.
Attended were former governors Rabiu Kwankwaso, Ibikunle Amosun, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and Donald Duke.
The Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army were present to ensure a smooth ceremony.
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has been given the order to establish an eight to ten-member team to assess the suitability of Nnamdi Kanu, the self-declared Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader.
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Justice James Omotosho questioned Kanu’s lawyer about whether the health issues that he claimed might prevent him from a second standing trial.
Justice Omotosho issued the order while ruling on Kanu’s request to be moved to a private ward at the National Hospital for urgent medical care because he is alleged to have a life-threatening illness.
The judge ordered the team, which had been set up by the NMA’s president, to evaluate the Department of State Services’ (DSS)’s (SAN) health facilities to determine whether they were sufficient to treat the defendant’s illness.
The team is also trying to determine whether Kanu’s request to be transferred to the National Hospital was justified, and whether his medical condition threatened to prevent him from standing trial.
Additionally, Omotoso mandated that the National Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer or his representative be a team member.
Within eight days of today (September 26, 2025), he mandated that the team’s chairman and secretary sign the report’s findings and place them on the court registry.
