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The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called for fair treatment of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai in th...
By James Kwen
…As oil prices surge 7%, Brent hits $80/b The renewed US-Iran hostilities that sent global crude prices surging on Wednesday could halt — or reverse — the petrol pr...
By Nse Anthony-Uko
President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that US bombing of Iran will increase significantly if Tehran continues to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz. “This is in...
By Henry Oduah
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has joined the Nigerian government and other stakeholders to identify ways to increase investment in migration governan...
By Innocent Odoh
The Senate on Wednesday approved the 2026 budget proposal of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), endorsing a revenue target of N11.074 trillion and an expenditure estimat...
By Samson Elijah
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the nomination of Lamido Yuguda Abubakar as chairman of the board of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to the Senate...
By Samson Elijah
Earlier this week, someone shared a video of an elderly man, believed to be in his mid 70s, dancing and grinning with unrestrained joy after receiving payment from the Ka...
By Muazu Elazeh
Forum inaugurates Board of Trustees, backs state police, and calls for stronger collaboration with traditional rulers to tackle insecurity across Northern Nigeria.
By Mohammed Lere
South Korea’s highest court upheld ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s seven-year prison sentence on Thursday over crimes tied to his botched 2024 martial law declar...
By Henry Oduah
The United States and Iran traded strikes on Thursday for the second day running as Washington and Tehran battled over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The vital oil and g...
By Henry Oduah
The wife of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Asiya El-Rufai, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to ensure her husband enjoys his constitutional rights whi...
By Akinbayo Wahab
Adamawa State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has flagged off the distribution of subsidised fertilisers for the 2026 wet season farming campaign, warning distri...
By LEADERSHIP News
The rosy relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Members of the National Assembly may have collapsed, as the majority of Members of the House of Representati...
By James Kwen
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has thrown his weight behind the reform agenda of the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Hon. ...
By Hamidat Yahaya
Kano State has emerged as the highest-ranked sub-national government in the Economic Community of West African States in education spending, according to the 2026 Sub-Nat...
By LEADERSHIP News
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has defended the push for state police, saying fears that the system could be abused should not stop Nigeria from adopting what he desc...
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah
The federal government has vowed to prevent illicit drug use, dismantle drug trafficking networks, expand access to treatment and rehabilitation, and promote the well-bei...
By Ejike Ejike
Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has described the establishment of the Nigerian Army Depot in Amasiri-Eda as a strategic national asset and rei...
By Tarkaa David
Niger State House of Assembly has sought for the deployment of military personnel and other security agencies to communities in Mashegu local government area of the state...
By Abu Nmodu
Laments poor financing, weak governance in the sector By Cynthia Alo The Cooperative Federation of Anambra State Limited, COFAS, has called on the State Government to est...
By Urowayino Jeremiah
A serious procedural dispute has hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly primary election for the Langtang North-Central Constituency in Plateau State, ...
By Zuleihat Chatta
The Presidency wants Nigerians to believe that one man, acting alone, opened 34 bank accounts, walked into an office at the Federal Secretariat, met foreign ambassadors a...
By Editorial
Prof. Steve Sinikiem Azaiki, OON, is a Nigerian leader whose head fits and wears many caps of honour. He is an academic, agronomist, public administrator, author and poli...
By Richard Abu
By Chioma Gabriel The presidential hopeful for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in the upcoming 2027 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over his safety an...
By olufemiajasa