Vice-President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu’s administration is developing a National Disaster Risk Financing Framework to guarantee timely funding for prevention and preparedness against disasters. Shettima disclosed this at the 2025 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) themed “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters”, organised by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday in…
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as part of a regional diplomatic mission following the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Trump, who played a central role in brokering the truce, met families of freed Israeli hostages and is scheduled to address lawmakers in the Knesset before travelling to Egypt…
Israel has started freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas, hours after the militant group released the last 20 Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip for more than two years. Television images showed buses carrying detainees leaving Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank and heading towards Ramallah…
A human rights lawyer, Barrister Chinomso Okezie, has dismissed claims linking the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to terrorism, describing such assertions as false and inconsistent with the charges before the court. Okezie, a member of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium, stated in a release on…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 52-year-old businessman at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, for trafficking cocaine. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the suspect, who operates boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha,…
Prominent Nigerian cleric and political commentator Pastor Tunde Bakare has denied mocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) or victims of the 2006 ADC airline disaster, saying his reference to the tragedy during a recent press briefing was a metaphor about leadership, not a slight. Bakare, who leads the Citadel Global Community Church and chairs the…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against arbitrary street naming within the territory, describing the practice as unacceptable and undignified. Wike issued the warning on Wednesday during the inauguration of a project to provide engineering infrastructure to outstanding layouts within Guzape, Asokoro District. He particularly cautioned the Chairman of…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned ruling until October 9 on the admissibility of digital evidence tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Rahman Oshodi fixed the date after hearing arguments on the authenticity and certification of documents…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigeria Police Training Institutions Establishment Bill, 2024, into law, granting statutory recognition to 48 police training institutions across the country. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ahmed Malam-Madori (APC–Jigawa North East), seeks to institutionalise police education, professional development, and global best practices in law enforcement. According to the News Agency…
EFCC’s witness, Bello Umar, has revealed how Olugbenga Obadina received N2.1 billion from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), without executing a contract. Umar, the first prosecution witness (PW-1), made this known before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja while being led in evidence by…
