Inside the Groundswell Behind Abiodun’s Ogun East Victory
By Kayode Akinmade When the results of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun East Senatorial District primary election were announced on May 18, 2026, the outcome was emphatic and politically instructive. Prince Dapo Abiodun, outgoing Governor of Ogun State, secured 75,550 votes out of 99,503 ballots cast, winning across all nine local government areas of…
Chaos In Lagos As School Proprietor Allegedly Disappears With Students WAEC Fees
Parents and students of Trainsfield College, Owode Onirin, Lagos State, have been thrown into confusion and distress after the school proprietor allegedly absconded with money paid for the registration of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Global Mirror News gathered that the Proprietor reportedly collected ₦80,000 from each Student for WAEC registration but…
Tears In Oyo As Slain Teacher Is Buried Amid Lingering School Kidnap Crisis
Residents of Ogbomoso in Oyo State were thrown into mourning on Friday May 22 as burial rites commenced for Adesiyan Adegboye, the teacher killed during last week’s coordinated attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the State. Global Mirror News gathered that Adegboye, 49, was laid in state at Ayegun Baptist Church,…
Nursing Student Beheaded In Imo, Police Launch Manhunt For Killers
The Imo State Police Command has launched a full-scale manhunt for the killers of a nursing student, Wendy Achumba, who was reportedly beheaded in her apartment in Umulogho, Obowo Local Government Area of the State. Global Mirror News gathered that the victim, said to be a student of the College of Nursing, Umulogho, was gruesomely…
Ogun to Empower 100,000 Residents Through Monthly Cash Intervention Scheme
Governor Dapo Abiodun has announced plans by the Ogun State Government to launch the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme (RHWDP), an initiative aimed at providing monthly cash interventions to between 50,000 and 100,000 residents across the state within the next one year. The governor made this known on Friday during the official opening of the…
OGUN APPOINTS OLANREWAJU SAKA AS NEW HEAD OF SERVICE
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, CON, has approved the appointment of Mr. Olanrewaju Iskeel Saka as the new Head of the Public Service of Ogun State. The appointment follows the statutory retirement of the immediate past Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya. Until his appointment, Mr. Saka served as the Permanent Secretary, Bureau…
Nigeria Airports On High Alert As FAAN Tightens Ebola Surveillance
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has intensified health surveillance and screening measures across the Country’s International Airport following renewed concerns over the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in parts of Central Africa. Global Mirror News reports that the authority said it had activated strict preventive protocols in collaboration with Health Agencies to prevent…
Lagos Proprietor Gets Life Jail Term for Assault of Six-Year-Old Girl
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexu@l Violence Court in Ikeja has convicted and jailed the proprietor of Nurtured Brooks Nursery and Primary School in Ibeju-Lekki, Benson Arinze, for life for sexu@lly assaulting a six-year-old pupil. Justice Soladoye handed down the verdict after she found Arinze guilty of a one-count charge of…
Ekiti LG Vice Chairman Regains Freedom After Joint Security Rescue
The Vice Chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government Area, Mrs Grace Ogunleye, has regained her freedom after she was abducted by suspected gunmen along the Ipere–Iludun Ekiti Road in Ekiti State. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, the Vice Chairman was rescued unhurt through a coordinated operation…
From NYSC Member to JAMB Boss: Tinubu Appoints Segun Aina as Youngest Registrar
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, making him the youngest person ever to lead the examination Agency. Global Mirror News reports that Aina will officially take over from Professor Is-haq Oloyede after the expiration of his second tenure on July 31,…
