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President Bola Tinubu presented the 2026 budget proposal of N58.18 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday, unveiling a fiscal plan centred on national renewal, stability, and sustainable development. The budget, guided by the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda, lays emphasis on four critical pillars: security, education, health and infrastructure. According to the president, these sectors are interlinked, forming the backbone of Nigeria’s path toward inclusive growth, economic diversification, and social stability. “These priorities are interlinked. Without security, investment will not thrive. Without educated and healthy citizens, productivity will not rise. Without infrastructure, jobs and enterprises will…

I am very worried that there appears to be no one in the government that is concerned about our national interest. Which country in the world would a nationalist industrialist invest $20 billion to establish a massive petroleum complex and government agencies would be issuing import licenses for massive imports targeted at destroying our greatest industrial asset? How can the government promote a partnership with a foreign company that would outsource our tax data management, thereby exposing us to the foreign manipulation of our most important financial information? Last week, Nigeria gave up its proud history of assertiveness and independence…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has branded all armed groups, including Fulani militias, bandits, violent cults and gun-wielding non-state actors operating outside state authority, as terrorists. The President disclosed this during the presentation of the N58.46 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday. He described the move as a new counterterrorism doctrine that classifies all armed groups operating outside state authority as terrorists, including bandits, militias, armed gangs and their political or community enablers. The President said the new security overhaul represents a “holistic redesign” of Nigeria’s security framework, anchored on unified command, intelligence…

The police have arrested a 32-year-old man over allegations of rape, sexual molestation, and impregnating his 13-year-old stepdaughter (name withheld) in Delta State. A pharmacist who allegedly sold abortion pills to the man has also been taken into custody. The suspects are currently in police custody. The man confessed that he began having sexual relations with the girl, whose mother already had a child for him, in January 2024. He admitted purchasing the abortion pills to terminate the pregnancy. According to him, “I bought it when she told me she had missed her period. I just wanted to flush it…

Shooting Stars have promised maximum security for their supporters ahead of the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, matchday 18 fixture against Niger Tornadoes. The Oluyole Warriors will be up against the Ikon Allah Boys in their final game of the first stanza on Sunday. The encounter is billed for the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasinga, Ibadan. The head of stewards, Ramon Farouk, assured that their security architecture is fully intact for the game. “There is adequate security for everybody ahead of the game against Niger Tornadoes,” Farouk told 3SCfanstv. “We are aware that there will be a massive fan turnout because…

The leadership of the Nawfia community in Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra State, has announced the suspension of one of the major Igbo cultural festivals, “Igu Aro,” until further notice due to increased and persistent gunmen attacks. The decision, outlined in a statement on Friday by the traditional ruler of Nawfia, Igwe Daniel Obelle, aims to prevent further loss of lives, as “perpetrators of these evil acts are still devising further measures to inflict pain on innocent residents of the town.” Obelle said the decision followed extensive consultations among critical stakeholders and the traditional council of the Nawfia kingdom. “Following…

The Nigeria Police Force has said it has not been served with any judgment or court order directing it to stop the enforcement of the motor vehicle tinted glass permit policy in a suit reportedly instituted by Mr. Olukunle Edun, SAN. Earlier on Wednesday, a Delta State High Court issued an ex parte injunction restraining the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force from resuming the enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy nationwide. Justice Joe Egwu, in granting the order, also barred the police from harassing, arresting, detaining or extorting citizens and motorists on account of the policy.…

The renewed national conversation on the creation of new states has reopened an important question for the South-East geopolitical zone: which proposal most appropriately reflects the region’s history, demographic realities, and urgent need for balanced representation? Several options have been canvassed across time, including Etiti, Aba, Orlu and, more recently, Anioma. Yet for many stakeholders, it is Adada State, carved from the Nsukka cultural and administrative zone of northern Enugu, that stands out as the most coherent, viable, and historically grounded candidate for designation as the sixth state of the South-East. This argument is not driven by sentiment. It is…

The Social Democratic Party has welcomed Friday’s Supreme Court judgment dismissing the Independent National Electoral Commission’s appeal on its leadership dispute, describing the ruling as a major victory for democracy, party autonomy and the rule of law. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, the Acting National Chairman of the SDP, Dr Sadiq Gombe, said the apex court’s decision reaffirmed the long-settled legal position that the internal affairs of political parties are beyond the reach of external interference. “This decision is very significant, not only for the SDP, but for all political parties in Nigeria.…

In a major step towards improving safety standards in Nigeria’s fast-growing solar power sector, the Rural Electrification Agency, in partnership with Huawei Technologies Nigeria Limited, has conducted the country’s first authoritative Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter function test for photovoltaic inverters. The test, carried out yesterday under controlled conditions simulating real-life fault scenarios, successfully demonstrated the ability of modern PV inverters to detect and immediately shut down dangerous electrical arc faults capable of causing fires in solar installations. Speaking during the demonstration, the Chief Electrical Engineer at REA, Engineer Peter Okopi, said the exercise was aimed at addressing one of the…