The self-styled Director-General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeyemi Matthew Adeniyi, has explained how the controversial agency appeared in the Federal Government’s 2026 budget despite his arrest before the appropriation process ended. Adeniyi made the claims during an interview with social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan,…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, in the sum of N2 billion. Bodejo is standing trial over an alleged $2.63 million money laundering case. Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the application on Monday. He ruled that the offences are bailable and that…
The President of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Deji Adeleke, has said the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot be held solely responsible for election rigging in Nigeria. Adeleke made the remarks on Sunday during the university’s 12th undergraduate and eighth postgraduate convocation ceremonies held in Ede, Osun State. He called on…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has accused governors across Nigeria of diverting local government allocations, promising to grant councils full financial autonomy if elected in the 2027 governorship election. Adebutu made the allegation on Sunday during a meeting with the Egba Traditional Council at the Ake Palace in…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, have congratulated the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on his 65th birthday. In separate goodwill messages released on Sunday, the two opposition leaders praised Obi’s leadership, commitment to public service and contributions to Nigeria’s democratic development. Atiku…
Every expectant parent deserves to welcome a new baby with hope. Increasingly, many Nigerian families instead confront fear, uncertainty and crushing medical bills. Childbirth, one of life’s most significant moments, has become an expensive ordeal that many households can no longer afford. Reports of routine deliveries costing hundreds of thousands of naira, while Caesarean sections…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have started uploading the names of their governorship and state House of Assembly candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination portal ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC opened the portal for governorship and state assembly nominations on July 18. The submission…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, will inaugurate an ad hoc committee on Monday to investigate the controversial inclusion of the unestablished Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The inauguration and public hearing will hold at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. Lawmakers are conducting the investigation under…
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, working with personnel of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force (MOPOL), have stopped an attempted attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) in Monguno, Borno State. The military said the terrorists attempted to storm the school around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday….
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas to immediately withdraw the proposed Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The organisation warned that it would institute legal action if the bill becomes law. It argued that the proposed legislation amounts…
