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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has moved to fill key vacancies at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), nominating four national commissioners and two resident electoral commissioners in a fresh round of appointments ahead of the next general elections. The nominations were announced on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, […]

There is a question President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must answer before the 2027 presidential election: if he wants another four years in Aso Rock, why should Nigerians not expect him to stand before them, state by state, and defend his record? His decision not to accompany his campaign team to every state has ignited a […]

Never have there been more strident calls in Nigeria for a sitting President to vacate office before elections than during President Bola Tinubu’s current first term. These unceasing calls have many colourations, from political to economic reasons, while others include tribal, social and even spiritual considerations. I’m equally joining this band, asking the Jagaban of […]

A private jet operated by Triton Aviation was forced into an emergency landing in Abuja on Thursday after losing a door mid-air moments after take-off, triggering a frantic response from airport emergency teams. The CL60 aircraft, with registration number T7-SEI and flight identification DWC052, was heading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos when the […]

Nigeria’s long-awaited State Police initiative has moved a major step closer to reality, with the Presidential Working Group declaring the National Policing Bill 90 per cent ready for transmission to the National Assembly within the next two weeks. Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Working Group, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed […]

 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fired the starting gun for the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2027 presidential campaign, calling on party leaders, governors and campaign strategists to close ranks, mobilise Nigerians and deliver victory at the polls. In a charged political gathering at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, the President inaugurated […]

Survivors of a terrorist attack on Sunday are in urgent need of blood at Anka General Hospital, Anka LGA, Zamfara State, security researcher Malik Samuel says. Eight security officers and 19 civilians have died. The officers, providing multi-agency protection to locals, were from the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil […]

A review of government payment records has revealed that the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, disbursed N890.8 million in a single day as mobilisation payments to several companies for projects unrelated to its statutory mandate. FIJ found on Govspend, an accountability tool created to show government payments as documented on the Open Treasury, […]

The famous Lagos Life simulation game has updated its access policy to allow only users who are at least 18 years old to access the platform. This comes a few days after an FIJ story exposed how an illegal sex worker platform had gained advertising space and put up several posters for the game’s users […]

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has claimed that he and other politicians conspired to ensure that “a very good candidate” did not win the 2024 governorship election in Edo State because they did not want the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, to select his successor. The September 2024 election was marred by electoral violence and results manipulation. FIJ […]

The Federal Co-operative College, Ibadan, Oyo State, paid five companies N3.2 billion on May 15 for projects outside its core institutional mandate. The stated primary role of the college is cooperative-sector education, training and capacity-building but the projects on the Open Treasury Portal, as reflected by Govspend, are more of road construction and projects not […]

It’s been more than a month since Edokhafue Isuku, a Point-of-Sale (PoS) agent, mistakenly sent N121,000 to the wrong UBA account owned by Chukwuemeka Chioma Patricia while trying to send the funds to another account. “I borrowed it from OPay. I wanted to transfer it to where I normally collect cash to do PoS business, […]