•Dele Oye: Trillions recorded by NNPCL is subsidy in disguise By Nnamdi Ojiego When President Bola Tinubu declared on May 29, 2023 that “fuel subsidy is gone,” it marked what many believed was the end of one of Nigeria’s most expensive and controversial fiscal policies. The announcement triggered an immediate rise in petrol prices, sparked […]

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja Somewhere inside the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, until only weeks ago, a signpost still pointed visitors toward the office of the ‘Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.’ The council had a Director-General, a staff of 300, a line in the 2026 Appropriation Act worth N1.3 billion, and, according to the Central […]

“The boy was asked to write the lies. I have all the CCTV footages of what happened in my custody, so what he said are not true”

SOKAPU also joined Habila Tanko Wisdom, Mary Habila’s father; Attorney-General of Ebonyi, and the state police commissioner as respondents

The Nigeria Police Force has refuted reports claiming that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, ordered officers to shoot anyone found with illegal firearms, insisting that the report is entirely false and a misrepresentation of the IGP’s actual comments.

According to him, his plan changed the moment the show’s host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, announced his full name during his introduction on stage.

One PDP faction points to previous victories over internal rebellions, the other insists that the law will ultimately vindicate its position

“They are confronted with vast ungoverned spaces, difficult terrain, inadequate intelligence from local communities and lack of cooperation”

Nworgu delivered a commanding performance to win Nigeria’s first gold medal of the Games, lifting her way to a new Commonwealth Games record of 119.0 points in the women’s lightweight para powerlifting event.

Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, on Friday defended the agency’s role in the controversial budgetary allocation to the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), insisting that despite provisions made in the 2026 Appropriation Act, not a single kobo was released or spent because the statutory conditions for expenditure were never fulfilled.

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegation that he bribed the late Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba to impeach him as politically motivated, aimed at boosting the electoral fortunes of Obasanjo’s preferred candidate ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

The United States has introduced a new global visa restriction policy targeting individuals involved in cybercrime, cyberscams and sextortion, with immediate family members of offenders also facing possible visa restrictions under the new measures.

Matawalle maintained that such actions neither strengthen Nigeria’s democratic institutions nor contribute meaningful solutions to the country’s pressing socio-economic and security challenges.

“Nigeria is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation whose diversity should be reflected in its leadershi”

Obasanjo said developments preceding his emergence as President were unknown to Osoba because they were handled by senior Afenifere and AD leaders