The Federal Government on Thursday, June 4, 2026 officially flagged off the Gombe–Biu Super Highway, a major component of the Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe–Biu–Maiduguri Dualization Project, with the Minister of Works, Senator Engr. David Umahi, CON, expressing confidence that Nigeria’s security challenges will ...

Accord has condemned the attempted assassination of its Osogbo Local Government Area Chairman, Asimiyu Ajibola, describing the incident as a politically motivated attack. The party called on the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) to launch ...

The Federal Government has indicated that it may move forward with stricter regulations on children’s access to social media following growing concerns over online safety and digital risks. This comes after a nationwide survey conducted by the Federal Ministry of ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties that any primary election conducted after the commission’s May 30 deadline remains invalid. According to the electoral body, this position stands unless a higher court overturns an earlier Federal High ...

Fresh details have emerged on the abduction of the sister of former Minister of Power and 2027 governorship hopeful in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and her twin sons. An aide to Adelabu, Femi Awogboro, said security agencies are intensifying ...

Significant progress has been made towards establishing state police in Nigeria, with a constitutional amendment expected soon, the Nigerian presidency has announced. This follows months of consultations among the Executive, the National Assembly, and top security authorities. Recall that following ...

A crack team from the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has arrested a suspect identified as Ifechukwu Dennis for allegedly originating and distributing a cloned voice of President Bola Tinubu. Dennis was apprehended by operatives in Benin, Edo State, following ...

In a fresh wave of its ongoing crackdown on street begging and other social nuisances, the Lagos State Government has announced the arrest of 40 individuals across key areas of the state. Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner for the ...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has sued the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, over allegations of corruption, disobedience of court orders, and bias against the party regarding a pending case at the Abuja division of ...

The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that all students and teachers abducted by armed groups across the country will be safely rescued. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, gave the assurance during a National Press Briefing in Abuja ...

Associates and close allies of President Bola Tinubu are reportedly orchestrating a bid to dominate Nigeria’s airtime and data credit lending sector, an industry estimated to be worth around ₦400 billion annually. The development was made known by investigative journalist ...

The wave of defections in the House of Representatives gathered momentum on Thursday as four lawmakers from Bauchi State dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), signalling continued political realignments ahead of the 2027 general ...

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate seeking confirmation of Dr. Zainab Marwa as a member of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), representing the North-East geopolitical zone. The request was contained in a letter ...

The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has stirred fresh political debate after accusing President Bola Tinubu of manipulating the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary that produced him as the party’s candidate for the 2027 election. ...

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said that backing Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election would amount to indirectly helping President Bola Tinubu secure another term. Okonkwo made the statement during an interview with Symfoni ...

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has faulted calls for federal intervention over the rising insecurity in Oyo State, insisting that Governor Seyi Makinde must first exhaust the powers available to him before seeking help from President Bola Tinubu. Fayose ...

Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said his former principal, Peter Obi, alongside Atiku Abubakar, should not be regarded as opposition leaders but rather as office seekers. Baba-Ahmed made the statement on Thursday during an interview, where he ...

The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session on Thursday after Philip Agbese, the lawmaker representing the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo federal constituency, vehemently denied endorsing Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere for the position of Minority Leader. Agbese raised a point of privilege during ...

Paul Ibe, media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has urged security agencies to immediately engage Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho over claims that he knows those responsible for the recent abduction of students and teachers in Oyo State. ...

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has alleged that some youths planned to bomb the Ondo State Government House, but the plot was foiled through intelligence gathering. Aiyedatiwa made the disclosure during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, ...