President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday briefly stumbled and fell during an official welcome ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, sparking momentary concern over his health while on a state visit. The incident occurred as President Tinubu, 73, was being received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, shortly after he had...
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Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister. Oluwaseun Faleye, has called for a nationwide shift from mere workplace safety compliance to the entrenchment of a sustainable safety culture across Nigerian industries. The NSITF boss made the call in Abuja on Tuesday at the NSITF–NECA Safe...
For years, public procurement in Nigeria moved to a familiar rhythm. Files circulated. Committees met. Rules were cited. Yet something essential was missing. The instincts that turn policy into habit and compliance into culture never quite took root. Procurement functioned, but it rarely learned. This created challenges. It was...
Nigeria was once again plunged into widespread darkness on Tuesday following the collapse of the national electricity grid, cutting off power supply to millions of households and businesses across the country. The development quickly dominated conversations on X (formerly Twitter), where Nigerians shared real-time updates and screenshots from electricity...
Borno State Government has finalised arrangements for the voluntary repatriation of more than 3,000 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon republic to their ancestral homes after 11 years. This is in fulfillment of Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum’s commitment to repatriate and resettle all Nigerian refugees from Borno, who are sheltering...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Ankara, the capital of the Republic of Turkiye, on a State Visit. The presidential media aide, Bayo Onanuga,who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said President Tinubu’s plane touched down at precisely 9.03 pm local time. According to him, the president...
First Lady of Nigeria and National Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has officially handed over three mobile clinic units under the RHI’s Love on Wheels project to boost healthcare delivery in underserved areas. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja, Senator Oluremi Tinubu described...
Worried by the ever-growing insecurity in the country, the Sokoto State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Associate Professor Jabir Maihula, has appealed to the Nigerian media to deny insurgents, terrorists and bandits the needed oxygen to thrive by deliberately shifting away from the free publicity given to their activities. Prof....
The long-awaited corruption trial of former Nigerian Petroleum Minister and first female OPEC president, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is set to commence in London on Monday. The 65-year-old faces five charges of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, all allegedly tied to her tenure as Nigeria’s Minister...
Barely a week after the Federal Government announced that electricity consumers would no longer pay for prepaid meters, electricity distribution companies (DisCos) are pushing back, warning that the directive raises serious funding and regulatory concerns. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, had last week directed DisCos to begin free...
On Monday this week President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departs for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Türkiye. The stated agenda—military cooperation and trade partnership—is precise. But the subtext is broader: Nigeria is recalibrating its partnerships toward countries that combine strategic geography, industrial depth, security capability, and an...
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has organised a special prayer session for the safe return of 177 worshippers abducted from churches in Kurmin Wali community, one week after the incident. The prayer session, held on Sunday at Tawaliu Baptist Church in...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has announced plans to construct what he described as the largest inter-state bus terminal in Nigeria, in terms of size and supporting infrastructure. Speaking on Sunday while performing the groundbreaking for the project, the governor said the ultra-modern terminal would be sited on 20...
Nigeria’s external reserves have crossed the $46 billion mark for the first time in about eight years, reflecting sustained improvement in foreign exchange inflows and management. Personal Assistant on Special Duties to the President, Kamorudeen Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday, said the data released by the Central Bank...
Yesterday, 23rd January 2026, Nigerians were once again offered an expected but unwanted New Year gift! – The national grid succumbed once again thus throwing the nation and our economy into darkness… It is hardly surprising that the grid continues to collapse. With inadequate funding, weak oversight and governance,...
Nigeria Government has declared that any violence framed along religious lines will be treated as a direct attack on the Nigerian state, reaffirming that the protection of all citizens—Christians, Muslims, and adherents of other faiths—is non-negotiable. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, made the statement at the conclusion of...
Former Vice President, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has reaffirmed his unwavering membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring that he remains a loyal member of the party and will continue to be so throughout his political life. He also pledged his full support for the rebuilding and repositioning...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned the latest collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid, describing it as a continuation of what he called a worsening national embarrassment in the electricity sector. In a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, Obi lamented that...
Nigeria reaffirmed during the weeks its strategic commitment to defeating banditry, terrorism and strengthening national security through deeper collaboration with the United States, as the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, hosted a high-level U.S. delegation led by Allison Hooker, for a strategic security parley. The meeting, attended...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded its first national grid collapse of 2026, throwing homes, businesses, and public institutions across the country into darkness. Preliminary reports indicate that the grid failure was caused by the simultaneous tripping of multiple 330 kilovolt (330kV) transmission lines, alongside the disconnection of some grid-connected power...