The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) a three-week deadline to respond to 19 audit queries relating to N210 trillion in unaccounted funds covering the financial years 2017 to 2023. The audit queries, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), stem from reports issued by the…
Lawmakers at the Ondo State House of Assembly have strongly condemned the recent killings of students from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), allegedly carried out by suspected criminals within the university’s host community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that at least three AAUA students were recently murdered under varying circumstances, triggering alarm and…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has threatened to sue four national newspapers over alleged defamatory publications. In separate letters issued through his legal counsel, Johnson Usman, SAN, Dogara accused The Guardian, Nigerian Pilot, Daily Post, and New Telegraph of publishing false and damaging content against his person. The certified true copies…
Residents of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area in Zamfara State are reeling in grief after news emerged that 35 of the 53 abductees taken by terrorists nearly three months ago have been killed. The victims, seized from Banga wards, were reportedly executed by their captors while the remaining hostages were released under unclear circumstances. The…
On Monday, China introduced an annual childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan (approximately $500) for children up to three years old, aiming to address the declining birth rate as fewer young couples opt to start families. Concerns over the high costs of childcare and education, along with job instability and a sluggish economy, have deterred many…
In a landmark step toward clean energy adoption and prison reform, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has signed a strategic partnership with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to provide off-grid electricity to correctional centres across the country. The initiative, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Abuja, aims to improve infrastructure, enhance security,…
On Saturday, a Sudanese coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces announced the members of a parallel government, a move opposed by the army, its rival in a 27-month war, that could drive the country further towards partition. RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was named head of the presidential council. Abdel Aziz al-Hilu,…
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a new deadline of 10 to 12 days for Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Trump made the statement during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland, stressing the urgency of diplomatic engagement. “There is no reason in…
The Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA) has asserted that Hamas, the Islamist group governing Gaza, demonstrates “no real interest in peace” or the well-being of its own populace. In a statement signed by the National President of ZOA Morton A. Klein, , highlighted what he described as “outrageous ceasefire counteroffers” from Hamas. According to Klein,…
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of the body of Mr. Ayo Aiyepeku, a photojournalist allegedly murdered by his colleague, Mr. Oluwapelumi Adebayo. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this in a statement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lokoja. According to Ovye-Aya, Aiyepeku’s decomposing body was…
