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At least 11 people lost their lives, while seven others sustained injuries in a fatal auto-crash that occurred at Okhuahe community along the Benin–Agbor Road in Edo State, South-south Nigeria. The accident, which reportedly occurred on Saturday, involved an 18-seater commercial bus travelling towards Lagos and a truck. Eyewitnesses said the crash occurred when the bus driver attempted to overtake another vehicle and collided head-on with an oncoming truck. Confirming the incident, Cyril Mathew, the Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), said 11 people died instantly at the scene. “The crash involved a truck and an…

The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening ethical standards in health research.It also pledged sustained support for the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) to protect research participants and enhance the credibility of scientific outputs in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, made the pledge on Tuesday at the 2026 Face-to-Face Meeting and Training Workshop of NHREC in Abuja. Mr Salako said the government recognised the critical role of ethical oversight in health research, particularly studies involving human subjects, adding that Nigeria’s research ecosystem must align with international best practices. He noted…

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has charged the Federal Government to treat human lives as sacred. In a post on his verified X handle on Tuesday, Obi said it was time to confront insecurity in Nigeria. He was reacting to the alleged abduction of over 100 worshippers from three churches in Kaduna State. He said, “Nigeria deserves a government that treats human life as sacred, the time to confront this insecurity is now. “I have just been informed that yet again, at the weekend, about 172 worshippers were abducted from churches in Kaduna. This is yet another unfortunate…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned supporters against internal attacks on Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and himself, warning that such actions undermine opposition unity and Nigeria’s democratic progress. In a post on his X handle, Atiku said those who insult either Obi or himself “do not have the best interests of the leaders, the coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), or the country at heart”. According to him, internal divisions only serve the interests of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which he accused of benefiting from discord within the opposition. “The only persons who benefit…

Eleven persons died in a road accident that occurred at Okhuahe community, on the Benin-Agbor road, in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. DAILY POST reports that the Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Cyril Mathew, confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Benin City. Mathew said seven people sustained various degrees of injury in the accident that happened last Saturday, January 17, 2026. According to him, the accident involved a truck and an 18-seater bus. “The bus attempted to overtake another vehicle and in the process had a head-on collision with the…

Former Ghana coach, Claude Le Roy, has opened up on what he told Sadio Mane after Senegalese players walked off the pitch against Morocco during the AFCON final on Sunday. Le Roy, a former Senegal coach, was seen engaging in a conversation with Mane moments after the Senegal team departed the pitch, following a controversial penalty awarded to Morocco by referee Jacques Ndala. The incident unfolded just minutes after Ndala canceled a goal that had been scored by the Teranga Lions at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. Reflecting on the situation, Le Roy told Canal Plus, “When the Senegalese team…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the fresh suit filed by a factional National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, after he applied to withdraw the matter. At the resumed hearing, Anyanwu’s lawyer, U. C. Njemanze-Aku, told the court that the suit had been overtaken by events. “We don’t think it is proper for a matter that has been overtaken by events to continue. In the interest of justice, I apply to withdraw this matter to save the court’s time,” he said. The dispute over the office of the PDP National Secretary began…

The National Emergency Management Agency has said sparks from a welding activity caused the fire outbreak that razed dozens of shops at the Old Market in Sokoto State. NEMA, through its Sokoto Operations Office, disclosed this on Tuesday on its official Facebook page after conducting an assessment exercise at the scene of the incident. The agency stated that an eyewitness told emergency officials that the fire started during a welding operation on a shop door. “An eyewitness said the fire was triggered by sparks from a welding activity while a welder was repairing a faulty shop door,” NEMA said. According…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned that verbal attacks against former presidential candidate Peter Obi undermine opposition unity and do not serve the interests of Nigeria or its people. Atiku made the remark in an X post on Tuesday while reacting to rising exchanges among supporters of opposition leaders. “Anyone who insults Obi or Atiku does not mean well for the leaders, the Coalition ADC and for Nigeria and Nigerians,” the former vice president said. He added that such internal divisions only benefited the ruling All Progressives Congress, which he described as the main beneficiary of infighting within the opposition.…

The Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency says it has started creating a comprehensive national database of traditional medicine practitioners as part of efforts to standardise and strengthen the sector. The Director-General of NNMDA, Prof. Martins Emeje, said this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Emeje spoke following his appointment as Co-Chair of the World Health Organisation Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (STAG-TM) in December 2025. Speaking on how he intended to leverage the position to advance traditional medicine practice in Nigeria and Africa, Emeje said the agency…