Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has approved the request by the 2025 Hajj intending pilgrims to be granted cash transactions for the holy pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This followed the intervention of Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who appealed to President Bola Tinubu on behalf of the pilgrims...
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Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has set up a sub-committee to collaborate with the heads of security agencies for immediate solution to security challenges in the country. Governor Hope Uzodinma announced this in the early hours of Thursday while reading a communique issued after the NGF’s second meeting held late...
U.S. President, Donald Trump has plans to spare carmakers from some tariffs, Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday. It noted that as part of a tariff “destacking” plan, car parts would be relieved of some of the duties imposed by Trump. The exemptions, FT said, would however leave in...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers has convened a meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc. The Chairman of the Council, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, made this known...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubuhas directed an immediate overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara. The President, who on Wednesday met with security chiefs at the State House, Abuja, for more than two hours, said...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is currently holding a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, to discuss the ongoing insecurity challenges in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, presided over by the Chairman of the NGF, Gov....
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede has given a marching order to the Nigerian Army to flush out bandits terrorising the people of Barutein and Kaiama local governments of Kwara. The Chief of Army Staff similarly gave an order to fish out terrorists in Borgu in...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has lauded the immediate past governor of Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, for expressing his support for President Bola Tinubu. Wike gave the commendation in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and Social Media,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja, assured Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta of its support and cooperation as he formally defected to the party. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, gave the assurance in a statement while welcoming the governor to the APC. He...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has called Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) a major development. Uzodinma, Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), stated this while speaking with journalists in Abuja following a closed-door meeting with other Progressive...
The Federal Government is set to relaunch its Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (RH-NHGSFP) on May 29. The Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Sununu, revealed this on Wednesday during a meeting with development partners, NGOs, and government officials in Abuja. Sununu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced that it has honored all commitments made to the victims and families impacted by the tragic airstrike that occurred on January 11 in Dangebe Village, Maradun, Zamfara. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame,...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to working closely with the Niger Government to bring prosperity to the country. Idris made this statement on Wednesday upon arriving in Abuja aboard an inaugural flight from the newly named President Bola Tinubu...
A student of the University of Ibadan (UI), Saheed Ahmed, has been announced as the 2025 winner of the World Veterinary Association Global Veterinary Award. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Joke Akinpelu, the University’s Director of Public Relations in Ibadan on Wednesday. “Ahmed, a former President...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has urged Nigerian Government to be prudent in spending following implementation of hard economic reforms that has made it to save more revenue. The Director, Fiscal Affairs Department IMF, Vitor Gaspar, said this at a Fiscal Monitor news conference at the ongoing 2025 IMF/World...
Air Peace Ltd. has announced the suspension of all flight operations nationwide due to the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET). This is contained in a statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, Air Peace, Dr Ejike Ndiulo, on Wednesday in Lagos. According to...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government has clarified that security experts have found out that the rumoured bomb explosion that claimed life of 12 year old boy that took place at Abakpa was exaggerated. A statement issued by Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr James...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progress Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with this development all speculation about Gov. Oborevwori’s defecting to the APC has been put to rest. Announcing the...
Former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, has said the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, must leave PDP immediately over alleged anti-party activities. George, in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, said, “the party is being embarrassed by the open display of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Former presidential candidate Peter Obi paid his final respects to the late Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Mr. Obi, who was a member of the Scholars Occultantes, an international circle of thinkers founded by Pope Francis, described the late pontiff as...