Nigeria and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have signed an agreement for a Joint Work Programme to strengthen strategic partnership in the development of data for energy policy and investment across the value chain for economic growth and energy security. This is just as the Vice President, Senator Kashim...
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has assured that all capital projects initiated under President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the nation’s capital will be completed before the end of the administration’s tenure. Wike gave the assurance during a media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has reaffirmed the current administration’s commitment to eliminating abandoned infrastructure across the nation’s capital, highlighting significant milestones in completing inherited projects alongside ongoing new initiatives. Speaking during a media chat in Port Harcourt, Wike emphasized that the FCT Administration has taken aggressive...
National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has charged the governorship candidates of the party to avoid hate speech and empty promises as they kick-start their campaigns ahead of the 2027 general election. Senator Mark gave this admonition in Abuja on Monday at a consultation...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has visited traders affected by the recent fire incident at Eda Plaza in the Jabi area of Abuja, expressing sympathy and offering support to those who lost their businesses in the disaster. Obi disclosed on Wednesday that he visited the plaza...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has called for electoral technology and electoral communication to be treated as a single discipline, warning that the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence-driven disinformation poses one of the most serious threats to the credibility of Nigeria’s 2027...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has described the death of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman (South South), Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, as painful, saying he has lost a true friend and political associate. Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, who passed away on Monday, 31 August...
• Shows how Nigeria can surpass global estimated potential One of Nigeria’s topmost real estate and property entrepreneurs, My-ACE China (popularly known as ‘Mayor of Housing’), has reacted to the latest global report on real estate, which posted Nigeria and Africa as a new growth area. He has not...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria following his participation at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Luanda, Angola. VP Shettima represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the high-level summit, where Nigeria called for stronger...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep concern over the worsening security situation in Benue State, warning that the continued violence in the country’s food-producing region is worsening food inflation and increasing the cost of living for millions of Nigerians. In a statement shared on Monday, Atiku described...
About 5,000 church leaders, missionaries, theological educators, younger Christian leaders and marketplace professionals are expected to converge on Abuja for the Lausanne Nigeria Congress 2026, the first national Lausanne gathering in the country in more than a decade. The four-day congress, scheduled for October 27 to 30 at the...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested three suspected members of a notorious armed robbery and car-snatching syndicate allegedly responsible for a string of vehicle thefts in Kaduna State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The arrests were made by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad (STS) during intelligence-led operations...
Nigeria Police Force, through operatives of the Special Tactical Squad (STS), on 27th August 2026, paraded four suspects arrested in connection with an organ harvesting and human trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. Force Public Relations Officer , Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Ani Iniedu disclosed this in a statement...
Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Dr. Mohammed Bello Shehu, OFR, has underscored the significance of greater collaboration between RMAFC and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), to promote transparency, accountability and improved revenue mobilisation and generation in Nigeria’s extractive industries. Dr. Shehu stated...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has dismissed claims by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) that the recent drop in electricity supply to the Federal Capital Territory was caused by the tripping of its 330kV transmission lines from the Shiroro Transmission Substation. In a statement issued on Wednesday, TCN...
Amnesty International has called on Nigerian security agencies to investigate and hold the Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, accountable over comments in which he allegedly threatened residents who do not support the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 elections. The...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the management of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to do all within its powers to ensure Nigeria derives maximum benefits from its gas reserves rather than allowing them to be flared. The President said this Wednesday at the State House, where he received...
Senator Ireti Kingibe has raised concerns over the sharp increase in the debt profile of the Federal Capital Territory since Nyesom Wike became Minister of the FCT. Kingibe made the disclosure during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday August 25 saying the FCT’s debt had risen significantly within...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has held a memorial service at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, in honour of ten gallant officers of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) who lost their lives in the line of duty during an encounter with suspected bandits along the Rafin Makuku axis of Sakaba Local...
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on African nations to strengthen their industrial capacity, describing it as a critical foundation for sustainable security, economic resilience and regional stability. Jonathan made the submission on Monday while delivering the graduation lecture for Course 34 of the National Defence College (NDC) at...