Osun Guber: Ooni Calls for Peace
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has urged political parties, candidates and supporters to shun violence and embrace peace ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State. The monarch made the appeal on Tuesday when the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, the party’s governorship […]
CBN Retain Rates As Cardoso Says Economy Remains Resilient
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country’s economy remains resilient despite mounting global uncertainties. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, who srated this on Tuesday after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja, attributed the performance to reforms implemented by both the fiscal and monetary […]
Reps Seek Ecological Fund To Rescue Bayelsa Industrial Park
By Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to deploy the Ecological Fund to address the shoreline erosion threatening the Eraskorp Industrial Park in Gbarain, Bayelsa State. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved on Tuesday by Rep. Oforji Oboku, who warned that continued […]
Reps Summon NSA Over PFIPC Authenticity Warning
By Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives has summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA) to explain the action it took after confirming in 2025 that the alleged Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, was unknown to the Federal Government. The summons came during Tuesday’s sitting of the House Ad-hoc Committee […]
Nigeria, Germany Deepen Clean Energy Partnership
By Oluwakemi Kindness Nigeria and Germany on Tuesday expanded their partnership on renewable energy and digital innovation. The move expected to accelerate electricity access after the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) connected 4.5 million Nigerians through its clean energy programmes. The renewed collaboration was announced in a joint statement issued in Abuja by the Federal Ministry […]
Patience, Intelligence Led to Successful Oyo Rescue – IGP Disu
By Oluwakemi Kindness Inspector-General of Police, Olutunji Disu, has said security agencies deliberately resisted pressure to rush the rescue of abducted students and teachers in Oyo State, insisting that patience, intelligence and coordinated planning were key to the successful operationI. Speaking on Tuesday at the opening of the IGP Conference and Retreat for Strategic Police […]
Disu Urges New AIGs, CPs to Lead With Integrity
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, on Tuesday charged 13 newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to lead with uncompromising integrity, warning them against misconduct, abuse of office and corruption. Speaking at their decoration ceremony in Abuja, Disu said the promotions reflected the officers’ professionalism, […]
Trump Slaps 50% Tariff on Canadian Goods
By Oluwakemi Kindness U.S President, Donald Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on a broad range of goods imported from Canada, escalating trade tensions between the two neighbouring countries over what he described as Canada’s “unequal treatment” of American products. The new tariffs target consumer goods such as wine, hockey sticks and a range of […]
Iran Intensifies Retaliation as Middle East Tensions Escalate
By Oluwakemi Kindness Iran has intensified its retaliatory attacks across the Middle East after a 10th consecutive night of US bombing, widening the conflict and raising fears of further regional instability. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted US military assets in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait. The claims have not been independently verified. […]
Kwankwaso Says Obi Signed One-Term Presidency Accord
By Anayo Akwitti The vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, signed a written agreement with him to serve only a single tenure of four years and allow power to return to the North if elected president in 2027. Kwankwaso disclosed this during […]