President Bola Tinubu is requesting the approval of the House of Representatives to obtain over $2,847,465,000 in external loans to finance the 2025 budget deficit and infrastructure. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter titled: “Request for the Resolution of the National Assembly to Implement New External Borrowing in the 2025 Appropriation Act, Refinance Maturity…
Umar Garba, the Chief Imam of Rafin-Kuka, and the younger brother of Niger Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba has died at the age of 46. This was contained in a statement by Hajiya Ummulkhatume Abdullahi, Press Secretary to Niger Deputy Governor in Minna on Tuesday. Abdullahi said Garba died in the early hours of Tuesday…
President Bola Tinubu has accepted the departure of Mahmood Yakubu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following the expiration of his second term in office. Yakubu was first appointed in November 2015 as the 14th chairman of the commission for an initial term of five years. His appointment was renewed in 2020,…
Masquerades have been spotted donning campaign materials of Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra state, ahead of the November 8 governorship election. The images, which have circulated widely across the state, show masquerades dressed in traditional regalia adorned with Soludo’s posters and campaign slogans. The development has sparked conversation across communities about the intersection of culture…
A United States congressman, Rep. Riley M. Moore, has called on President Donald Trump to immediately redesignate Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern (CPC)’ over what he described as the “systematic persecution and slaughter” of Christians in the country. In a letter dated October 6, 2025, and addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio,…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, on Tuesday swore in three members following their victory in the August 16, 2025, bye-elections. The three new lawmakers are among the five elected to fill the vacant seats following the death of four members and the choice of Dennis Idahosa as the running mate of…
The Senate resumed plenary on Tuesday after a 10-week recess, with Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin presiding over the session. Noticeable presence at the Senate chambers on Tuesday was the embattled Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is returning after a six-month suspension. Conspicuously absent at the time of resumption was the Senate President,…
As pressure continues to mount on the minister of science, technology, and innovation, Uche Nnaji, to resign over an alleged certificate forgery, the Presidency has said it will act after the court verdict. According to the Presidency, a comment on the matter won’t be necessary since the matter is already before the court. Reacting to…
Against the backdrop of allegations of certificate forgery, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr. Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, has insisted he graduated from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) in 1985. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, the minister through his special adviser, Dr. Robert Ngwu said the accusation is politically motivated pointing fingers to the…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has declared the senator representing Edo North and former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Adams Oshiomhole, a personal non grata over his stance on the faceoff between the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and the Dangote Refinery. Senator Oshiomhole had…