The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) marked Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary with a family-centred celebration at the ATO Field, NAF Base Ikeja, Lagos, bringing together children and families of personnel in an atmosphere of patriotism, unity and camaraderie. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, represented...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos
Following the recent flood incidents that affected parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, activated a technical team led by the Director of Search and Rescue, Air Commodore Bature Usman, to strengthen ongoing response efforts and support...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Tony Ameachi, over an alleged ₦2.5 million fraud involving the purchase of deep freezers. The suspect was arrested in the Ojo area of Lagos State on September 22, 2026, after detectives traced him during an investigation that began in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independence Day broadcast, accusing him of presenting a misleading picture of Nigeria’s economic situation and comparing his administration to the biblical Pharaoh rather than Moses. In a statement issued on Friday, the opposition party said President Tinubu’s...
There is a point at which a country’s electricity problem ceases to be merely an electricity problem. It becomes a problem of economic geography. Where can factories operate with confidence? Where can businesses plan beyond the next appearance of a generator? Where can hospitals, schools, technology companies, markets and...
The media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has defended his principal’s decision to refer to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu simply as “Bola,” arguing that no Nigerian law makes it an offence to address the President by his first name. Ibe made the clarification in a...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has defended his administration’s economic reforms, insisting that they are addressing long-standing structural problems and laying the foundation for sustainable growth despite criticism from opposition politicians. The President made the remarks in excerpts from his October 1 Independence Day broadcast shared on Friday by the...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria’s Independence will have little meaning if citizens cannot freely express themselves without fear, urging leaders to protect the democratic rights guaranteed by the Constitution. The former Anambra State governor made the remarks in a post on his verified...
Troops of the Joint Task Force South East, Operation UDO KA, have destroyed a suspected terrorist camp in Anambra State, rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered a cache of weapons during a series of coordinated operations aimed at tackling insecurity in the South-East. The Nigerian Army disclosed the development...
Former Sokoto State Governor and Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians not to lose hope despite the country’s economic and security challenges, saying the nation’s problems can be overcome with the right leadership. Tambuwal, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made...
BY The Chairman of the Northern Christian Association (NCA), Rev. Joseph John Hayab, has attributed Nigeria’s slow pace of development to weak institutions, insecurity, poor democratic participation and persistent ethnic, religious and regional divisions. Hayab, who spoke in a statement marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary, said the country had...
The fight against breast cancer has received a fresh boost in Cross River State as the Pink Africa Foundation, in partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, launched a school-based awareness campaign to educate students on early detection and body awareness. The campaign, held...
Nigerian Navy has rescued two kidnapped victims and recovered several stolen outboard engines in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State after an intelligence-led operation against suspected sea robbers targeting fishermen in the coastal community. The Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Abidemi Folorunsho, disclosed in a...
Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has called on Nigerians to unite in building a more productive, secure and prosperous nation as the country marked its 66th Independence Anniversary. In a message shared on his official X account on Wednesday, October 1, Kwankwaso...
Borno State Governor and Chairman of the North East Governors’ Forum, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, is hosting the five other governors of the region for the Forum’s 13th regular meeting in Maiduguri. The visiting governors are Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi, Muhammadu Inuwa...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accompanied by his wife, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, attended the national premiere of MKO, a documentary film by US-based filmmaker Ose Oyamendan. The screening at the Wole a Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts was part of activities commemorating Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary,...
Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulazeez Yari, has disclosed that he met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos to review preparations for the party’s 2027 campaign. Yari made this known in a post on his verified X account on Thursday, where he...
Several traditional rulers in Katsina State have commended the Military, Department of State Services (DSS) and local vigilante groups for foiling another attempt by armed bandits to carry out a mass abduction in Bakori Local Government Area of the state. The state government had penultimate week hailed the security...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to use the country’s 66th Independence Anniversary as a time for honest reflection, saying the nation is facing worsening poverty, hunger, insecurity and unemployment despite its enormous human and natural resources. In his Independence Day message released...
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s claims that Nigeria is making economic progress, saying many Nigerians are yet to feel any real improvement in their daily lives. In his message to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary on Thursday,...