The federal government has announced that Friday, September 5, 2025, will be a public holiday to mark Eid-ul-Mawlid, the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. This was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Magdalene Ajani, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the statement, the Minister of Interior, Dr …
Approximately N1.43 billion in interest will be returned to investors who participated in the August 2025 FGN Savings Bonds. The bonds were allotted by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) through the Debt Management Office (DMO). In a publication on Monday, September 1, the DMO disclosed that the bonds attracted N3.32 billion from subscribers. The …
A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan recently, with its epicentre in Kuz Kunar District, Nangarhar Province, near the border with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The quake’s shallow depth (approximately 8 km) and violent intensity (Modified Mercalli intensity IX in the central zone) triggered severe destruction across multiple provinces, including Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan, and Panjshir. According …
The just-concluded Rivers State local government election has triggered heated debates over legality, democratic legitimacy, and the entrenched power struggle between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged political benefactor and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. The polls, which saw the APC sweep 20 chairmanship seats while the PDP managed only three, were conducted under the supervision …
Pressures are mounting on mid-tier banks in Nigeria to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) mandatory recapitalisation deadline of March 2026. This may force mergers and alliances among the tier-2 banks, as SB Morgen Intelligence, an Africa-focused research firm, documented in its latest report. It listed the leading tier-2 banks to include First City …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has denied allegations by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that figures from the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the state were being manipulated. The ADC had recently raised concerns about possible irregularities in the online pre-registration process for the CVR in Lagos and other …
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has strongly denied claims by former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai about allegedly coordinating ransom payments to bandits. In a statement signed by Zakari Mijinyawa, Adviser in the NSA’s office, Ribadu described the allegations as “false and baseless.” He stressed that the government has never paid ransom or offered …
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that all illegal occupants in Abuja will be removed, warning that he will not tolerate criminality under any guise. Speaking at his monthly ministerial press briefing on Monday, Wike stressed that poverty cannot be used as an excuse to justify crime or kidnappings …
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has hailed the conviction of Simon Ekpa by a Finnish court, describing it as "good news" Ekpa, a Finland-based leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will be serving a 6-year jail term after being found guilty of terrorism-related offences …
The Federal Government on Monday hailed the conviction of Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, describing the ruling as a landmark victory for justice and a relief for victims of his incitement. The Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland sentenced Ekpa to six years’ imprisonment for terrorism-related offences, a decision the Nigerian government said validates its …
