The Nigerian Navy has commenced the construction of a modern hospital in Asokoro, Abuja, while also commissioning new housing and infrastructure projects aimed at improving personnel welfare and operational efficiency. Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, said the projects underscore the Navy’s renewed commitment to strengthening institutional capacity and enhancing the living standards …
An estimated 30,000 Fulani armed militants are actively operating across Nigeria, where their violence has become the leading cause of religiously motivated deaths, according to a new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The report, released in May, paints a worrying picture of worsening insecurity in the country, stating that …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, as the African Champion to drive its new continent-wide aviation initiative, the Integrated Aviation Transformation Programme for Africa (IATP). According to a statement issued by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the minister, the bank cited …
As Nigeria joins the global community to mark this year’s Children’s Day on Wednesday, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has sounded the alarm over the worsening insecurity in schools, describing the repeated mass abduction of students as a national disgrace and a collapse of basic school safety. In a statement posted …
As Muslims celebrate the feast of Eid-El-Kabir, Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on Nigerians to embrace peace, unity and patience amidst challenges in the country. Shettima made the call while speaking to newsmen shortly after observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the Ramat Square Eid Ground in Maiduguri, Borno State, Wednesday. According to a …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerians to embrace tolerance, generosity, and peaceful coexistence, using the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir to reflect on the values that unite the nation. Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday after observing the Eid prayers at the Dodan Barracks praying ground in Lagos, the President admonished citizens to reject ethnic divisions, hatred, …
With less than 24 hours to Eid-el-Kabir, Abuja’s major livestock markets are gripped not by the usual festive rush, but by hesitation, anxiety and dwindling buying power as soaring ram prices force many families to scale back long-held Sallah traditions. Across major markets in Apo, Gudu and Kugbo, traders sit beside rows of unsold rams …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed a Federal High Court judgment in Abuja that nullified the timelines it set for political parties to conduct primaries and submit candidates for the 2027 general election. The commission filed a notice of appeal and a motion for stay of execution on Monday, May 25, seeking to …
Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and emerged as its governorship candidate for the 2027 election in Gombe State. Pantami clinched the ticket through voice affirmation during the PDP governorship primary held on Tuesday in Gombe. The chairman of the PDP electoral panel, Gregory Yenlong, …
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, says the impeachment process against Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was discontinued based on an agreement that the governor would not seek re-election. Wike stated this on Monday after inspecting infrastructural projects in Abuja, while reacting to Fubara’s withdrawal from the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary. Fubara had …
