Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday picked up his membership card for the ongoing All Progressives Congress’ (APC’s) digital registration exercise. Governor Zulum was presented with his membership card by the Borno State APC chairman, Hon Bello Ayuba, following his registration by the agent of his...
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BUA Group Chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu has thrown his full support behind Nigeria’s Super Eagles, promising huge cash rewards ahead of their AFCON 2025 semi-final clash with Morocco. In a post on X on Saturday, Rabiu celebrated Nigeria’s stunning 2-0 victory over Algeria and pledged incentives to spur the...
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has assured that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara remains politically secure within the All Progressives Congress (APC) despite renewed threats of impeachment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Rivers State House of Assembly on Thursday initiated fresh impeachment proceedings...
National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has warned it may resume a nationwide strike despite a restraining order from the National Industrial Court, insisting that the Federal Government has failed to implement key agreements reached with the union. The warning comes amid growing dissatisfaction over the Federal Government’s alleged...
Nigeria’s political heavyweights, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex–Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Nasir El-Rufai, gathered in Abuja on Friday for the Tambuwal Colloquium on Leadership, Service and Statesmanship, held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel to mark the 60th birthday of former Sokoto State Governor,...
Director General of the Plateau State Information and Communication Technology Development Agency (PICTDA), Engineer Dominic Datong Gwaman, has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Gwaman’s defection was confirmed on Saturday at Namu Ward in Quanpan Local Government Area...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has disbursed over ₦10 million in cash alongside food items and livestock to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving across local government areas under the Biu Zonal Office. The intervention, carried out during the Governor’s recent working tour of Bayo, Kwayar...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have congratulated the Super Eagles following their impressive 2–0 victory over the Desert Warriors, a result that sealed Nigeria’s place in the semi-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Goals from Victor Osimhen and...
Former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, in this interview with newsmen in Sokoto on the eve of his 60th birthday, reassured that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deeply concerned about the future of Nigeria. He also spoke on...
Rising fire outbreaks: Peter Obi mourns victims, seeks urgent reform of Nigeria’s emergency services
Rising fire outbreaks: Peter Obi mourns victims, seeks urgent reform of Nigeria’s emergency services
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over the recent wave of fire outbreaks across Nigeria, describing the incidents as a wake-up call for urgent reforms in the country’s emergency response system. In a statement shared on his official X (formerly Twitter)...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, a prominent politician, lawyer and Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on his 60th birthday. The President in congratulatory message by his spokesman, commended the years of service of the People’s Democratic Party Senator to the...
We welcome all perspectives that contribute to a shared understanding and successful implementation of the new tax laws. We acknowledge that a few points raised by KPMG are useful, particularly those related to implementation risks and clerical or cross-referencing issues. However, the majority of the publication reflected a misunderstanding...
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has been granted provisional hosting rights for the 29th edition of the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA), scheduled to hold in 2028. The award was conveyed in a letter dated December 3, 2025, addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adamu Ahmed, and signed by the...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum attended the grand finale of the Ndume Unity Cup in Biu Local Government Area, Borno State, on Saturday. The annual tournament, sponsored by the Senator representing southern Borno, Senator Mohammed Ndume, aims to engage, unite and empower youths across Borno South through sport. This...
Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) has unveiled a revised timetable for the 2026 Local Government Elections, which will hold across the state’s 17 councils on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. The update was announced on Friday during a press briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Jos, where journalists and...
National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja Division, has issued an interim order restraining the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) from embarking on any form of industrial action. The order, delivered by Justice Emmanuel Danjuma Subilim, followed an application filed by the Federal Government through the Office of...
Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Friday, 9 January 2026, led the Service Chiefs, senior military officers and other top government officials to the Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day 2026 Juma’at Service, at the the National Mosque, Abuja. Among the top military leadership in...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Friday, January 9, 2026, arraigned one Kavlak Onal, an Austrian arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $800,575 and €651,505 in his possession before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal...
Federal Government has announced the establishment of Nigeria House Davos during the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026, scheduled to take place from 19th–23rd January 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Director (Information & Public Relations),...
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has expressed deep concern over the escalating political tension in Rivers State, following the decision of the State House of Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy. PANDEF, the apex socio-political organisation of the South-South geopolitical zone, warned that...