NATIONAL NEWS

The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the nomination of service chiefs and heads of security agencies newly appointed by President Bola Tinubu. This followed the screening of the top brass by the upper chamber. Senate President Godswill Akpabio said during the closed-door session, the service chiefs answered questions on defence-related matters and topical issues. The President […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday assured all that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is committed to prioritising the education of the girl-child and gender empowerment. A statement by the Director of Information in the Vice President’s office, Mr. Olusola Abiola, said Shettima also assured that President Tinubu would pursue same issues in the policies and […]

The House of Representatives has amended the 2022 supplementary appropriation act and approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to source for 500 billion naira from the approved budget to provide palliatives for Nigerians following the removal of petrol subsidy. This amendment comes 24 hours after the president’s request and was speedily taken through 2nd and 3rd […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered troops to seize control of areas where the  Indigenous People of Biafra enforce their sit-at-home order throughout the South-East states. The order came after a Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, announced that there would be a two-weeks sit-at-home in the South-East region from July […]

Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has issued a one week ultimatum to the Department of the State Security Service (DSS) to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to Court or set him free. The Judge issued the order while delivering […]

The Assets Recovery Committee set up by Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, to trace all moveable and immovable assets from officials of the Samuel Ortom-led administration has confiscated over 30 vehicles and Hilux vans. The directive was issued by Governor Alia in June 2023, when he appointed a committee chaired by Hingah Biem. The committee’s […]

The Vice President, Kashima Shettima on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja hosted the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and other principal officers of the lower chamber of the national assembly, appealing for their support for President Bola Tinubu. He observed that the state of affairs in the country requires the cooperation […]

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a stop to the circle of violence in Plateau State. Expressing sadness and grief over the latest round of violence and killings, he condemned in strong terms the most recent internecine killings in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State and parts of Benue State. A statement […]

The federal government has disclosed that it has no plans to merge revenue-generating agencies as speculated in some sections of the media. President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on revenue, Zacchaeus Adedeji, made the clarification during an interview yesterday. Adedeji revealed that the harmonisation or integration does not mean the current administration will merge the various […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned Deputy Accountant General of Katsina State, Sa’adu Maiwada, alongside Sani Lawal before Justice M.S. Abubakar of Federal High Court, Katsina, on two counts of conspiracy and money laundering. Also arraigned with the defendants is a company, Integrated Gas Services Limited, which has the 1st defendant as Managing […]