August 28, 2025 – Standard Focus News

Terrorism: DSS Files Multiple Charges Against Nine Suspects Over Benue, Plateau Killings

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

Terrorism: DSS Files Multiple Charges Against Nine Suspects Over Benue, Plateau Killings By John Onu The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed separate terrorism and firearms charges against nine suspects accused of complicity in recent violent attacks that claimed more than 40 lives in Benue and Plateau states. According to documents lodged before the Federal High Court, Abuja, the... Read more

Kaduna Govt Faults Report Ranking State High on Kidnapping Incidents

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

Kaduna Govt Faults Report Ranking State High on Kidnapping Incidents Kaduna - The Kaduna State Government has faulted a report which ranked the state among those with the highest cases of kidnapping in Nigeria, describing the publication as false, mischievous, and irresponsible. In a statement issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Information and signed by the Commissioner-Designate, Malam Ahmed... Read more

2027: Deputy Speaker calls for continuous voter registration

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

2027: Deputy Speaker calls for continuous voter registration The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has called on the people of the South East geopolitical zone to actively participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement on Wednesday, Kalu expressed concerns over the reports of... Read more

PDP Caucus to Tinubu: Nigerians deserve Better, stop holding Osun LG funds

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

PDP Caucus to Tinubu: Nigerians deserve Better, stop holding Osun LG funds By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration of worsening the plight of Nigerians, insisting that the federal government must “do better” in governance, security, and respect for the rule of law. The Caucus,... Read more

Access Holdings appoints Innocent Ike as substantive GMD/CEO

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

Access Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Innocent Ike as the substantive Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO) of the Company, effective August 29, 2025, following the receipt of regulatory approval. The Company in a statement to the NGX said: “Mr. Ike takes over from Ms. Bolaji Agbede, who has steered the affairs of the financial services group... Read more

Police Arrest 32-Year-Old Painter Over 7-Year-Old Boy’s Abduction, Rescue Victim Unhurt”

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

By Austine Chuks Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old man, identified as Chigozie Michael Clement, for allegedly abducting a seven-year-old boy in Lagos and demanding N7 million ransom from his family. The suspect, who works as a painter, was arrested on August 27, 2025, at Ijegun area of the state following a discreet operation by... Read more

Amend Electoral Act, stop manual collation in elections- Atiku to FG, INEC

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for urgent amendments to the 2022 Electoral Act to end manual accreditation, transmission, and collation of election results, warning that Nigeria’s democracy risks further decline unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. In a statement personally signed by him, Atiku, who served as Nigeria’s Vice President from 1999 to 2007, urged that provisions of the... Read more

Royal Tussle: Ooni is most supreme traditional ruler in Yorubaland — Araba Elebuibon

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

•Ooni Ogunwusi, Oba Abimbola must work for devt our race By Shina AbubakarThe age-old supremacy battle between the Ooni of Ife and the Alaafin of Oyo has recently resurfaced, with the Alaafin, Oba Abimbola Owoade, questioning the authority of the Ooni, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, to confer chieftaincy titles covering Yorubaland on individuals. In this interview, Ifa Priest and cultural and... Read more

ADC faults INEC over Southwest PVC pre-registration figures, demands explanation

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) first-week report on new Permanent Voter Card (PVC) pre-registrations, describing the figures as “statistically implausible” and potentially damaging to the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process. In a statement on Wednesday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party expressed alarm over the high numbers... Read more

Police debunk viral video alleging ritual killings at Lagos restaurant

August 28, 2025 (updated August 28, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed as false and misleading a viral video alleging that criminal activities, including killings and the sale of human parts, were taking place at a restaurant located along Airport Road.The Command described the claims as “baseless and unfounded,” warning that such content was capable of inciting unnecessary fear and damaging the reputation of legitimate... Read more

Day: August 28, 2025