Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has intensified Nigeria’s anti-corruption drive, confirming that former ministers, serving top government officials and other senior public office holders are currently under investigation. The Chairman of the Bureau, Dr. Abubakar Bello, disclosed this on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Enugu State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its fight against cultism with the arrest of six suspects accused of forcefully initiating victims into a secret cult group in Enugu metropolis. The suspects were apprehended in a forest around Ugwu Peak, Iva Valley community, in Enugu North...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has inducted 448 new members into the Institute at its 4th Quarter induction ceremony held on December, 2025, in Abuja. This brings to 1,516 the total number of new members inducted this year, according to a statement by the Institute’s Director, Public...
Two respected pioneers of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA), Elder Abel Offor of Able Agency and Chief Fabian Anyama of Chifab, were on Saturday honoured with Life Membership Awards in recognition of their enduring contributions to in the growth and stability of the association. The honour was conferred...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved major federal interventions for the University of Jos (UNIJOS), including the establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity, as part of efforts to reposition Nigerian universities for a technology-driven future. The President announced the interventions at the...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has declared a 90-day nationwide membership Mobilisation, Revalidation, and Registration (MMRR). The party also announced provisional dates for its congresses and the election of delegates at the polling unit, ward, local government. According to circulars issued by the National Secretary, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the congresses...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the American Business Council (ABC) have signed a pact aimed at improving trade facilitation and strengthening investor confidence. The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, received a delegation of the ABC on a courtesy visit to the Customs House, Maitama, Abuja, when both...
There are troubling skirmishes in Nigeria’s immediate neighbourhood. A coup attempt in next door Benin Republic was a rude poke in the nation’s eye. Nigeria quickly woke up and did the needful. When there is a fire in a neighbour’s hut next door, you need to rally to put...
Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, representing Borno Central Senatorial District, on Saturday cast his vote in the ongoing local government elections in Borno State, expressing satisfaction with the peaceful and orderly conduct of the exercise across Maiduguri. The senator voted at about 11:00 a.m. at Lawan Asheik Alhaji Sadiq Polling...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has approved the indefinite continuation of Kaduna State’s Free Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Mass Transit Scheme, following what the government described as its “overwhelming positive impact” on citizens. In a statement on Friday, the Commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmed Maiyaki, said the governor’s decision...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has firmly dismissed claims by former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, that his bail was revoked over his alleged attendance at a political gathering in Kebbi State, insisting that the commission remains strictly apolitical in all its...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, today reiterated his administration’s commitment to return power to the people in the determination of critical issues in the party. Turaki also assured of the party’s readiness to secure victories in key South-West states. Speaking to Party...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Munirudeen Oyebamiji on his emergence as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State following the party’s primary election held on Saturday. President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, also praised the Osun State APC for the...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has reaffirmed the resolve of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remodel the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) into a globally recognised centre of excellence that is digitally driven and financially stable by 2030. According to him, apart from...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has charged the 3,439 newly trained recruits of the Nigerian Army to uphold the highest standards of loyalty, discipline, and professionalism as they formally join the service. The recruits, who are members of the 89 Regular Intake of the Nigerian...
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has called on Nigerian undergraduates to support the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, arguing that students are enjoying unprecedented stability in the country’s university system under the current administration. In a statement shared on Saturday via his X handle, Omokri urged students to...
Nigerians have been urged to embrace selfless service and rally with an “all hands on deck” spirit to rebuild trust, fortify national unity, and extend a lifeline to those reeling from the country’s economic and social challenges. Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Oliver Aba, stated this...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on his birthday, December 13. President Tinubu in a statement issued on Saturday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, celebrates with the Minister and former governor of Rivers State, giving thanks to God Almighty...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by the National Chairman, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, received strategic counsel today from former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR. During a consultative visit by the PDP NWC to the former President’s residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State,...
Nigeria’s examination bodies occupy a central, non-negotiable and integral place in the country’s educational landscape. Bodies such as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, the National Examinations Council, NECO, and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, are not mere offices...