National Policing Bill Ready for Transmission to NASS in Two Weeks
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul The National Policing Bill is nearing completion, with the Presidential Working Group targeting its transmission to the National Assembly within two weeks. Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Working Group, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Thursday after a steering committee meeting at the State House in Abuja. According […]
Gambia Migrant Boat Disaster Kills 12, Many Missing
By Mardiyyah Abubakar At least 12 bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of The Gambia, with an unknown number of passengers still missing. The Gambia Red Cross Society confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, saying rescue operations were ongoing as authorities searched for survivors. The boat […]
US School Shooting Kills Four in Oregon
By Mardiyyah Abubakar A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, has left four people dead, including three children and a teacher, after a 16-year-old gunman stormed the school. Police said the suspect was shot dead by an armed community member who pursued him into the school on Thursday. Bend Police Chief Mike […]
NAF Pledges Welfare Support for Crash Victims’ Families
By Mardiyyah Abubakar The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has pledged comprehensive welfare support for families affected by the ongoing recovery operation following an aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, as efforts continue to retrieve the wreckage submerged in the river. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, gave the assurance, reaffirming the […]
INEC Assures Nigerians of Credible 2027 Elections
By Chinedu Echianu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians of its readiness to conduct free, fair, transparent and credible 2027 general elections, urging citizens to reject voter apathy, vote-buying and electoral violence. INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, gave the assurance in Abuja during the flag-off of a nationwide grassroots mobilisation campaign organised […]
INEC Begins PVC Collection, Voter Register Display in FCT
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the display of the Register of Voters and collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The exercise covers all 62 Registration Area Centres in the FCT and will end on Thursday, October 15, 2026, according to a public notice […]
Rainbow Coalition a Historic Political Alliance – Akpabio
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio has described the inclusion of opposition figures in President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council as a historic political development never witnessed in Nigeria’s political history since 1999. Akpabio spoke on Wednesday during plenary, following comments by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele on the emergence of the Nyesom […]
El-Rufai in Fresh Trouble Over Corruption Allegations
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul The alleged corruption trial of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai resumed on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, a day after an eight-hour hearing at the state high court. On Tuesday, a forensic investigator with the State Security Service, Segun Kayode, alleged that El-Rufai and some associates planned to […]
UN Proposes $14bn Budget for 2027
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has proposed a $14 billion budget for 2027 to support the organisation’s work on global peace, sustainable development and human rights. Guterres presented the proposal in New York to the General Assembly’s budget committee, chaired by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim described […]
Shettima Faults Obi’s Economic Prescriptions, Challenges His Statistics
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul Vice President Kashim Shettima has criticised former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, describing him as “the master of bogus statistics and incoherent economic prescriptions”. Shettima spoke on Wednesday at the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He mocked Obi’s frequent comparisons between […]