Troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, have rescued 23 kidnap victims following an attack by suspected bandits along the Ayegunle–Bunu road in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi. This is contained in an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday in Abuja. The report said the incident occurred in the…
The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has started refunding 123 Saudi Riyals foreign exchange differentials to each of its pilgrims. The Executive Chairman of the Agency, Malam Salihu Abubakar, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. According to Salihu, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria(NAHCON) had pegged the $500 Basic Traveling Allowance of each…
The Police Command in Ekiti has described as false and mischievous a social media report alleging that passengers in a bus travelling from Ado-Ekiti to Ibadan were kidnapped at Aramoko-Ekiti on Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Sunday Abutu, in a statement issued on Monday in Ado-Ekiti, said that on…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared his resolve to serve his generation to the best of his ability till he take his last breath. Makinde made the pledge on Sunday at a thanksgiving service to mark the 60th birthday and retirement of the immediate past Head of Service, Mrs Olubunmi Oni, held at…
African deposit and investment funds have endorsed the African Development Bank Group initiative aimed at reforming the continent’s financial architecture and reducing dependence on external financing. The endorsement was made during a session of the African Forum of Deposit Funds held on the sidelines of the 2026 AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville. The session examined…
The leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has described as fake the results of its primary elections held in parts of Enugu State on Friday, circulating in the social media. The national leadership of the party however, said that the NDC conducted successful, free and fair primaries across the state. Speaking with newsmen on…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended efforts to combat cancer through awareness and early detection, describing such initiatives as a fitting tribute to loved ones lost to the disease. Obasanjo spoke on Sunday at an event organised by ‘Lagos to the World Initiative’ at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, in memory of the…
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau says that the State Government has spent more N16 billion on pension and gratuity of retirees in the last three years. Mutfwang disclosed this during a special thanksgiving organised to commemorate three years of his administration on Sunday in Jos. The governor, who insisted that he came into politics to…
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Amb. Ismail Yusuf, has commended the Nigerian media contingent in Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj exercise. Yusuf, who gave the commendation in Makkah on Sunday, said that the professionalism and efficiency with which the Nigerian journalists reported the exercise was particularly…
A former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Malam Lamido Yuguda, has called on the government to align Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) with monetary policy objectives to achieve better economic outcomes. Yuguda, currently Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), made the call at the 14th inaugural lecture of the Capital Market…
