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By SCM Correspondent ABUJA – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a stern warning to owners of event centres, hotels, and public buildings within the nation’s capital to desist from leasing out their facilities to illegal organizations. The administration cautioned that land allocations in the FCT are strictly granted for lawful purposes, declaring that the title documents of any property found hosting unauthorized or illegal gatherings will be summarily revoked. This directive was contained in a press statement issued on Friday, May 29, 2026, by Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social…
By SCM Staff Writer A DISGRACED former Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for 15 months after launching a sickening sexual assault on a teenage boy in a Heathrow hotel room. Predatory Grant Fulker, 32, used his position as a volunteer police cadet leader to target, manipulate, and groom young lads who trusted him. The beast was hauled before Southwark Crown Court yesterday (Thursday) where a judge caged him for his calculated abuse of power. The court heard how the sleazy ex-cop sent a barrage of sexualised WhatsApp messages to his teenage victim while acting as a trusted…
By Emmanuel Thomas in Abuja The Interim National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over an alleged threat by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to seal off the venue designated for the ratification of former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate. The party, however, vowed to resist any form of state intimidation, insisting that the special convention will proceed today, Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the A Class Event Centre in Wuse 2, Abuja, as originally scheduled. In a strongly worded press statement issued on…
BY SCM CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump announced on Friday that the United States is lifting its intense, weeks-long naval blockade of Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz. The sudden move signals the most substantial breakthrough yet in halting the three-month-old war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, though the White House emphasized that a final peace agreement remains contingent on Tehran meeting strict American terms. Writing on social media following an urgent Situation Room meeting with senior aides—including Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and adviser Jared Kushner—Mr. Trump declared that ships caught…
Admin I Friday, May 29 ABUJA – Nigeria’s U17 girls, the Flamingos, will look to complete the job against Guinea on Sunday when both sides clash in the second leg of their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne-Remo. The Flamingos head into the encounter with one foot firmly in the next and final round of the qualifying campaign following an emphatic 5-0 victory in the first leg played in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. It was a performance filled with confidence, attacking quality, and tactical discipline. Since returning from Côte d’Ivoire, preparations have…
Admin I Friday, May 29.26 ABUJA – Nigeria’s Head Coach Eric Chelle says his team is prepared to retain the Unity Cup Tournament trophy in Saturday’s final in London no matter which circumstances present themselves on the day. The Super Eagles and the Reggae Boyz won their semi final encounters against Zimbabwe and India respectively by two unreplied goals, and face off for the third time in the history of the Afro-Caribbean mini-tournament that celebrates football, music and culture in the British capital. Last year, Moses Simon gave Nigeria an early lead, with the Reggae Boyz replying almost immediately…
Benjamin Omoike I Friday, May 29.26 LAGOS, Nigeria — Residents of Ikorodu Constituency 1 in Ikorodu Central, Lagos State, on Friday, accused the leadership of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of declaring as winner an aspirant that came third in the just concluded primary election into the Lagos State House of Assembly. The residents who stormed the party’s secretariat at ACME road, Ikeja, to protest the outcome of the election accused the party’s leadership of imposing one Bolowotan whom they claimed came third in the election as the winner over Gbolahan Ogunleye whom they said…
Ben Omoike I Friday, May 29.2026 LAGOS, Nigeria — Lagos State Government has demolished 17 illegal structures and sealed 52 others across the state as part of intensified efforts to enforce physical planning regulations and restore order in the built environment. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Abiodun Oluyinka Olumide, disclosed this on Friday during the 2026 Ministerial Press Briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, where he presented the ministry’s performance report for the third year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term in office. Olumide said the enforcement actions followed investigations into numerous public complaints and development-related disputes…
Ai New global principles and practitioner guide set out a responsible way to measure how organisations are found, interpreted and represented in AI-generated answers Admin I Friday, May 29.2026 LAGOS, Nigeria – AMEC, the International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication, has launched the AMEC GEO Principles and a companion resource, A Practitioner’s Guide to GEO Measurement, to help communications professionals measure the growing influence of AI-led discovery, generative search and large language models. The resources respond to a fast-changing information environment in which AI-generated summaries, conversational search and zero-click discovery are increasingly shaping how organisations,…
Benjamin Omoike I Friday, May 29.26 LAGOS, Nigeria — A group, Turning Point Agenda, TPA, has called on the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the National Working Committee, NWC, to urgently address several complaints that arose in the aftermath of the primary elections of the party held across the country as well as officially declare results of the primaries. In a letter addressed to the national chairman of the party by the National Coordinator, Turning Point Agenda, Paul Oluwaseun Mashote titled: ‘Urgent need for transparent, lawful and authoritative resolution of primary election petitions and official declaration…