Category: News

Nineteen people, including eight students sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, have been rescued after being kidnapped by suspected pirates. The victims were held for 21 days in the Bille waterways area in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. They were freed on Monday evening by a local security group […]

Former Labour Party’s presidential candidate and ex-Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the alleged demand of ₦700,000 each from traders to reopen their shops at the Onitsha Head Bridge Market, describing the action as “insensitive” and calling on authorities to reconsider the charge. Obi, in a statement on Tuesday via X, recalled his […]

The President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said that in the next two years, the company will be exporting almost 16,000 tonnes of fertiliser, which will amount to about $7m daily revenue to the Federal Government. In a statement on Monday, Dangote announced this when he paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters […]

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, May 31, inaugurate Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as part of his working visit to Lagos, the Presidency said on Monday. The highway, one of the flagship infrastructure projects of his administration, will be inaugurated alongside other key developments including the Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit […]

The National Caucus meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which began on Monday, will reconvene in Abuja today May 27, to decide the new date the party’s stalled National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting will hold. PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, told journalists after about three hours of the caucus meeting in Abuja on […]

Emerging political developments have continued to cast doubt on the ability of opposition parties to present a formidable challenge to President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. Most major opposition parties, such as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and […]

President Bola Tinubu has pledged his administration’s resolve to continue protecting the children, and laying a solid foundation for their future. In his message on the global Children’s Day commemoration today, he launched a nationwide campaign, “See Something, Say Something, Do Something”, which encourages every Nigerian to become a child protection champion. He said: ‘To […]

– gives 14-day grace President Bola Tinubu has stopped the takeover of the national secretariat of Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and 4,793 other properties in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. He granted the properties owners a 14-day grace to settle their outstanding obligations and regularise their documents. The FCT […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has defended its recent enforcement operations at Onitsha Bridge Head Market, Anambra State, following criticism circulating on social media. A viral video by controversial influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, alleged that NAFDAC demanded N700,000 from each shop owner as a condition to reopen […]

The Nyesom Wike controlled Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday sealed off the National Headquarters of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja. Officials of the FCT administration arrived at the Wadata Plaza where the PDP’s national secretariat is located in Wuse Zone 5, Abuja and sealed it at about 2.05pm Also sealed […]