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Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Tinubu administration over the allocation of ₦22.15 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act for the construction, renovation, and furnishing of 106 traditional palaces across Nigeria, describing the spending as unconstitutional and lacking transparency. The allocation was highlighted in a report by Tracka, […]

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has resumed the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, in naira, ending its brief switch to dollar-denominated transactions. However, the refinery has increased its ex-depot price by ₦140 per litre. The development comes just one week after the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery suspended petrol truck loading and introduced dollar […]

The Federal Government has arraigned three suspects before the Federal High Court in Abuja over their alleged involvement in the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The defendants—Abdulrazak Umar, also known as Abu Khalifa or Abu Khalid, Yunusa Musa, also known as Yunusa bin Musa, and Shamsu Adamu […]

United States President Donald Trump has written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, commending his decisive leadership and reaffirming America’s commitment to supporting Nigeria in the fight against terrorism. The development was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. In the letter, Trump praised Tinubu’s […]Read More

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu to resign, citing what he described as conflicting narratives surrounding the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) accounts.In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the differing accounts presented by […]

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged illegal establishment of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to explain how the council allegedly continued operating despite official warnings that it lacked legal backing.The lawmakers specifically asked the NSA to account […]

A pact to rotate power may broaden an opposition coalition. Whether it strengthens Nigerian democracy or merely repackages its oldest political bargain, will shape the 2027 election. Nigerian politics has long operated on an unwritten constitutional amendment that appears nowhere in the country’s supreme law yet governs almost every presidential contest: power must rotate. It […]

The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has told the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) that it rejected the organisation’s requests for collaboration after discovering discrepancies in documents submitted by its self-proclaimed Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi. Appearing before the committee on Tuesday, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, on her historic election as the first elected and second female President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), describing her emergence as a landmark achievement for the legal profession and a triumph of merit, excellence, and gender inclusion. The President noted that Mrs. Badejo-Okusanya’s distinguished […]

The pursuit of the death penalty against two convicted Ansaru commanders is a classic exercise in political spectacle, offering catharsis at the cost of legal and operational stability. When Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sentenced Mahmud Usman and Abubakar Abba; senior commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group, to life imprisonment last week, […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has kept the country’s benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), unchanged at 26.5 per cent following the outcome of the 306th meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Announcing the committee’s decision in Abuja on Tuesday, CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso said members agreed to maintain the current […]Read More

The Department of State Services (DSS) is set to appeal the life sentences handed down on Monday to two senior commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite sentenced Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a, Abbas and Mukhtar, who was identified as the self-proclaimed Emir of […]