Taraba State governor, Kefas Agbu, has sought the intervention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in patrolling his state’s border with Cameroon. This came as the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, said illegal mining of mineral resources was directly linked with terrorism and armed banditry. Speaking during a visit to the NAF…
Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, have taken to the streets to protest the lingering petrol and naira notes scarcity in the country. In October 2022, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), announced the plan to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, and asked Nigerians to deposit their…
The American International School of Abuja (AISA) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi state. Bello allegedly paid $720,000 in advance as fees for five of his children from the coffers of the Kogi state government….
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The ad-hoc committee set up last week by the senate to investigation the disbursement of development fund to the 36 states of the federation since 2017, has summoned the finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele and others to appear before it . The senate had in a motion…
Former governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, has petitioned the Police Service Commission (PSC) over the of the conduct of the commissioner of police and some officers in Kaduna. In a letter dated September 8, 2025 and addressed to the chairman and chief executive of the PSC, El-Rufai accused the police officers of unprofessional, unlawful and…
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear in new ministers who have been assigned portfolios. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The statement signed by William Bassey, director of information in the office of the SGF, said the ceremony will take…
