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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, cast his vote at the 2025 Chairmanship and Councillorship election held across the 27 Local Government Areas and 312 political wards in Borno State on Saturday. Zulum voted at Ajari II polling unit 006 in Mafa Ward, headquarters of the local government....
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has congratulated the Aliko Dangote Foundation on the launch of its unprecedented ₦100 billion annual education scholarship initiative, a decade-long commitment that will support more than 1.3 million Nigerian students across secondary and tertiary institutions. NELFUND described the initiative, unveiled in Lagos in...
In a bid to reduce maternal deaths and improve maternal health care across Nigeria, MamaCare on Friday launched the Safe-Mum Initiative, a digital platform designed to support pregnant women, particularly in rural and underserved communities. The unveiling and evening roundtable took place in Abuja, bringing together policymakers, community leaders,...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has expressed profound grief over the passing of Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, who died on Thursday, 11th December 2025. National Chairman of PANDEF, Ambassador Dr Godknows Boladei Igali, OON, in a statement on Friday, described the loss as “very painful”...
Former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre following his arraignment on corruption allegations. The order was handed down by Justice Mariam Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory High Court. Ngige will remain in custody until Monday, December 15, when the...
Federal Government on Friday temporarily opened the 47.47km Section One, Phase One of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, describing the project as a game changer. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, inaugurated the section on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a decisive step to strengthen its internal structure with the constitution of Caretaker Committees for its Enugu, Delta and Rivers State chapters. The decision was approved by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC),...
Justice R. N. Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Faisal Muhammad to six months imprisonment for hawking and selling of Naira notes in Abuja. The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), arraigned the defendant...
First prosecution witness (PW1), Peter Obumuneme Okoye, in the ongoing trial of Jude Chigozie Okoye, an elder brother and former manager of Paul and Peter Okoye, has told Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, that the defendant’s wife owns 800,000 shares in Northside Music Limited....
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged the management and staff of Opay to make compliance with existing regulations a watchword to ensure business integrity and block avenues for money laundering and fraudulent practices. Olukoyede gave the charge in Abuja on Thursday,...
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on Nigerians to actively support President Bola Tinubu in addressing the country’s security challenges, insisting that no government can win the fight alone. Mohammed made the appeal on Friday after delivering the 15th convocation lecture at Achievers University,...
Federal Government has taken a decisive step toward easing traffic pressure in Lagos, announcing that procurement is now underway for the construction of a new Carter Bridge. Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, made the disclosure on Friday during the inauguration of the 47.474-kilometre Section One, Phase One of...