GOMBE STATE SUSPENDS TWO TRADITIONAL LEADERS OVER FARMER-HERDER CRISIS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Gombe State Expanded Security Council on Wednesday suspended a village head and a district head over their alleged failure to...
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, BUDGET MINISTRY, LGAs MOVE TO STRENGTHEN NIGERIA’S HEALTH SECTOR
Nigeria’s health sector is set for major transformation as the National Assembly, Budget and National Planning Ministry, and local governments unveil renewed commitments to boost...
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROBES N12 TRILLION DISBURSED TO DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the management and utilisation of over ₦12 trillion disbursed to Nigeria’s Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) over...
OFFICER YERIMA BREACHED THE LAW IN FACEOFF WITH WIKE – PROF. SEBASTINE HON, SAN
Brushing sentiments aside, I hereby condemn in totality the actions of the Naval Officer, A.M. Yerima, who obstructed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory...
SIX DIE IN GHANA MILITARY RECRUITMENT STAMPEDE
At least six individuals perished on Wednesday following a stampede during a military recruitment event at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana. A statement...
FIRST LADY DISTRIBUTES 10,000 SANITARY PADS TO SCHOOLGIRLS IN ANAMBRA
Nigeria's First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has inaugurated a nationwide menstrual health initiative under her Renewed Hope Initiative, titled “Flow with Confidence,” with the distribution...
SOCIAL MEDIA USER WHO CALLED FOR COUP CHARGED TO COURT
A 27-year-old man named Innocent Chukwuemeka Onukwume is facing six charges from the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly supporting a military takeover in the nation. Onukwume, of Umusayo Layout, Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State, is accused by the DSS of committing the crime in October of this year, according to the charge filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja with the filing number FHC/ABJ/CR/610/2025. In the charge filed on November 11 by A. M. Danalami, the DSS stated that by his conduct, Onukwume committed offences contrary to...
WORLD BANK REVEALS MOST SOCIAL BENEFITS MISS NIGERIA’S POOREST HOUSEHOLDS
A new World Bank report has revealed that only 44 per cent of Nigeria’s social welfare benefits reach poor households, despite government efforts to support...
EFCC ARRESTS FORMER LG CHAIRMANSHIP ASPIRANT FOR N14M FRAUD, IMPERSONATION OF BENUE GOVERNOR’S AIDE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Directorate, have arrested Fanen Ochough, a former Local Government Chairmanship...
WIKE ORDERS HALT TO ILLEGAL DEVELOPMENT IN ABUJA, CONDEMNS MILITARY TAKE OVER
The alleged unlawful occupancy of a contested piece of property in Abuja by military soldiers purportedly acting on the directives of a previous Chief of Naval Staff has been denounced as lawless and unacceptable by Barr. Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). After learning that soldiers had pushed away FCTA personnel executing development control orders, Wike personally visited the location on Tuesday. He said that no one, regardless of their prior position, would be permitted to intimidate government officials or impede the application of the law. “You are aware that the land departments and the Development Control have the mandate to monitor illegal development and land grabbing,”...