Politics

  President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigerian Armed Forces and security agencies to decisively confront terrorists, bandits, insurgents, and separatist agitators threatening the nation’s unity and peace.   Delivering the president’s message at the grand finale of the 2025 Nigerian Army Day Celebration held on Sunday at Murtala Square, ...

  The Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Matilda Abrakasa Ayemieye, has commended the collaborative efforts of security agencies and the Bayelsa State Government in the rescue of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro from the hands of kidnappers.   Omukoro, who was kidnapped on Saturday, June 21 and regained freedom on Thursday, ...

  The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has described permanent secretaries as the “backbone” of any government.   According to him, they play critical roles in the smooth running of the government.   Edun spoke on Saturday at a retirement dinner held in Abuja ...

  Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, is engaging with Anambra indigenes in the United States and North America as part of his tour on accountability and inclusive governance and his administration’s progress report to professionals and business leaders and other citizens of the state living in those countries.   ...

    BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry Donald Trump’s hardline trade policies, but are struggling to bridge divides over crises roiling the Middle East.   Emerging nations representing about half the world’s population and 40 per cent of global economic output are ...

  The New Nigeria Peoples Party says its 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, do not have its platform to contest against President Bola Tinubu and or any other presidential candidate at the moment in 2027.   The NNPP National Chairman, Dr Agbo Major, made this known in a statement on ...

  Following the formal launch of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja, a former Interior Minister and interim national secretary of the party, Rauf Aregbesola, returned to Lagos on Friday with a crucial message for his party’s supporters.   Aregbesola cautioned ADC members against insulting or attacking supporters of the ...

  The Zamfara State Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Kabiru Garba, has invited the state governor, Dauda Lawal to leave the Peoples Democratic Party for his party.   Addressing a press conference in Gusau, the state capital on Friday, Garba said no fewer than 100 political actors from different ...

  The Federal Government has negotiated the cost of the Iddo Bridge rehabilitation from an initial N27bn to N17bn.   The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known to journalists during an inspection of the bridge on Friday in Lagos.   He said, “Julius Berger quoted, I think, ...

  The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu, has remained firm in surmounting the inherited intractable security challenges.   Ribadu stated this on Friday night at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Defence Academy 18 Regular Course held in Abuja.   He ...