President Bola Tinubu has given four reasons why his unredacted records with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration should not be released to the public. The President made the submission through his lawyers in filings before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The documents were published on Saturday….
African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has declared that he will become Nigeria’s President after the 2027 general election. Sowore made the declaration while reacting to the decision by the Department of State Services to seek an adjournment of his cybercrime case until after the election. The DSS directed its counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN,…
President Bola Tinubu has begun a three-week annual leave and departed Abuja for Europe. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga announced the trip in a statement on Sunday. He said Tinubu would spend the period on what the government described as a “working vacation”. According to Onanuga, the President’s first stop will be London, United Kingdom. Tinubu…
The Federal Government has approved N10 billion for the 2026 National Research Fund grant cycle of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. The allocation represents a 64.2 per cent increase from the N6.09 billion approved for 174 research projects under the 2025 cycle. TETFund announced the development in its 2026 National Research Fund Grant Cycle Call…
Kidnappers who abducted National Youth Service Corps members have demanded N20 million for each victim. The corps members were travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja when the gunmen attacked them. The incident occurred along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The victims were returning after completing their three-week orientation exercise…
Senator Abdulaziz Yari has warned Nigerians against politicians promising to restore the petrol subsidy. Yari is the Director-General of the APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council. He also represents Zamfara West in the Senate. The former Zamfara governor spoke on Saturday when members of the APC National Working Committee visited him. His comments followed a recent…
The management of Kaduna State University has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, KASU chapter, to suspend its two-week warning strike and return to negotiations. The university said the intervention of the Kaduna State Government had created a fresh opportunity to resolve the lecturers’ grievances. The appeal came on Friday, barely 24 hours…
Supporters of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso under the OK Movement have rejected any plan to merge the group with another political organisation ahead of the 2027 general elections. The decision was taken on Friday during the movement’s national leadership summit in Abuja. National leaders, state coordinators, local government officials and ward-level mobilisers from the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has unveiled 12 governorship candidates and their running mates for the 2027 Kwara State governorship election. The candidates were unveiled at the commission’s office in Ilorin, the state capital, on Saturday. They are representing different political parties that are preparing to contest the election. The All Progressives Congress is fielding…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has extended the deadline for candidates offered admission from 2021 to date to accept or reject their outstanding admission offers. The new deadline is September 30, 2026, giving affected candidates additional time to regularise their admission status. JAMB had earlier set August 31 as the deadline for the exercise….
