President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 general elections by a wide margin, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has said. Yilwatda spoke on Tuesday in Jos during a ceremony marking the defection of Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to the APC. He attributed Tinubu’s projected electoral success to what…
UN Women Nigeria, in partnership with the Women Political Participation Partners Working Group, has called for nationwide support for the passage of the Special Seats Bill. The bill aims to increase women’s political representation through unified action and strategic advocacy across all levels of society. The call was made during a conference held Wednesday in…
Armed men suspected to be bandits launched a deadly attack on Saturday night, killing several vigilante members and civilians in a coordinated assault on three villages in Gwana District, Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Nation gathered that the affected communities—Mansur, Digare, Sabuwar Sara, and Yalo—were ambushed while residents were asleep. Most of…
Billionaire philanthropist and Chair of the Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, has reaffirmed his long-term commitment to Africa. Gates also announced that the majority of his $200 billion pledge will be invested in the continent over the next 20 years. This is contained in a statement made available by to the News Agency of Nigeria…
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has congratulated the Super Falcons for their 2-1 semi final win over South Africa at the ongoing 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations ( WAFCON) in Casablanca, Morocco. The first lady in a congratulatory message issued on Tuesday in Abuja, described the win as one that has encouraged her…
Sen Abdul’Aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) says he will sponsor the medical bills for the victims of gun powder explosion that injured over 40 persons at Talata Mafara weekly market. Alhaji Sha’aya’u Sarkinpawa, the Zonal Coordinator, Sen. Yari’s Constituency Office, Talata Mafara, disclosed this to newsmen, in Talata Mafara on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has returned to the state following a two-week trip abroad. Fubara touched down at Port Harcourt International Airport in Omagwa at approximately 7 PM on Friday. Eyewitness footage captured by our correspondent shows him being welcomed by aides before being escorted away in an SUV. Although officially on…
The National Chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Alhaji Yabagi Sani, on Sunday said that the removal of a former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kayri, by President Bola Tinubu was long overdue. Sani, a former staff member of the defunct Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said this in…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has alleged that most abandoned estates in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are owned by corrupt civil servants who embezzled public funds and later abandoned the properties to avoid detection. Speaking at a policy dialogue organised by Law Corridor in Abuja on Wednesday, themed…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, granted the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze the United Bank for Africa (UBA) account of Cyriacus Njoku, a Nigerian, based in Germany, , over alleged criminal breach of trust. Justice Ekerete Akpan granted the request after EFCC’s lawyer, G.I. Ndeh, moved…
