In a move aimed at boosting confidence, security and ease of payments, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions to enforce multi-factor authentication on foreign-issued card transactions carried out in the country. The new directive, contained in a circular dated December 18, 2025,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has charged 3,391 newly inducted soldiers of the Nigerian Army to uphold the highest standards of discipline, professionalism, courage and patriotism as they formally commence their military careers. Lieutenant General Shaibu gave the charge on Saturday during the Passing Out...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has restated his administration’s commitment to ensuring that the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming the financial independence of local governments is implemented. President Tinubu made the commitment on Friday night at the 15th National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress, held at the State...
President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno State, applauded the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, for continuously investing in education, health, and transportation and for steadily improving the livelihoods of indigenes. The President, who was on a three-state official tour of Borno, Bauchi and Lagos States,...
Borno State has emerged as the overall winner in the male category of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, ‘Borno 2025’. Announcing the results, the Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies at Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Professor Abubakar Yelwa, declared Musa Ahmed Musa from Borno the overall male...
The Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, has lost his father, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Nawuya Wushishi. Alhaji Wushishi, a respected community leader in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, died at the age of 106. A terse statement signed by...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday commissioned three newly constructed mega schools and a fleet of 620 fully electric vehicles and tricycles delivered by the governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. During the commissioning ceremony, which was performed separately, President Tinubu commended Governor Zulum for his transformative...
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), working in close coordination with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have successfully intercepted two pick-up vans conveying logistics supplies suspected to be intended for Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State. The...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint sitting of the National Assembly, describing it as a “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity.” While the President insisted that the economy is stabilising, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sharply disagreed,...
In a nutshell: Nigeria’s 2026 budget as presented by President Bola Tinubu on Friday December 19 The 2026 Federal Budget is anchored on realism, prudence, and growth. The key aggregates are as follows:1) Expected total revenue is 34.33 trillion naira.2) Projected total expenditure is 58.18 trillion naira, including 15.52...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to due process as it convened a crucial meeting with contending factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), assuring all parties that it will be guided strictly by the final decision of the Court of Appeal on the party’s...
Niger State Police Command has been thrown into shock following the death of a senior officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Isah Abdullahi, popularly known as Kunkuri, who reportedly shot himself inside the armoury under his supervision in Minna. Abdullahi, attached to Mobile Police Force (MOPOL) 12, allegedly took...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday to visit Borno, Bauchi and Lagos States. While in Borno State, President Tinubu according to a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, will commission some projects undertaken by Governor Babagana Zulum and the Federal Government. He will also attend the...
Following the recent arraignment by the Department of State Security (DSS) of Abdulmalik Abdulazeez Obadaki, the suspected mastermind of the 2012 gun attack on a Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite, near Okene, in Kogi State, which killed over 19 worshippers, families of victims and survivors have thanked the secret...
Sokoto State Police Command on Friday paraded one Malam Muhammad Sai Malam also known as Mai Aljanar Kuddi being the leader and Chief Priest of an emerging money ritual cult group in Sokoto State. The command also paraded another young man who under pretence of being a local vigilantes...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has approved new service conditions for teachers in the state, extending their retirement age and introducing a rural posting allowance as part of efforts to strengthen the education sector. Under the new policy, which takes effect from August 1, 2025, the mandatory retirement age...
A legal practitioner, Sunday Enegbuma, has called on the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo to restrict the Ogieaga of The Three Ivie clan to his domains. Enegbuma accused the monarch of ascribing the title of Ogieaga of Ivie, instead of Ogieaga of The Three Ivie to himself. The Edo...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Friday met with the two warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its headquarters in Abuja with the aim of finding a resolution to the leadership crisis rocking the party. The meeting, which is currently going on behind closed-doors, had the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday formally presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, describing it as a decisive step to consolidate reforms, strengthen economic resilience and deliver tangible benefits to Nigerians. Tagged “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity,” the proposed...
2026 BUDGET SPEECH: “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity” Presented by:His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFRPresident, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, AbujaFriday, 19 December 2025 PROTOCOLSDistinguished Senate President,Rt. Honourable Speaker and Honourable Members of the House of Representatives,Distinguished Senators...