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The non-release of funds by the executive for the funding of many capital projects captured in the 2024 Budget is causing disquiet among some members of the Senate and the House of Representatives Despite the perceived cordial relationship between the current National Assembly and the Executive, an open confrontation over the poor and slow implementation of the capital component of …

The Abuja Youth Forum has faulted the claim by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), that Abuja is the safest city in Nigeria. The group, led by Comrade Ayuba Danladi, said the minister’s remark amounted to “political theatre” in the face of rising insecurity in the capital. The forum cited recent incidents, including the killing of Dr …

A disagreement over a disputed hospital bill has led to the refusal to release the body of a retired Nigerian Air Force officer, Air Vice Marshal Terry O. Okorodudu (Rtd), who died at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi on September 9, 2025. The hospital had withheld the body pending the settlement of an outstanding bill of Sh9.8 million …

The United States could see an unprecedented 15,000 churches shut their doors this year, far more than the few thousand expected to open, according to denominational reports and church consultants. The unprecedented contraction, expected to continue over the next decade, risks leaving gaps in communities nationwide — particularly rural ones, where churches often are crucial providers of food aid, child …

Two years ago, Vice President Kashim Shettima publicly dismissed the idea that Nigeria’s insurgency and banditry could be resolved through military might. Speaking in Kano in July 2023, Shettima insisted that a purely military approach would amount to “an endless war of attrition,” stressing instead the need for what he called a blend of kinetic and non-kinetic measures. At the …

The political family of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike in Rivers State is fully united and has resolved its differences with Governor Sim Fubara, Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka has said. This was evident in a meeting between Wike, Fubara, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martins …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives Plateau state to attend the funeral prayers in honour of Nana Lydia Yilwatda Goshwe, mother of the APC National Chairman, Professor Nantewe YilwatdaGoshwe. Mr President later addressed Church Leaders across the North at the headquarters of the COCIN Church in Jos. “Hate is not an option for us. I inherited Islam from my parents and …

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the United States, its Western allies, and some Nigerians of plotting to incite a religious war in the country. In a statement titled “The Fiction of Christian Genocide and the Conspiracy Against Nigeria” posted on X on Sunday, Fani-Kayode alleged that recent comments by American and Canadian figures about “Christian genocide” in …

A quiet house at 79 Randall Avenue, North London, has become the unlikely centerpiece of one of the most extraordinary property fraud cases ever to involve two of Nigeria’s most prominent figures: the late General Jeremiah Useni and Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN. That Nigerian politicians are corrupt is no news to anyone. What is remarkable is how their corruption is …

There is rising concern within opposition ranks about a likely repeat of the 2023 scenario, in which its split led to a narrow but strategic victory for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, President Bola Tinubu. Feelers from opposition camps indicate that members are worried it will be difficult to unseat the ruling APC in 2027 unless …