Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has expressed deep concern over what it described as the increasing use of criminal defamation laws by the administration of President Bola Tinubu to target activists, journalists, bloggers and other citizens for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights. SERAP’s reaction followed Friday’s ruling by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja
Taraba State Government has commenced a comprehensive screening and verification exercise for civil servants aimed at reviewing promotions, placements and service records, especially among senior officials in the state workforce. The exercise, being conducted through the Office of the Head of Civil Service, is also expected to identify workers...
President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Bello Bodejo, has formally joined the race for the Taraba Central Senatorial seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bodejo obtained both the expression of interest and nomination forms ahead of the party’s primary election...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has directed the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency to ensure that intending pilgrims from the state receive quality care and seamless services before, during and after the 2026 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. The Director of Operations of the agency, Alhaji Abubakar Usman Yusuf,...
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed the no-case submission made by politician-activist, Omoyele Sowore, in the charge of Cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu brought against him by the Department of the State Services (DSS). The Court upheld DSS’ charges against Sowore for...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on eligible residents of Sokoto State to take advantage of the final phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise scheduled to begin on May 11 and end on July 10, 2026. INEC described the exercise as a crucial opportunity for citizens...
National Examinations Council (NECO), has disclosed that more than 35 million candidates have participated in its various examinations over the past 25 years, underscoring the Council’s growing impact on educational assessment and national development. Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Wushishi, made this known during the Gala...
Progressive Governors Forum has denied reports claiming that Hope Uzodimma was removed as chairman of the forum, describing the story as false and misleading. In a statement released by the forum’s Director General, Folorusho Aluko on Thursday, the group said no meeting was convened where such a decision was...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has hinted that he may consider calls to contest the 2027 presidential election, saying consultations are ongoing. He made the remark on Thursday while receiving members of the Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan at his Abuja residence, where the youth group appealed to him to join...
A prosecution witness, PW14, Shehu Bello, on Thursday, May 7, 2026, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Ali Bello made several cash payments running into millions of naira for the construction of a property located at Plot 1891, Dala Hills, Maitama, Abuja. The...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), in the early hours of 7 May 2026, successfully contained an attack by ISWAP terrorists on Forward Operating Base (FOB) MAGUMERI under Sector 3. Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force. (North East) Operation HADIN KAI, Lieutenant...
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force (JTF) North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), have continued to record significant operational successes against terrorists and criminal elements operating within Zamfara State as part of ongoing efforts to restore peace and security across the region. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, May 7, 2026 convicted a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on 12- count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N33.8billion The former minister, who was absent in court, was prosecuted by the...
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have uncovered illegal arms manufacturing sites in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State and arrested five suspected Berom militia members linked to the fabrication of weapons used in attacks across the state. Security sources according to a report by a security...
Kebbi State government has listed the social and economic gains of the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, praising President Bola Tinubu for embarking on the project more than 45 years after it was first conceptualised by the administration of late President Shehu Shagari. Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Umar Abubakar Tafida...
Suspected gunmen have abducted several students of Nasarawa State University at the institution’s Engineering campus located in Gudi, Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The incident was confirmed by the Nasarawa State Police Command in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel. According...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on Thursday, formally submitted President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nomination and expression of interest forms to the national officers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), signaling his intent to clinch the party’s ticket to contest the 2027 presidential election for a second term...
Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in close coordination with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Lagos Country Office, and law enforcement partners from Switzerland, France, and Greece, have successfully dismantled a Transnational Criminal Organization involved in drug money laundering...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned the federal government to hands off judicial matters and immediately cease all alleged attempts to interfere in the ongoing case involving Nafiu Bala Gombe through covert pressure on Hon. Justice Nwite to recuse himself from the matter. The National Publicity Secretary of...
