Nigeria spends $2.34bn on food imports in 2025, down 7.4%
•Food import share shrinks as total imports jump 28% By Babajide Komolafe Nigeria’s spending on food imports declined by 7.4 per cent, year-on-year to $2.34 billion in 2025, signaling a moderation in the country’s dependence on imported food products despite a sharp increase in overall import expenditure. Data on food imports obtained from the Central Bank […]
‘Makinde’s govt orchestrated Oyo abduction to blackmail Tinubu’ – Fayose alleges
Fayose made the allegation while speaking on a televised programme, where he questioned the response of the Oyo State Government to the incident and suggested that political considerations may have influenced its handling.
We’re working to rescue kidnapped retired Major Gen Abubakar — Defence hq
Following the abduction of former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar, and his wife in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State …
INSECURITY: NDC senatorial hopeful urges FG to seek foreign support
Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, senatorial candidate for Osun Central, Mr Nathaniel Oduyemi, has urged Federal Government to engage international partners in tackling the rising wave of insecurity across the country, saying government’s response to the situation has lacked the urgency required to address the challenge. Oduyemi, who lamented the increasing incidents of kidnappings involving schoolchildren […]
2027: Atiku, Babachir bicker over outcome of ADC presidential primary
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has resigned from African Democratic Congress, ADC, declaring that supporting the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would amount to handing President Bola Tinubu a second term in office.
Cut terrorists’ arms supply to end attacks — Northern Christians
ABUJA — The Northern Christian Association, NCA, said yesterday that cutting off the supply of arms to terrorists was key to weakening their operations and reducing attacks on innocent Nigerians.
Protests rock Oyo, Ogun over abduction of teachers, students
Academic activities were brought to a standstill across public schools in Oyo State, yesterday, as teachers complied with a directive from the National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to embark on a peaceful protest over the abduction of teachers and students in Oriire Local Government Area.
2027: Nigerians must insist their votes count —Fred Agbedi
Fred Agbedi is the lawmaker representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. He is a ranking member of the House
Future Is Now Movement Appoints Henry Shield as Director-General
*Unveils plans to activate 100 university campuses nationwide The Future Is Now (FiN) Movement has appointed Hon. Henry Shield as its Director-General following a national stakeholders’ meeting attended by State Coordinators from across the country. The appointment, which emerged as one of the key outcomes of the meeting held in Abuja on Monday, received unanimous […]
CG Musa 4 PBAT group launches grassroots mobilization for Tinubu
A support group under the aegis of CG Musa 4 PBAT has officially launched its activities in the nation’s capital on Monday with an explicit endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.
ALTON confident of full return of airtime lending services to Nigerians
By Innocent Anaba The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, has expressed confidence that airtime lending services will soon return fully to about 40 million Nigerians who depend on the platform, following the decision by Airtel Nigeria to restore its airtime credit service and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s, FCCPC, suspension […]
