Significant progress has been made towards establishing state police, with a constitutional amendment expected soon, following months of consultations among the Executive, the National Assembly and security authorities. The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on…

The Cross River State Police Command has urged members of the public to disregard reports about the infiltration of bandits into parts of Akamkpa LGA as well as the Calabar metropolis. The police also described the reports as baseless and…

Shareholders of Greenwich Holdings Limited have commended the board and management for the company’s strong financial performance in 2025 and successful transition into a financial holding company. According to a statement by the company’s head of corporate communications, Ozena Utulu,…

A post-primary audit of political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections has found that loopholes in the Electoral Act, costly nomination forms, consensus arrangements and money politics are limiting women’s participation and chances of emerging as candidates. Gender rights…

The Presidency has said that the establishment of state police to curtail insecurity in the country is close at hand. Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on Thursday after a high-level…

The United States announced fresh economic sanctions Thursday on Cuba’s president and some of his immediate family, alongside members of the Castro family, in Washington’s latest ramping up of pressure on its communist-led neighbor. Among those targeted were the son…

Minority members in the House of Representatives have disproved that signatures were forged in the nomination of Ikenga Ugochinyere for minority leader, insisting that all signatories freely endorsed him. The lawmakers, operating under the banner of the G-60 Minority Caucus,…

The Catholic Diocese of Ondo has welcomed the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja on the perpetrators of the June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, describing it as a significant step toward…

Forty-nine people died of thirst in an isolated Sahara desert district in Niger after the truck transporting them broke down, authorities said Thursday. The dead were among a group returning from Mali for a Muslim festival when they ran short…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained how Lere Olayinka, the spokesperson to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, obtained and subsequently published screenshots containing the voter registration details of Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike. Speaking…

The Federal Government has flagged off the reconstruction and dualization of the Gombe-Biu highway, a project valued at N1.245 trillion. Minister of Works, David Umahi, and Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state performed the ceremony on Thursday on behalf…

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Thursday, cautioned against politicising insecurity in Nigeria, insisting that the security challenges facing the country did not originate under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Umahi made the remarks during a town hall meeting organised…

A Lagos-based widow, Lovelyn Adimike, and two of her children have sued the Inspector-General of Police, the FCT Commissioner of Police, others for alleged rights violations, including unlawful detention over the death of her husband, Lucky Adimike, who is the…

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to agricultural transformation through strategic land aggregation and improved access to farm inputs, unveiling a 51 per cent subsidy on fertiliser for farmers across the state. The governor made…

The G-60 minority caucus in the House of Representatives has dismissed allegations that signatures on the nomination document endorsing Ikenga Ugochinyere for the position of Minority Leader were forged, insisting that all lawmakers who supported the move signed voluntarily. The…