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In a season defined by gifts and goodwill, a quiet plea for political acknowledgment is emerging from the pulpits. As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu extends appointments to former critics like Reno Omokri—recently cleared by the Senate as an ambassador-designate—a core group of his earliest supporters watches with hopeful expectation. They are the thirty Christian bishops and clerics who defied intense …

Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies on Wednesday evening cordoned off the residence of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, in what sources described as a major escalation in a high-profile corruption investigation. Sources revealed that several enforcement vehicles belonging to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accompanied by armed operatives, were deployed …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engineer Farouk Ahmed, has resigned from office amid a corruption allegation recently levelled against him by the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally notified the Senate of Ahmed’s resignation while forwarding a request for the confirmation of a replacement to …

Commercial vehicle operations in some designated places in Enugu State have been restricted to the state’s newly-built bus terminals. The measure, according to an announcement by the state Ministry of Transportation, was aimed at decongesting the affected areas. The terminals are located at Holy Ghost Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, Garriki, Abakpa, and Nsukka. They were built by Gov Mbah …

Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots and crew members nine days after their detention, following high-level diplomatic intervention by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The release came shortly after a Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, concluded engagements with the Burkinabè authorities in Ouagadougou, including talks with President Ibrahim Traoré. …

Fatima Buhari, daughter of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that her father once believed his office in the Presidential Villa was being secretly monitored, forcing them to communicate by writing notes instead of speaking aloud. The revelation is contained in a new book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, written by Dr Charles Omole, director …

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has contradicted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the 2025 revenue target claim, saying the government has only met N10.7 trillion out of projected N40.8 trillion. The president had, while addressing stakeholders of the Buhari Organisation who visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, declared that Nigeria had …

United States President Donald Trump has frowned at the continued existence of Boko Haram, the Islamic State and other terrorist cells in Nigeria. Trump cited the activities of the jihadist groups as one of the grounds Nigeria was added to the list of countries facing restrictions on travel to the United States. “Radical Islamic terrorist groups such as Boko Haram …

The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream and Midstream) has invited the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the CEO of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Alhaji Faruk Ahmed, to appear before it following allegations and counter allegations by the duo. Dangote had on Sunday levelled allegations of corruption and economic sabotage …

A biography of immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari launched on Monday has revealed that the controversial naira redesign policy implemented under the Buhari government was conceptualised by the then Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. The book, From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari, officially unveiled at the Conference Centre of the State …