The entire 17 Local Government Chairmen under the Association of Local Government Chairmen (ALGON) in Yobe State, have unanimously endorsed Baba Malam Wali as the gubernatorial candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wali, whom they described as a grassroots...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri
Nigeria’s stock market ended Thursday on a softer note as investors shed N169.9 billion following mild profit-taking across key sectors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). Market capitalisation declined from N161.84 trillion recorded on Wednesday to N161.67 trillion at the close of trading on Thursday. The All-Share Index (ASI)...
In a strategic move to bolster its leadership team, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Dr. Julius Omodayo-Owotuga as an Executive Director, effective May 13, 2026. The appointment was disclosed Thursday in a public notice filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited and signed by Company Secretary Abiola Baruwa...
Federal Government has launched the EU Support to Public Health Institutes in Nigeria (EUSPIN) initiative as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen disease surveillance, emergency preparedness, and institutional response systems across the country. The four-year €4.2 million initiative, launched in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the World...
Africa’s energy journey is often portrayed as a stark choice between climate responsibility and development. In reality, the continent faces a more nuanced challenge: finding a fair, gradual energy transition that matches its unique needs and ambitions. Technology and innovation can drive this change, helping secure affordable and sustainable...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reaffirmed its commitment to discipline, accountability, and institutional reform with the dismissal, arrest, and prosecution of police personnel found involved in cases of conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, stealing, and abuse of office in Rivers State and its environs. The Force spokesman , DCP...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have continued to record significant operational successes under Operation DESERT SANITY, including the rescue of abducted civilians, neutralisation of terrorists, and arrest of suspected terrorist collaborators across the theatre of operations. Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence on Thursday, received a delegation from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Senior Course 47 on a study tour, at the Ministry’s headquarters Ship house, Abuja. In his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Mr Richard Pheelangwa represented by Director Joint...
President Bola Tinubu’s economic and investment drive received a further boost on Thursday, as world-class port operator APM Terminals pledged a $600 million investment in Nigeria’s maritime sector. Regional President, APM Terminals Africa-Europe, Igor van den Essen, disclosed this when he led other executives, including Head of Investments, APM Terminals,...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its House of Representatives primary election for the 2027 general elections by one day, shifting the exercise to Saturday, May 16, 2026. The party, however, confirmed that the dates earlier announced for the Senate, State Houses of Assembly, governorship and presidential primaries remain...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on his 60th birthday, praising his leadership style, peace-building efforts and developmental strides across the state. In a tribute issued on Thursday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, the President described Governor Alia’s rise to political leadership as “faith made...
The Internationial Finance Corporation would immediately send a mission to Nigeria to explore scalable investment structures that could unlock private capital into the sector. Managing director of the Corporation, Diop Makhtar, announced this in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday, during a meeting with Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on the sidelines of...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has called on aspirants seeking various elective positions under the All Progressives Congress (APC) and party stakeholders to adopt consensus as the preferred mode for candidate emergence ahead of the party primaries. The APC primary elections are scheduled to commence on Friday, 15...
Students of Philomath University on Thursday in Abuja staged a peaceful demonstration within the school premises to draw attention to concerns affecting their academic activities and hostel living conditions. During the protest, the students presented a formal document outlining several requests to the institution’s management, calling for improvements in...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to embrace peace, fairness, and unity as the party commences its nationwide primary elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement released ahead of the exercise, Tinubu described the primaries as a...
ADC slams Tinubu’s fresh $1.25bn World Bank loan, says Nigerians are paying price of ‘ponzi economy’
ADC slams Tinubu’s fresh $1.25bn World Bank loan, says Nigerians are paying price of ‘ponzi economy’
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the Federal Government’s move to secure another $1.25 billion loan from the World Bank, describing the Tinubu administration’s borrowing pattern as dangerous and unsustainable. In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC expressed concern over what it...
James Balami, the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of the former National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA boss, Professor Usman Yusuf on Thursday, May 14, 2026 told the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, Abuja, presided over by Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu that the contract awarded to...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on May 14, 2026, convicted and sentenced a businessman, Kingsley Obasi, to seven years imprisonment for a $247,390 fraud. Obasi, alongside his company, Great King Parkson Industrial Company, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial...
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, May 12, 2025, arraigned Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei, Managing Director, Viscount Microfinance Bank before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for fraud. She is being prosecuted on a two-count charge, bordering on illegal conversion...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has officially declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election, signaling a major shift in Nigeria’s political landscape. Makinde made the announcement on Thursday during a unity rally organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All People’s Movement (APM) at Mapo...