Former Vice President who is also a Chieftain of the African Democratic Party, (ADC) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor of Oyo state and Peoples Democratic Party, Engineer Sheyi Makinde, both had private but separate meetings with former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in hill top mansion, Minna, Niger state yesterday.

The witness, who said he is a member of the Ondo Security Network, tagged “Amotekun,” told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he was able to identify the 2nd defendant, Al Qasim Idris.

The Federal Government has raised the alarm over post-harvest losses of up to 30 per cent in Nigeria’s fisheries sector, warning that the losses are worsening the nation’s fish supply deficit despite fish being a cheap source of animal protein.

Nigerians are increasingly expressing frustration over soaring apartment rents in major cities, where two-bedroom flats now cost far beyond the reach of average earners.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated players of Nigerian descent who led the Seattle Seahawks to victory in Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu has arrived in the Republic of Liberia on an official visit for the country’s 69th Armed Forces Day Celebration.

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has pledged to fulfil the wish of his political leader and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, by ensuring the completion of the Port Harcourt Ring Road project conceived during Wike’s administration.

The Group Managing Director of NNPC Ltd., Mr Bayo Ojulari, has reaffirmed the company’s commitment to strengthening partnerships, building indigenous capacity, and promoting gas as a key driver of Africa’s industrialisation. Ojulari gave the assurance on Tuesday in Lagos at the 10th Sub-Saharan Africa International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC 2026). The conference, with the […]

By Henry Umoru THE Senate has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts aimed at the safe rescue and release of all abducted women and children from Woro communities in Kwara State. The Senate has also called on the federal government to redesign and comprehensively clear the forest reserve of criminal elements and consider the […]

The Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, has condemned the recent killing of no fewer than 178 people in communities in Kwara State, calling the attacks heartbreaking and provocative.

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Hon. Magaji Aliyu as the Managing Director of the Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), Abuja.

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says mixed electronic and manual transmission of election results will be resolve challenges in election process. Atiku said that such combinations would amount to a potentially threat to the country’s electoral system. He said this in an interview with newsmen shortly after a visit to retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, […]

The Federal Government has lifted the “No Work, No Pay” directive imposed during the 84-day nationwide strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and approved the immediate payment of January 2026 salaries for all its members.

Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has announced he will no longer pose for random photographs with individuals he does not know well, citing the risk of such images being misused or “weaponised” amid growing online controversies.

In the wake of the Sunday night reconciliation meeting with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described the former governor as a man of “very big ambition.”