The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday said that unmanaged natural disasters can exacerbate insecurity, enable displacement, disrupt critical infrastructure, and deepen societal fragilities. Ribadu stated this at the Validation Workshop for the Anticipatory Action Framework for Nigeria, on Wednesday in Abuja. The workshop was organised by Office of the Vice President…
The authority of ECOWAS heads of state and government on Sunday set Jan. 29, 2025 to July 29, 2025 as a transitional period to keep ECOWAS doors open to Burkina Faso, Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger. Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, said this while reading the Communique at the…
The ECOWAS Parliament has adopted a budget of 19.6 million Units of Account (UA), equivalent to $26 million, for the 2026 fiscal year. Speaker of Parliament, Hadjia Memounatou Ibrahima, announced the approval following the conclusion of the institution’s 2025 Second Extraordinary Session in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She said the budget, passed during plenary, would drive…
Former U.S. president Joe Biden has expressed his gratitude for the goodwill he has received following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. “Cancer touches us all,” the 82-year-old wrote in a post on the online platform X on Monday. He said that he and his wife Jill, like so many others, had found that they…
The Nigerian Army, 4 Brigade, Benin have arrested 31 suspected criminals during a raid on a building in First Bank Estate, Awesome Garden, along the Benin-Sapele Bypass, Benin. This is contained in a statement by the brigade’s Public Relations Officer, Capt. Chinonso Oteh, and made available to news men on Tuesday in Benin. Oteh said…
Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has dismissed as false, reports suggesting that his participation in the recent Good Governance Tour of development projects in Benue State was aimed at engineering the defection of Governor Hyacinth Alia from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Maku described the claim as entirely…
Nigeria’s political landscape was jolted on Wednesday after Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri announced his resignation from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), triggering a wave of defections among state officials. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Diri made the announcement during a State Executive Council meeting at the Government House in Yenagoa….
Dr Mutiu Agboke, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says 360,794 Permanent Voter Cards(PVC) are yet uncollected by registered voters in the state. Agboke made this known at a news conference in Osogbo, on the preparedness of the commission for the Osun 2026 governorship election and the Continuous Voter…
The Nigerian Police Force has announced a series of traffic diversions and night-time movement restrictions in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, in preparation for an official visit by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The restrictions will be enforced from 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 June, until 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 25 June, according to SP…
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday to begin a state visit to France in honour of an invitation from President Emmanuel Macron. Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Onanuga said Tinubu’s three-day visit would focus on strengthening…
