About eight deputy inspectors-general of police and senior assistant inspectors-general of police are set to retire after the appointment of Tunji Disu as the acting inspector-general of police. Special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga had announced in a statement that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had accepted the resignation of former…
Vice President Kashim Shettima representing President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the naira would have strengthened to N1,000 to the dollar within weeks if not for the recent intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria aimed at maintaining market stability. Shettima spoke at the Progressive Governors forum (PGF)–Renewed Hope Ambassadors Strategic Summit held at the…
Tension gripped Benin City on Tuesday as leaders of the African Democratic Congress gathered for what was meant to be a major milestone, the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata into the party ahead of the political season in Edo State. According to Dr. Yunusa Tanko, national coordinator of the Obedient Movement, the delegation left the…
The Chief Judge (CJ), Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, has reassigned the two cases filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), to another judge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case files, which were remitted back to the CJ…
The Police Service Commission (PSC), has fixed March 9, 2026 for the physical and credential screening of all candidates who successfully completed the online recruitment registration for the recruitment of 50,000 police constable. The exercise is set to hold between March 9, through April 18, 2026, across the federation. Spokesperson of the PSC, Torty Njoku…
About eight deputy inspectors-general of police and senior assistant inspectors-general of police are set to retire after the appointment of Tunji Disu as the acting inspector-general of police. Special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga had announced in a statement that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had accepted the resignation of former…
Vice President Kashim Shettima representing President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the naira would have strengthened to N1,000 to the dollar within weeks if not for the recent intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria aimed at maintaining market stability. Shettima spoke at the Progressive Governors forum (PGF)–Renewed Hope Ambassadors Strategic Summit held at the…
Tension gripped Benin City on Tuesday as leaders of the African Democratic Congress gathered for what was meant to be a major milestone, the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata into the party ahead of the political season in Edo State. According to Dr. Yunusa Tanko, national coordinator of the Obedient Movement, the delegation left the…
The Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, says the council will deepen collaboration with the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Wushishi disclosed this during a courtesy visit to NOUN on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the partnership would enhance result verification and promote computer-based examinations nationwide. According to him, the…
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, has thanked residents for his victory in Saturday’s council election, promising more people-focused projects across the municipality. Maikalangu spoke at a victory press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. Represented by the Secretary-General of the Maikalangu/Nadabo Campaign Council, Mr Zakari Babale, he described the poll…
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, William Kumuyi, has urged Nigeria’s leaders and citizens to seek inward transformation as a pathway to national renewal. Kumuyi made the remark in a media chat with journalists at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers on Tuesday. The cleric who spoke against the backdrop of…
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has praised residents of Duguri Gwana in Alkaleri Local Government Area for their resilience after a series of bandit attacks within two weeks. The governor spoke on Tuesday during a sympathy visit to the community, which suffered four separate attacks in a fortnight. “The government commends the bravery and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says 20 Nigerian Banks have already met the new minimum capital requirement in the ongoing bank recapitalisation exercise. The Governor of the CBN, Mr Yemi Cardoso, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting the communiqué from the 304th meeting of the apex bank’s Monetary Policy (MPC). The…
Halima Kazeem, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, told an Abuja court that a former General Manager with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa, gave his statement voluntarily. The EFCC charged former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki , Baba-Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited with criminal…
