The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.98 per cent in real terms in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The growth rate is slightly higher than the 3.86 per cent recorded in Q3 2024 but below the 4.23 per…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has directed former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, to report daily to its Abuja headquarters for questioning throughout December. A source within the EFCC said on Monday that the daily appearances are part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged $490 million…
As Nigeria joined the global community to mark World AIDS Day on Monday, First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu called for renewed commitment, increased domestic financing, and collaborative efforts to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Speaking at the 2025 World AIDS Day commemoration in Abuja, themed “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response,”…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has visited the family of the late Sheikh Dahiru Usman-Bauchi in Bauchi to offer his condolences. According to a statement by the Sultanate Council’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Aminu Haliru-Gidadawa, the Sultan was received by Bauchi State Governor Bala Muhammad and the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu….
An Abuja High Court on Monday granted the Federal Government’s request to adjourn further proceedings in the defamation case against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, rescheduling the hearing for 23 February 2026. Justice Chizoba Oji approved the adjournment, despite the defence’s objection that the prosecution had not provided the mandatory 48-hour notice. Akpoti-Uduaghan’s lawyer, Ehiogie Idahosa, SAN,…
President Bola Tinubu is set to serve as the special guest of honour at the Progressives Forum Summit, scheduled for 8 December at the NAF Conference Centre in Abuja. The summit, announced by Ismaeel Ahmad, Chairman of the Organising Committee, will mark ten years of governance by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria. The…
Gov. Uba Sani on Monday presented a ₦985.9 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2026 fiscal year to the Kaduna State House of Assembly, describing it as a people-oriented budget designed to consolidate gains in security, infrastructure, education and rural development. Presenting the draft budget at Lugard Hall, Sani said the proposal was not only a…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has inaugurated an ad hoc committee to investigate decommissioning practices and compliance levels within Nigeria’s petroleum industry. Speaking during the inauguration, Tajudeen said the investigation had become necessary to ensure full adherence to the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), especially regarding decommissioning and abandonment…
The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) says it is projecting about N85 billion in internally generated revenue (IGR) by the end of 2025, as it intensifies efforts to build a fair, transparent and technology-driven tax administration system. KADIRS Executive Chairman, Mr. Jerry Adams, disclosed this on Monday at the 2025 KADIRS Tax Dialogue held…
A Nigerian civil society organisation has raised concerns that recent bandit attacks in Kano State could destabilise the region’s economic stronghold and fuel wider insecurity across Northern Nigeria. Citizens Participation Against Corruption Initiative (CPACI), speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, said attacks in Shanono, Bagwai and Tsanyawa Local Government Areas marked a…
