Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of trying to provoke him into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Putin made the comment on a documentary film about his 25 years in power, local media reported. “They wanted to provoke us, they wanted to make us make mistakes,” he...
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By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – A group known as the Concerned Northern Forum has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle on how he handled over N528 billion from Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Joint Account Allocation...
…says we can’t standby watch state agencies abuse their powers The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned in the strongest terms the arrest and continued detention of social campaigner and activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as Very Dark Man (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of two newly appointed Federal Permanent Secretaries to key ministries. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Eno Olotu, Director, Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), on Monday in Abuja. Olotu said...
Rivers Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has charged Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) participants to provide practical solutions to insecurity issues in their study tour reports. Ibas gave the advice when the Senior Course 47 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, paid him a courtesy...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has called on the South-South and South-East regions to increase their participation in the student loan scheme. The Fund stated this during its stakeholders’ engagement session and technical workshop on system automation and the loan application process in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Many persons have feared killed following an ambush attack by bandits on a combined team of professional hunters from Duguri and Gwana District in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed this in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has announced plans for a comprehensive deployment of technology to transform basic education delivery across Nigeria. UBEC’s Executive Secretary, Aisha Garba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during a media briefing ahead of the 2025 International Conference on...
President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Justice Ricardo Goncalves, has called for justice to be brought out of courtrooms to the heart of West African communities. Goncalves made the call on Monday in Lagos, at the sensitisation outreach by the Community Court of Justice, Economic Community of...
An FCT High Court on Monday ordered the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay the required fees for certification of some documents it tendered as exhibit in trial of former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, and three others. Sirika is charged alongside, his daughter, Fatima, son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma and...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered the remand of one Friday Audu at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged $2.6 million and N3.5 billion fraud. Justice Rahman Oshodi directed that Audu be held at the Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre, pending a decision on his bail application. The...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has carried out a cabinet reshuffle. The governor, in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Mr Segun Ogunwuyi, made this disclosure on Monday. According to Ogunwuyi, the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Seun Ashamu, is...
The Federal Government has upgraded 38 federal and state technical colleges as part of a broad reform to equip Nigerian youths with internationally competitive skills. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the 2025 Quarterly Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative...
A Bureau De Change (BDC) Operator, Alhaji Idris Ali, on Monday testified against Muhammad Lawal, the managing director of Faru Power Solution Limited, for allegedly defrauding him of the total sum of N280 million. Ali, while being cross examined as 1st prosecution witness (PW-1) by the defence lawyer, Yakubu...
The Mining Marshals have shut down an illegal tin mining site in Damau community, Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, confirmed this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, on Monday in Abuja. Alake said...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Police Commissioner, Emenari Ifeanyi has deployed Tactical Commanders to troubled areas in the state with a charge to restratigise and confront security challenges bedeviling the communities. CP Ifeanyi gave this directive during an emergency meeting with senior police officers, area commanders,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The Nigerian government has sharply refuted claims by African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina that Nigerians are economically worse off today than in 1960, calling his GDP per capita figures inaccurate and his conclusions flawed. In a detailed statement shared on X on Monday,...
The National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court of Nigeria to dismiss the suit filed by 11 governors from the Peoples Democratic Party, challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. In its response, it contended that the suit was procedurally flawed and lacked merit. It...
A fire outbreak in the early hours of Monday razed a four-bedroom flat located at No. 1 Happiness Close, Akufo Estate, Elebu area of Ibadan. Mr Yemi Akinyinka, the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, disclosed this in Ibadan on Monday. Akinyinka said the agency promptly...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chocolate City Group to establish a creative hub aimed at reviving the state’s cultural sector, boosting tourism, and creating jobs for young people. The 15-year public-private partnership, signed in Jos on May 3,...