President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in Yola, Adamawa State, said his administration will sustain the ongoing economic reforms for the benefit of Nigerians, with a greater focus on the inclusion of citizens and their empowerment to achieve more prosperity. The President, who was on a one-day official visit to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja
Sokoto State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the appointments of Abdullahi Maigwandu and Aliyu Muhammad Rabah as Chairman and Secretary of the Mobilisation, Membership Mobilisation, Revalidation and Registration Committee. Addressing newsmen on Monday in Sokoto, the ADC Chairman in the state, Hon. Umar Faruk, and...
Sokoto State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced dates for its Ward and Local Government congresses. Sokoto APC Chairman, Isa Achida, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the party would conduct congress across all 244 wards of the State on the 18th, to...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned eight iconic projects at the Federal College of Education, Iwo, Osun State as part of activities marking the College’s maiden convocation ceremony. The projects, some of which were named after the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede...
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has paid glowing tribute to late elder statesman Edwin Clark, one year after his death, describing his legacy as enduring and his influence as still powerful across Nigeria. In a statement signed by its National Chairman, Godknows Igali, the group said Clark remained a...
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over reported plans to disconnect the Presidential Villa from the national electricity grid and rely on solar power. In a post shared on his official X handle, Obi accused the Federal...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria’s BUA Group and UAE-based AD Ports Group and MAIR Group in Abu Dhabi. He described the MoU as a significant industrial and trade breakthrough arising from renewed Nigeria–UAE engagement under his administration. The President in...
About 100 United States (US) military personnel have arrived in Nigeria to support the country’s armed forces in training, technical assistance, and intelligence sharing, the military authorities have confirmed. The Director of Defence Information, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Abuja, Major General Samaila Uba, confirmed this in a statement issued on...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 16, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose, alongside his wife Hope Onome Oghelemu before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Other defendants...
Trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over the alleged diversion of ₦5.78 billion Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds resumed on Monday, February 16, 2026, with fresh revelations before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in...
Federal Government has approved the sum of N5 billion as intervention fund for traders affected by the fire outbreak that razed large sections of the popular Singer Market in Kano. This is just as state governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis of...
A coalition of civil society organisations on Monday intensified pressure on the Kaduna State House of Assembly, demanding immediate action on the outcome of its probe into the administration of former governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The group, led by Ambassador Yerima Shettima of the Northern Stakeholders Consultative Initiative and Aliyu...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has warned transport unions against a repeat of what was witnessed during the Anambra State governorship election as the Federal Capital Territory FCT Council polls approach. In a remark during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting with the National Union...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have recovered ₦37 million suspected to be linked to terrorist financing, following a series of coordinated operations targeting insurgent supply and funding networks in the North-East. In a press statement issued on Monday, the Media Information Officer...
Former Super Falcons goalkeeper, Precious Dede has been blessed with quadruplets after years of patiently hoping for children, marking a joyful new chapter in her life. Dede announced the arrival of her four babies on Instagram, sharing an emotional message that described the moment as an answer to long-held...
English Premier League (EPL) would once again allow brief pauses during matches at sunset throughout Ramadan, giving Muslim players the opportunity to break their fast. According to BBC Sport, referees have been instructed to permit short stoppages when the sun sets, enabling fasting players to take water or energy...
The unfolding contest within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State between the camps of Hyacinth Alia and George Akume is being framed as a dispute over ward, local government, and state party congresses. But that description understates the gravity of what is happening. This is not merely...
Operatives of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Nigerian Army and DSS have reportedly neutralised notorious bandit leader Kachalla Kabiru and several of his lieutenants during a joint operation in Kogi State. Credible sources revealed that the operation, which included precision airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force,...
Coalition of victims and civil society actors on Monday called for an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations during the administration of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Operating under the banner of the Kaduna Victims’ Coalition, the group said survivors and families affected by policies and security...
Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a charge against the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai over his alleged involvement in wiretapping the telephone lines of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. In the three-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026 was filed early on Monday before...