Category: News

The Presidency spent at least N34.39 billion on foreign exchange purchases for international travel and related obligations over a two-year period, findings have shown. The figure is according to data compiled from GovSpend, a government spending tracker managed by BudgIT. The records, which cover transactions by the State House, Presidential Air Fleet, the Office of […]

Anambra state government has reopened the Onitsha Main Market for full commercial and economic activities. The reopening which takes effect from from Monday February 2, was afte a one-week closure. Governor Chukwuma Soludo, governor had shut the market after traders defied the state’s directive to ignore the longstanding Monday sit-at-home order enforced by the proscribed […]

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has firmly dismissed speculation that the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, could be removed following his recent political realignment with the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Friday through his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, the governor said there was “absolutely no plan or agreement” to alter the […]

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring a stable academic calendar, improved staff welfare and uninterrupted power supply across Nigerian universities, declaring that education remains central to his Renewed Hope Agenda. He also announced the introduction of a Staff Loan Scheme for academic and non-academic workers in tertiary institutions, aimed at reducing […]

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has called on the National Assembly to urgently pass the Electoral Bill 2025, warning that continued delays could undermine critical electoral reforms and threaten the credibility of the 2027 elections. In a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party accused the APC-led Senate of delaying the […]

Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has sacked the traditional rulers in the Amasiri clan of Afikpo Local Government Area and directed the withdrawal of their staff of office. He also sacked the Commissioner for Tertiary Education from the area, Prof. Amari Omaka, and dissolved the entire political and traditional leadership […]

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has issued arrest warrants against the United Bank for Africa Plc and four of its senior officials over the alleged illegal operation and maintenance of bank accounts in the name of the 30 local government councils in the state. The case, marked MOS/601c/2025 and […]

The Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has appealed the Federal High Court ruling that voided the party’s November 2025 convention and recognised a caretaker committee backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Addressing journalists on Friday, Turaki said, despite the court verdict, the party remained legally […]

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a one-day sit-at-home on Monday 2 February across Nigeria’s South-east. Emma Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said the sit-at-home directive was in protest against the closure of the Onitsha Main Market by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State. Governor Soludo ordered the […]

Rivers State Government has denied blocking the use of the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia, Port Harcourt, for a rally organised by a support group for President Bola Tinubu on Friday. Recall that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Chairman of the Renewed Hope Agenda in Rivers State, Amb. Desmond Akawor, […]