Kaduna State Government has clarified that the 2026 Appropriation Act will be fully financed without contracting any new loans, insisting that Governor Uba Sani has not borrowed a kobo since assuming office. The Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Hon. Mukhtar Ahmed Monrovia, made the clarification in a statement issued...
BY AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna
The Deeper Life Bible Church has announced a special series of Sunday services throughout January 2026, describing the programme as a spiritual launchpad for a “fruitful, fulfilling and victorious” new year. According to a release from the church, the services will be held every Sunday at its international headquarters...
The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (CFR) Ojaja II, has described Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, as a true reformer and a beacon of transformative leadership. The monarch made the commendation on Friday evening in Maiduguri during a private meeting with Governor...
Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria (BAVCCA) has called on Nigerians to enter the year 2026 with renewed hope, unity and a strong sense of responsibility toward nation-building. This is contained in a statement signed on Saturday by the President of the Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators...
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has urged the people of the Niger Delta to embrace 2026 with renewed commitment to peace, unity and sustainable development, describing the new year as a fresh opportunity to deepen progress across the South-South region. In a New Year message signed by its National...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports suggesting that it has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 General Election, describing such claims as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Friday, Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Adedayo Oketola,...
Ogun State Police Command has arraigned the driver of the Lexus SUV involved in the accident that reportedly injured British heavyweight boxing star, Anthony Joshua, before a Magistrate Court sitting in Sagamu, Ogun State. The defendant, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, a 45-year-old male, was brought before Chief Magistrate O.M. Somefun...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised three terrorist suicide bombers during an intelligence-driven operation along the Guduf–Pulka axis of Gwoza Local Government Area in Borno State, security sources have confirmed. According to the sources, the operation was carried out after credible intelligence revealed plans by the terrorists to...
Presidency has dismissed the recent defection of former presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the move as politically hollow and driven by personal ambition rather than ideology. In a strongly worded statement titled “IMPRISONED BY AMBITION: Welcome to 2027:...
Former presidential candidate and ex-Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has strongly criticised the Federal Government’s taxation policies, warning that Nigeria cannot achieve prosperity by placing heavier financial burdens on already struggling citizens. In a statement shared on his X handle, Obi argued that genuine economic transformation begins...
In a bid to strengthen operational synergy in the fight against terrorism in the North East, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, paid a landmark visit to the Headquarters of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), in Maiduguri, Borno State,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strongly rejected allegations by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, that the anti-graft agency is being deployed by political opponents—particularly the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike—to hound him and officials of his administration. In a statement issued on Friday, the...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, January 2, 2025, further remanded former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, and his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, in the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja,...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring his commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election and pledging to deliver one million additional votes for the President in the 2027 general election. Mutfwang announced his decision on Friday in Jos after receiving his APC...
For years, Nigeria’s electoral process has been weighed down by an avalanche of election-related litigations, many of them arising before votes are cast and extending long after winners have been declared. The burden has not only strained the judicial system but has also undermined public confidence in elections. Before...
All Democratic Alliance (ADA) has commended Nigerians for what it described as their “uncommon resilience” in the face of mounting economic and social pressures, while urging citizens to embrace peaceful, lawful and constitutional resistance against governance practices that undermine their welfare and rights. In a New Year message issued...
Nigeria Police Force has suspended the planned nationwide enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy following an interim court order restraining the action. The Force spokesman, CSP Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. The Force had announced on December 15, 2025, that it would...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated his Special Adviser on Policy Coordination and Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit (CRDCU), Hadiza Bala-Usman, on her 50th birthday, on January 2, 2026. He described her as a dedicated patriot whose sterling public career reflects service, sacrifice, and commitment to national development. The...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr Ahmed Usman Ododo, the governor of Kogi State, on his birthday today, January 1. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Ododo, one of the youngest governors in Nigeria today, is an accountant-turned politician. He had served as the auditor-general for...
Chief of Naval Staff (CoNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas has said that the Lake Chad and its adjourning waterways are to be secured by the military for fishing, transportation and other socio-economic activities in the Northeast. According to him, in securing the Lake and insurgency-affected communities, synergy of the...