Federal Government has approved the establishment of the National Research and Innovation Development Fund (NRIDF), a major initiative aimed at transforming Nigeria into a globally competitive, innovation-driven economy through sustained investment in research, science, and technology. The approval was announced by the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji...
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All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus governorship candidate for Borno State, Mustapha Gubio, has successfully completed the party’s screening exercise ahead of the forthcoming governorship election. The screening exercise was conducted by the All Progressives Congress Screening Committee at the Kaduna State Liaison Office in Abuja and chaired by the...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has been cleared to participate in the forthcoming governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after successfully passing the party’s screening exercise. The screening marks Kefas’ first official vetting by the APC since his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the...
A public affairs analyst in Bauchi State, Hamisu Ahmad Salele, has called on Governor Bala Mohammed to prioritise the payment of retirees’ gratuities and pensions, saying the move would attract both divine blessings and public support. Speaking with journalists at the Government House in Bauchi, Salele commended the governor...
The leadership of the Abuja Zone of the Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria (CIoD Nigeria), led by the Chairperson, Mrs. Rose N. Eshiette, M.CIoD, paid a courtesy visit to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, in Abuja as part of ongoing...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, have openly declared their support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, insisting that power must remain in Southern Nigeria in the interest of national balance and political stability. In a...
A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto has fixed May 19, 2026, for the hearing of a leadership dispute rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state, as tensions heighten ahead of the party’s primaries scheduled for May 21. The case, which was brought before Justice Ahmad Gama...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has approved the release of N5.9bn for 2025/26 intervention projects to strengthen basic education in the state The Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Anietie Etuk, announced this during a press briefing in Uyo. He revealed that the governor has approved and...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Senator Ita Enang as Nigeria’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany. The appointment marks a fresh diplomatic role for the veteran lawmaker and former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta...
Nigeria’s push to reposition its universities as drivers of industrial growth received a major boost on Friday with the launch of the Mine-Tech University Innovation Pod (Mine-Tech UniPod) at Nasarawa State University, as the Federal Government declared that the country must transition from exporting raw minerals to building a...
BY NGOBUA JOHNNIE – Abuja – Senior Deputy Directors in the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), have decried unjust career stagnation and unfair promotion of staff in the Bureau. In a recent petition signed by the Concerned Senior Directors of BPE and addressed to the Vice President, Senator Kashim...
There are two broad categories of success in this country. The first announces itself long before it arrives. It travels with noise, dresses in spectacle, and insists, sometimes rather impatiently, that you take notice. The second is quieter, almost reluctant to be seen. It builds, it steadies, it gives,...
Zulum’s succession battle: How Kaka Shehu lost Borno’s 2027 governorship consensus to Mustapha Gubio
Zulum’s succession battle: How Kaka Shehu lost Borno’s 2027 governorship consensus to Mustapha Gubio
The political landscape in Borno State has taken a dramatic turn as intense political maneuvering continues over who will succeed Governor Babagana Umara Zulum in 2027. What began as quiet succession talks within the ruling APC has gradually evolved into one of the most emotionally charged political contests in...
A prosecution witness (PW15), Ramalan Abdullahi, on Friday, May 8, 2026, narrated before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how a property located at No. 35 Danube Street, Maitama, Abuja, was allegedly purchased for the naira equivalent of N950 million paid in United States dollars. Abdullahi,...
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch Sonny Echono, has disclosed that four of the six proposed multi-purpose zonal laboratories across Nigeria will be equipped and become operational before 2027. Echono stated this while receiving the report of the Advisory Committee on the Equipping of TETFund...
Taraba State Government has commenced a comprehensive screening and verification exercise for civil servants aimed at reviewing promotions, placements and service records, especially among senior officials in the state workforce. The exercise, being conducted through the Office of the Head of Civil Service, is also expected to identify workers...
President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Bello Bodejo, has formally joined the race for the Taraba Central Senatorial seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bodejo obtained both the expression of interest and nomination forms ahead of the party’s primary election...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has directed the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency to ensure that intending pilgrims from the state receive quality care and seamless services before, during and after the 2026 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. The Director of Operations of the agency, Alhaji Abubakar Usman Yusuf,...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on eligible residents of Sokoto State to take advantage of the final phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise scheduled to begin on May 11 and end on July 10, 2026. INEC described the exercise as a crucial opportunity for citizens...
National Examinations Council (NECO), has disclosed that more than 35 million candidates have participated in its various examinations over the past 25 years, underscoring the Council’s growing impact on educational assessment and national development. Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Wushishi, made this known during the Gala...