A Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, in the ongoing matter of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, that former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo expressed his desire to make himself available to testify in any...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja-
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has noted President Bola Tinubu’s gesture of granting asylum and providing protection to Mr. Fernando Dia Da Costa, the opposition presidential candidate in the recently concluded Guinea-Bissau Presidential Election. According to information credited to the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, and his...
Leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has called on its members across the 35 states of the federation, with exception of Abia state to troop out en-mass and elect their leadership in all wards, Local Government Areas and state chapters in Nigeria. The Labour Party in a statement signed...
Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Abdulmajid, has commended the Divisional Police Officer of Mallamfatori Division and his team for their exemplary professionalism and integrity in recovering valuable property (gold) belonging to a female resident of the community. CP Abdulmajid gave the commendation in a statement issued on...
Nigeria has stepped into a tense political moment in Guinea-Bissau, granting temporary asylum to opposition presidential hopeful Fernando Dia Da Costa, who is currently taking refuge inside the Nigerian Embassy in Bissau. The move follows mounting security concerns and credible threats to his life as the country edges toward...
Osun State’s political landscape shifted on Tuesday as Governor Ademola Adeleke formally severed ties with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), deepening the turmoil already gripping the party at the national level. In a resignation letter dated November 4, 2025, and delivered to PDP leaders in Sagba Abogunde, Ward 2...
Fresh moves are underway in Nigeria’s security leadership as former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, is tipped to step in as the new Minister of Defence following the abrupt resignation of Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Monday night. Musa, who bowed out of service on October 24,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Monday, 1 December 2025, re-arraigned Akindele Akintoye before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on an amended six count-charge bordering on dishonesty and conversion of $35m Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Project, NCDMB Project. The two other...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency announced on Monday the resignation of Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, from office. A statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, said Badaru resigned his appointment, with immediate effect. According to...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has renewed his administration’s drive to expand opportunities for women’s education, announcing a ₦50 million boost for the Women’s Adult Islamic School in Maiduguri. The pledge was delivered on Sunday during a colourful Qur’anic graduation ceremony for 65 women who completed the...
The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has called for an extraordinary level of unity, courage and collective responsibility to confront the deepening security and socioeconomic crises threatening Northern Nigeria. Speaking at the Joint Northern States Governors’ Forum and...
Kano State High Court, on Monday, sentenced a 22-year-old man, Najibullah Alkasim, 22, to death by hanging for stabbing one Isyaku Ya’u, to death with a screw driver. Alkasim, who lives at Dakata Quarters, Nasarawa Local Government Area was convicted on a one-count charge of culpable homicide. Delivering judgment,...
A faction within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has openly urged Governor Caleb Mutfwang to dump the party and pitch his tent with the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting the switch would be in the state’s best interest. The group, drawn from PDP members across Plateau’s...
Former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, is set for a month-long stretch of daily questioning at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as investigators dig into the trail of an alleged $490 million Abacha loot retrieved through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). A senior EFCC...
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate in real terms grew by 3.98 per cent in the third quarter of 2025 on a year-on-year basis. The NBS stated this in the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report Q3 2025 released in Abuja on Monday....
Nigeria’s public debt stock increased from N149.38 trillion (97.23 billion dollars) in the first quarter of 2025 to N152.39 trillion (99.65 billion dollars) in the second quarter of 2025. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt Report for Q2 2025 released...
Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council on Monday held a crucial joint meeting in Kaduna where they announced bold decisions aimed at confronting the escalating security challenges threatening the region. The meeting, held at the Council Chamber of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, was attended...
Northern governors and traditional rulers on Monday opened a crucial joint meeting in Kaduna, with insecurity, climate change and the alarming rise in Almajiri and out-of-school children dominating deliberations. Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, in his keynote...
Security operatives in Borno State have thwarted a Boko Haram raid on Malari, a farming community in Konduga Local Government Area, and have now intensified efforts to rescue three villagers kidnapped during the attack. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, the assault unfolded on November...