The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, said on Friday that since President Bola Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, the military had achieved significant milestones in degrading terrorist networks, disrupting criminal syndicates, and restoring civil authority across many volatile regions. Consequently, DHQ said, within this period over 5,000 insurgents and bandits have been neutralized across multiple theatres…
The Federal Government has summoned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the management of Dangote Refinery to an emergency conciliation meeting scheduled for Monday in Abuja, following the union’s threat to embark on strike. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, who disclosed this in a statement over…
The Economic Community of West African States has appointed Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Group of companies, as its pioneer chairman of the ECOWAS Business Council. Omar Touray, ECOWAS president, announced this during the 95th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The EBC is an independent ECOWAS platform…
More facts are emerging on possible reasons the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. The NLC President was picked up by DSS operatives on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on his way outside the country for an…
President Donald Trump posted a photo Saturday of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in custody on a US naval ship and wearing both a blindfold and handcuffs. “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, along with a picture showing Maduro hours after he was snatched by US forces….
The former National Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, was absent on Friday when President Bola Tinubu visited Kano due to an ongoing engagements in the United kingdom. The former Chief of Staff to the APC National Chairperson, Muhammad Garba, said this in a statement on Friday. “He was unavoidably absent during…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said more governors from the opposition may soon join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), following the defection of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno. Akpabio made this known on Saturday while speaking at a reception held to welcome Eno into the APC. He mentioned that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi…
The Federal High Court in Abuja in a suit brought before Justice Emeka Nwite has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Julius Abure as the substantive Chairman of the Labour Party. Justice Nwite on Tuesday delivered the ruling validating the Abure-led leadership of the party. He also validated the March 2024 Nnewi…
A mum has admitted in court editing a picture of a DNA test result she found online to say her new boyfriend was the father of her newborn baby rather than the biological dad. ‘Spiteful’ Georgina Saville confessed the act to jurors, but said it was ‘obvious’ it wasn’t a real form as she ‘didn’t…
A tense encounter unfolded at the National Assembly on Wednesday as officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board walked out of a session convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies. The Committee, led by Bayelsa lawmaker, Oboku Oforji, had summoned the examination body to account for its 2023–2024…
