State Police: Presidential panel extends deadline for memoranda
…Sets August 21 deadline for submissions By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA: The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has extended the deadline for the submission of memoranda and position papers on the proposed legislation to Friday, August 21, 2026. The submissions are to be made by 5 p.m. West Africa Time (WAT). The extension […]
Court orders INEC to deregister ADC, Accord, three others
“ADC and the four other parties performed poorly in 2023 elections, and by-elections conducted by INEC; they failed to win seats across key tiers of government”
Xenophobia: ‘Our artistes’ shows are being cancelled across Africa’ — South African minister
“We can’t lie about the backlash, and that is why part of the work that we are doing as government, as well through DECO, is engagement with businesses abroad, South African companies abroad.
Senators unhappy with Akpabio; he sees me as devil — Oshiomhole
“He (Akpabio) is so paranoid about anything that has to do with me. Everybody in the Senate knows that if Senator Akpabio have his way, he will lock me out of the senate because he has misled himself into thinking that I am probably the devil he knows. There are many angels he doesn’t know,” he said.
Food industry on brink as rising costs, forex crisis trigger mass layoffs
“Smaller package sizes remain the preferred choice for many consumers whose purchasing power has been severely eroded”
Civil war: Why Ojukwu refused to recognise Gowon as head of state – Abubakar
“Ojukwu refused to recognise the new head of state, insisting that in the absence of Aguiyi-Ironsi, the next in command was Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe”
Insecurity: Ministers, governors may become targets, Buratai warns
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), has warned that Nigeria’s worsening security situation could deteriorate further if urgent and decisive measures are not taken, cautioning that political leaders, including ministers, senators, and governors, may become targets of bandits and insurgents.
Falana to FG, governors: Negotiating with terrorists attracts 20-year jail term
What is required under the law is that all terrorists and bandits arrested by the security forces shall be prosecuted by the Attorney-General of the Federation.
Bandits kill three, burn houses in Niger – Police
The command’s Spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the bandits attacked the village at about 9:00a.m.
SERAP sues NNPCL over ‘failure to account for ₦5.9bn rebranding cost’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) “over its failure to account for approximately ₦5.9 billion reportedly spent on the incorporation, transition, and rebranding of NNPC into NNPCL.” The NNPC reportedly paid N2.9 billion for incorporation expenses from petroleum product proceeds, while the […]
Igbo pogrom in North: Don’t blame me – Gowon
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, says those who suggested that he did not do enough to stop the killing of Easterners in the North in 1966 -1967 or that the federal government did not try to bring the perpetrators to book after the sad occurrence were wrong.
