Homepage Lagos from Monday, July 13th, 2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the submission of candidates’ lists for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections to Tuesday, July 14, 2026.

No fewer than 36 people, including nine members of the same family, have been killed in separate attacks on communities in Plateau, Benue and Niger states.

At least 27 people have been killed after a fire swept through a pub in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, in the early hours of Monday.

The Nigeria Police Force is set to arraign the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday over alleged forgery, impersonation and related offences.

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has disclosed that the state recorded 158 cases of workplace harassment in the past year, with women accounting for more than 90 per cent of the reported victims.