The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has criticised the Senate’s decision to reject a proposal seeking an investigation into military spending despite worsening insecurity across the country. Adebayo argued that accountability in defence expenditure should ...

A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has urged U.S. President Donald Trump and the international community to intervene in the planned deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) following a recent court ruling. In a ...

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has revealed that he personally advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to contest Nigeria’s 1999 presidential election after regaining his freedom from prison. The retired General said his counsel was based on ...

Nigerian troops have killed a notorious bandit commander, Kachalla Ibrahim Battijo, during a security operation that stopped an attempted mass abduction of students writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Kogi State. The operation took place in ...

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the Federal High Court ruling in Abuja ordering the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and other opposition political parties. In a statement issued on Monday, the party called on Nigerians to ...

The Jigawa State Government has declared Tuesday, June 16, 2026, a public holiday in observance of the Islamic New Year, 1448 AH. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Head of the State Civil Service, Alhaji Muhammad ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has accused former governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of trying to maintain political control over the state through his son, Mustapha Kwankwaso, following his emergence as the deputy governorship candidate of the ...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has moved to challenge the Federal High Court judgment ordering its deregistration, declaring that it will approach the Court of Appeal to overturn the ruling. The party said it would not be discouraged by the ...

Nollywood actor Emeka Ike has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Lere Olayinka, the media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over an alleged breach of his personal data ...

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by N75 per litre. The adjustment lowers the gantry price to N1,175 per litre, down from N1,250, while the coastal price per metric tonne has been ...

President Bola Tinubu has urged judicial officers to ensure that justice is delivered swiftly, fairly and without regard to a litigant’s social status, ethnicity or financial standing. Tinubu gave the counsel on Monday while commissioning the new Court of Appeal, ...

Nigeria’s largest banking groups may be forced back to the capital market following fresh regulatory proposals by the Central Bank of Nigeria aimed at tightening the structure of financial holding companies. The apex bank, on June 11, 2026, released two ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced that the Federal Government will roll out 10,000 electric tricycles in August as part of efforts to improve public transportation and deepen the country’s transport reforms. VP Shettima made this known on Monday during ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticised the judgment seeking to deregister the African Democratic Congress and several other opposition political parties, describing it as a direct attack on Nigeria’s democracy. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army 17 Brigade, operating under the Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YANMA, have rescued Amina Abubakar, the widow of the late retired Major General Rabe Abubakar. Hajiya Amina Abubakar was abducted alongside her husband ...

Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has dismissed claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has handed the state over to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 governorship election, warning external political interests not to underestimate his administration. The ...

Residents of Bwari in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were thrown into panic on Saturday after the decomposing, headless body of a middle-aged woman was discovered in an abandoned, uncompleted building. The body was found after a strong foul odour ...

The presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on judicial officers and legal practitioners to defend the rule of law following a court order directing the deregistration of five political parties. The former governor made ...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command says it has arrested four suspected members of a kidnapping and banditry network operating around the Paze-Byazhin area bordering the FCT, Kaduna and Niger states. In a statement on Sunday, SP Josephine Adeh, ...

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has commended Nigerian singer Davido for using his platform at the FIFA World Cup to draw attention to insecurity in the country. In a statement on Sunday, Obi said ...