Nigeria has secured a permanent seat on the Board of the African Central Bank following deliberations at the 39th Session of the Executive Council of the African Union. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the development marked a significant diplomatic milestone. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, […]
Tensions over public finance deepened yesterday as lawmakers scrutinised INEC’s N873.78 billion proposal for 2027, recommended sanctions against non-compliant agencies and questioned delays in Treasury fund releases. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, who presented the proposal before a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on […]
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Thursday departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2026 African Union (AU) Summit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the summit is: ‘Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063’. It will focus […]
Russia has blocked the popular messaging service WhatsApp over its failure to comply with local legislation, the Kremlin said Thursday, urging its 100 million Russian users to switch to a domestic alternative. Moscow has for months been trying to shift Russian users onto Max, a domestic messaging service that lacks end-to-end encryption and that activists […]
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, will on Friday, February 13, inaugurate the newly reconstructed Igwu River Bridge, popularly known as the Omenuko Bridge, located at Ozu Abam in Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state. Following the inauguration, the Ozu Abam community will host a grand civic reception in honour of […]
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has said former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kankwaso, was a victim of Sharia. Galadima told Arise TV’s The Morning Show on Thursday, monitored by our correspondent, shortly after the United States Congress received a bill seeking to punish Kwankwaso and some groups […]
Justice Obiora Egwatu on Thursday stepped aside from the Federal High Court’s high-profile asset forfeiture suit involving former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, SAN, and two others, citing personal reasons. The judge made the announcement shortly after the parties’ counsel entered appearances. “For personal reasons, and in the best interest of justice, I will recuse myself from […]
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reached its full designed capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), marking what the company described as a historic milestone and making it the first refinery globally to achieve full nameplate capacity in a single train of that scale. In a statement issued on Wednesday, February 11, […]
The Lagos State Government (LASG) has urged traders, students, and residents to properly sort waste at the source, as part of efforts to reduce flooding and environmental pollution linked to plastic waste. The call was made during a one-day awareness seminar on circular economy and resource efficiency held at Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, organised by the Lagos […]
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has proposed N14.83 billion in its 2026 budget for the feeding of inmates nationwide. Its Controller-General, Sylvester Nwakuche, disclosed this while presenting the agency’s 2025 budget performance and 2026 estimates before the House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions in Abuja. According to him, the proposed allocation is to feed […]
