Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has lodged a formal complaint with Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Attorney General, Lateef Fagbemi, accusing Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Dr. Sandra Duru of orchestrating a malicious campaign against her. The petition, dated 15 May 2025 and filed by her counsel, Senior Advocate of…
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has urged the United States to sustain its support towards strengthening the medical capacity of the Nigerian Armed Forces. This was contained in a statement signed by his personal assistant on Media Ahmad Dan-Wudil and made available to journalists in Abuja on Monday. Matawalle made the…
The Nigerian Federal Government has introduced a comprehensive Proof of Address (POA) scheme across all 774 local government areas, as part of a broader plan to tackle insecurity, improve public administration, and expand access to essential services. The launch, held during a high-level sensitisation workshop for stakeholders from northern Nigeria, marks a significant step under…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Mr Sunday Udeh-Okoye, on Monday, sought to be joined in a suit filed by Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, the embattled National Secretary of the party, against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Anyanwu had, on Feb. 19 in the fresh suit, sued…
Joe Biden will use his visit to Angola on Tuesday, the first by a U.S. president to the sub-Saharan African country, to mark the two nations’ shared history in the transatlantic slave trade. Biden plans to speak at the National Museum of Slavery in Luanda, a site that includes the 17th Century chapel where enslaved…
Celebrated Nigerian performance artist Jelili Atiku has called on the Federal Government to officially recognise the country’s indigenous faiths by declaring a national public holiday in their honour. Atiku, renowned for his provocative works that fuse Yoruba cosmology with political activism, made the appeal in Lagos during an interview marking this year’s Isese Day. He…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has said that the suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has not tried to seek forgiveness, which Wike identifies as a crucial step before contemplating reconciliation. Wike, through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, responded to calls from Niger Delta ex-militant leader High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, also…
Amid hardship in the country, Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Vice President, Kashim Shettima, have left. Tinubu first left the country to go to the UK. From there, he moved to France and went there on the grounds of an annual leave. On Wednesday, his Vice, Shettima, who is supposed to be the acting…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, has joined the nation in mourning the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, whom she described as a courageous, principled leader deeply committed to the welfare of his people. In a condolence message shared on Sunday, following the announcement of Buhari’s passing at the age of 82 in the United…
The Speaker of the Lagos Mojisola Meranda,has resigned from office. Meranda announced her resignation at plenary on Monday in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that Meranda became the first female speaker after Mr Mudashiru Obasa,the former speaker ,was impeached by his colleagues for alleged misconduct. The impeachment of Obasa and subsequent election of Meranda…
