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Gboyega Akosile, the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Media and Publicity, has dismissed a report claiming that his principal was ordered to resign from his position on health grounds and hand over to his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat. In a statement on Monday, Akosile described the report as “false in its entirety”. “Nobody has […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has enlisted political attention in Washington ahead of the 2027 presidential election, engaging a prominent US lobbying firm in what analysts describe as an attempt to internationalize concerns about Nigeria’s electoral environment. A new filing under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) has revealed that Atiku has formally engaged a […]

Gunmen have reportedly killed five people, including a traditional ruler, his wife, son and two other residents in Olegabulu community of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.   Residents told our correspondent that the attack occurred on Thursday night when the assailants, who arrived on two motorcycles, stormed the monarch’s residence and opened fire […]

Nigeria’s Head of the Civil Service, Didi Walson-Jack, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, in a move expected to increase the take-home pay of civil servants and boost the morale of the government’s workforce. Walson-Jack said the increment affects workers under the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) and the Consolidated […]

President Bola Tinubu has formally written to the Senate, seeking approval for a $516.3 million foreign syndicated loan to support the construction of the Sokoto–Badagry highway. In a communication read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, President Tinubu requested a resolution in line with Sections 16 and 21 of the Debt […]

Former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, used Day 23 of her London bribery trial to cast herself not as a grand orchestrator of corruption, but as the political fall guy for Nigeria’s most explosive policy fiasco in a generation – the 2012 fuel subsidy crisis. The latest session at Southwark Crown Court offered a […]

Nigeria’s passport has inched its way up the global mobility ladder, climbing to 88th place in the 2025 Henley Passport Index released this month. The HPI ranks 199 passports against 227 travel destinations; based on the number of destinations a passport holder can access without a visa. The data used comes from the International Air […]

Six men accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Bola Tinubu have pleaded not guilty to a 13-count charge of treason and related offences, as a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered their remand in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and fixed an accelerated trial. The defendants – retired Major […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has resigned from the Federal Executive Council, setting the stage for a renewed bid to become governor of Oyo State. His resignation letter, dated April 22 and addressed to Bola Tinubu through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, takes effect from April 30, 2026. The […]

The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, is set to resign from his position in the coming days following a high-level meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   The development was confirmed in a statement issued by the Minister’s Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations, Tunji Bolaji, after the closed-door […]

The Federal government has now filed sweeping treason and terrorism charges against former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, and six alleged coup plotters; an extraordinary reversal only months after officials dismissed reports of a coup attempt as “fake news.” For months, government spokespersons insisted that rumors of a plot to overthrow President […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved a minor reshuffle of the Federal Executive Council, removing the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, from their cabinet positions.   A statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Secretary […]