Prince Laja Adeoye on Thursday emerged the consensus governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APC) for the 2027 governorship election in the state. Adeoye, a real estate entrepreneur, emerged during the party’s gubernatorial primary election, held in Yaba, Lagos. The News Agency of N…
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has given each pilgrim from the state performing the 2026 Hajj 300 Saudi Riyals to support their welfare during the pilgrimage. The governor announced the gesture on Thursday night while visiting Kaduna pilgrims at their tents in Mina, Saudi Arabia. A statement by t…
The leadership of the Labour Party has congratulated Gov. Alex Otti of Abia on his third anniversary in office, saying that he remains the ‘finest outcome’ of the party’s 2023 electoral outing. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in …
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has cautioned the political class against violent acts during the electioneering campaigns. Eno noted that no single life is worth shedding for anyone’s political ambitions He stated this in his third anniversary speech to the people of Akwa Ibom state on F…
The Special Adviser on Security Matters to the Sokoto State Governor, Col. Ahmed Usman (retd.), has described the Eid-el-Kabir frontline visit by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, as a major morale booster for troops engaged in counter-banditry operations in the North-West. Speaking …
The Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas, has approved N500m for youth start-up support as part of efforts to tackle unemployment and promote economic growth in the state. Kefas announced this on Friday in a statewide broadcast in Jalingo to mark his third anniversary in office, saying the empowerm…
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Federal Government to focus on addressing economic hardship, insecurity, and the rising cost of living facing Nigerians. In a statement issued on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communica…
From political realignments in Abuja where Atiku Abubakar clinched the ADC presidential ticket, to revelations from Washington detailing a Trump-era directive that triggered anti-ISIS operations in Nigeria, the morning’s developments span politics, security and governance. In Abia, Governor Alex Ot…
National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Senator David Mark, on Wednesday said the party’s presidential primary had demonstrated that democracy and political competition could still thrive in Nigeria without crisis or division. Mark spoke at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has clarified that its Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and State Assembly primaries will still hold nationwide on May 29 despite adjustments caused by the Eid-el-Kabir holidays. The party stated that the decision became necessary due to transportation a…
The African Development Bank has appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, as the African champion for its newly unveiled Integrated Aviation Transformation Programme for Africa, a $7bn initiative aimed at repositioning the continent’s aviation industry. Acc…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has criticised Nigeria’s worsening economic and security conditions, saying millions of citizens were enduring severe hardship under policies that have deepened poverty and insecurity across the country. In a Sallah message issued on Wednesday ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir c…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Livestock Development, Idris Ajimobi, on Wednesday, disclosed that his office, in collaboration with the Ministry of Livestock Development, had commenced the revival of grazing reserves and ranches across Nigeria so as to curb farmer-herder clashes. …
The Federal Government spent only N3.10tn on capital projects in the first nine months of 2025 despite accessing N11.89tn from various debt financing sources during the period, highlighting the wide gap between borrowing and infrastructure spending. Latest data from the Budget Office of the Federat…
As Nigeria intensifies efforts to expand non-oil revenue and improve tax collection under its fiscal reform agenda, corporate tax contributions from major private-sector operators are becoming increasingly critical to government financing. Supporting that drive, MTN Nigeria paid N878.7bn in taxes, …
The Federal Government has moved to address the long-standing aircraft acquisition challenges facing Nigerian airlines with plans to partner the African Development Bank on a new national aircraft leasing initiative. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, unveiled the Nigeri…
The newly deployed Acting Area Controller in charge of the Ports & Terminal Multiservices Limited Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Nura Ibrahim, a Deputy Controller of Customs, has promised to operate with integrity and follow due process while ensuring seamless trade facilitation. The comma…
The Association of Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Employers has cautioned the Federal Government against what it described as excessive taxation, arbitrary levies, and poor regulatory engagement, warning that these policies could threaten the survival of businesses in Nigeria’s food and beverage secto…
Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has lamented that Nigeria recorded 1,639 deaths from electoral violence between 1999 and 2023, describing the figure as a national burden that must not be allowed to continue. This is as he warned political actors against any form of violence, insisting that elector…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said nowhere in any holy teaching does scripture sanction the taking of human life or engagement in criminal violence. He stated this when he performed the Eid-el-Kabir congregational prayers at Dodan Barracks in Lagos. According to a statement signed by his Speci…
