Monday, 16 June, 2025

Month: May 2025


President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to approve N1.4trillion as the budget of Rivers State for 2025. In a letter he wrote to the Senate on Thursday, he explained that the move was in furtherance of the nullification of Read more…


The Federal Government on Thursday evening revealed how Nigeria was saved from an $11 billion investment scam engineered by Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), describing the landmark victory in a United Kingdom court as a turning point in the Read more…


“You Cannot Jail a Citizen for Choosing Silence: The Nigerian Bar Association Condemns Compulsory Voting Bill as Unconstitutional and Draconian” The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) unequivocally condemns the proposed bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting Read more…


By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, Awka National Headquarters of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, has given the Anambra State chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Comrade Dr Anthony Ugozor a clean bill to contest for his second term in Read more…


US authorities are investigating a fatal shooting near an American Jewish Committee event in the capital. Law enforcement work the shooting scene outside the Capital Jewish Museum, May 21, 2025, in Washington ©  WJLA via AP Two Israeli Embassy staff members were Read more…


Russian air defenses intercepted dozens of UAVs approaching the capital, according to Sergey Sobyanin Ukraine targeted Moscow with a multi-wave drone attack on Wednesday and early Thursday morning, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has reported. In a series of posts on his Read more…


Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, alleged yesterday that some politicians and members of the armed forces act as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. The governor, who made the allegation in an interview on News Central’s Breakfast programme, also Read more…


THE chairman, Dangote Group of company, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on Wednesday asserted that every one Naira made from local investment in Nigeria, fifty two Kobo goes to the federal government through taxes. Dangote spoke in Jalingo during the 2025 Taraba Read more…


The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the 2023 general election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said that his counterpart from the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is in some secret serious talks and plans to unseat President Bola Read more…


Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has vowed that President Bola Tinubu would be sent back to Lagos State while his Minister, Bosun Tijani, who, according to him, is doing a great job, would be retained in the next administration. The controversial former governor Read more…


The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will today, Wednesday, release the results of the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which was conducted between last Friday and Monday. JAMB rescheduled the examination following widespread outrage over the poor performance Read more…


The leadership and members of the National Assembly have lauded what the called exceptional performance of Mr. Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The lawmakers gave the commendation when Wike appeared before them to defend the Read more…