The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has congratulated former president Goodluck Jonathan for winning the prestigious 2025 Founders Sunhak Peace Prize (FSPP). The congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by the Director-General of the PDP-GF, Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, on Wednesday in Abuja on behalf of the Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi […]
A US appeals court denied on Wednesday a bid by the Trump administration to lift a lower court order barring summary deportations of Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to temporarily keep in place the ban on deportations carried out under the 1798 […]
After four decades of broken promises, the Federal Government appears to be adopting a phased approach to finally complete the long-abandoned National Library project. Specifically, it would resume work on the 19-year-old project from June this year, with the aim of completing Basement Levels One and Two, the ground floor, the first and second floors, […]
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed for a second reading a bill seeking to recognise the 37 Local Development Area Councils of Lagos State as full-fledged Local Government Areas. If this proposal scales the legislative hurdle, Lagos, which currently has 20 LGs, will now have 57 LGs, pushing the total number of LGs in […]
The National Pension Commission (PenCom), has urged states and local governments to implement the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for a pension-secure Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by the management of the commission in Abuja on Wednesday. The Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014, in Section 2(1), stipulates that the CPS applies to all […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of four new members to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board. In a statement on Thursday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the appointment is to fill existing vacancies and strengthen the board’s capacity. The statement […]
US President Donald Trump has announced steep tariffs on auto imports and parts, provoking threats of retaliation from trading partners ahead of further promised trade levies next week. Wall Street slumped ahead of Trump’s Wednesday afternoon announcement, while the world’s top-selling automaker Toyota plunged more than three percent. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tokyo […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima says the Federal Government is working to establish a sustainable land administration system in the country. Shettima represented by Sen. Ibrahim Hadejia, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, made this known at a three-day National Land Conference 2025 on Wednesday in Abuja. The conference with the theme: “Reforming Land Governance […]
Police investigation into alleged infiltration of the National Assembly by the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) of Russian is causing apprehension in the Senate. However, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) appears to be in a quandary over the investigation. Checks revealed that the Police Headquarters had invited the Chairman of the Committee on Senate Services, Sunday […]
State governments have voiced strong opposition to a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to remove the constitutional immunity shielding governors, deputy governors, and the vice president from prosecution for crimes. The bill, which has passed its second reading, aims to amend Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, retaining immunity for the President, while […]
