The Federal Government has announced that the Kano–Maradi standard gauge railway project will extend to Katsina by December 2025, with full completion scheduled for March 2027. Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, made the disclosure during the 2nd Transport Summit of the Transportation Correspondents Association of Nigeria (TCAN) in Lagos. Represented by the […]
Human rights advocate Aisha Yesufu has called upon Nigerians to hold all 109 senators responsible for the utilization of legislative time and public resources, particularly when private political conflicts are elevated to national issues. She criticized the expenditure of taxpayers’ money on what she termed a personal dispute between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and […]
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has declared that Nigeria’s states are now financially positioned to embark on more developmental projects without depending on Federal Government bailouts. Wike, speaking during a media briefing in Abuja, said the financial situation of states had improved under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, noting that governors now have […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday received retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, the former Sole Administrator of Rivers State, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a closed-door meeting. Ibas, who once served as Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff and later as High Commissioner to Ghana, was appointed by President Tinubu in March 2025 […]
In a striking reversal of his earlier position, U.S. President Donald Trump has said Ukraine has a realistic chance of reclaiming all of its territory lost to Russia since the war began. Speaking on Tuesday through a statement posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared that restoring Ukraine’s “original borders from where this […]
Markets across Ibadan will be closed on Friday, September 26, 2025, as traders honour the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja. The decision was announced by the Babaloja General of Oyo State, Asiwaju Yekeen Abass, on behalf of market leaders, zonal executives, and the trading community. He explained that […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has pledged that the Yoruba people will occupy a prominent role in national policy making should he succeed in his renewed bid for the Nigerian presidency. Atiku, who is positioning himself for the 2027 race under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the remarks while addressing supporters, stressing his […]
Chairman of the Ibru Organisation, Olorogun Oskar Ibru, has departed from this world at the age of 67. His demise was confirmed in a statement issued by the family on Wednesday, noting that Oskar succumbed following a brief illness. No additional details regarding the cause of his passing have been disclosed. Oskar […]
Kim Nani, the esteemed traditional ruler of Bindi-Jebbu, a community within the Riyom local government area of Plateau State recently ravaged by Fulani militias resulting in the tragic loss of 27 lives, has sounded the alarm over the desecration of the burial grounds of the deceased by herders. In a televised interview on Wednesday, […]
The Kaduna State Government and the Gates Foundation have formalized their alliance by signing the Kaduna Mutual Accountability Framework (KaMAF), aimed at fortifying strategic collaboration, accountability, and sustainable development. Governor Uba Sani characterized KaMAF as an essential stride towards realizing Kaduna’s developmental aspirations, noting that it signifies a decisive transition from mere […]
