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EACH STATE TO RECRUIT BETWEEN 2,000 AND 5,000 HEAVILY ARMED FOREST GUARDS President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a national forest guard system and ordered the recruitment of over 130,000 armed operatives to secure the country’s 1,129 forest reserves. Each state to recruit between 2,000 and 5,000 heavily armed and well-trained forest guards, depending on its financial capacity. …

CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS: EACH SENATOR POCKETS N2BN, EACH HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER N1BN A federal lawmaker has revealed the staggering amounts of public funds Nigerian lawmakers now receive for so-called “constituency projects.” The lawmaker revealed that significantly more funds have been allocated to so-called ‘constituency projects’—often used to pad budgets—since President Bola Tinubu’s administration removed the fuel subsidy. He claimed that …

NURSING STUDENT WHO ‘DISRESPECTED’ TINUBU’S WIFE IN TIK TOK FAILED FINAL EXAMS Controversial Delta State College of Nursing student, Osato Edobor, who recently stirred nationwide attention over a viral TikTok song referencing First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has reportedly failed her final year examinations, raising fresh concerns about possible academic retaliation or personal stress fallout. Edobor’s academic status became public …

APC, PDP, LP CHIEFTAINS INVOLVED IN COALITION TALKS – ATIKU Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has confirmed that Nigeria’s leading political parties—including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party—are currently engaged in coalition talks aimed at charting a unified political course for the country.Nigerian fashion Atiku, a key figure in the discussions, described the …

TINUBU HEADS TO ROME SATURDAY FOR POPE LEO XIV’S INAUGURATION President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV. Accompanied by top Catholic leaders, President Tinubu will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of …

BALA MOHAMMED INSULTED MY LATE FATHER, THREATENED TO SLAP ME – FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, TUGGAR Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has offered a detailed account of the misunderstanding that recently occurred between him and Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed and his Deputy, Muhammad Auwal Jatau. The incident, which reportedly took place on April 19 during Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s visit …

DAVIDO PRAISES HIGHLIFE LEGEND, BRIGHT CHIMEZIE, SAYS HE GOT INSPIRATION FROM HIS SONG Nigerian singer David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has warmed the hearts of his fans after a video shared by his friend, Cubana Chiefpriest, surfaced online. In a heartwarming moment that has now gone viral, Nigerian music superstar Davido was seen expressing deep gratitude to legendary highlife …

2025 UTME:CANDIDATES SEEK TOTAL CANCELATION AS JAMB ADMITS ERRORS Some of the candidates who wrote the 2025 University Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have called for total cancelation of the results.They spoke yesterday in their reactions to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s admittance to errors that affected candidates’ performance in the examination.There had been outcries in different quarters over …

WE’LL ENSURE THAT COALITION SEEKING TO UNSEAT TINUBU IN 2027 DID NOT SUCCEED – ALIYU A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu, speaks on the gale of defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He bares his mind on the comment made by the national chairman of …

TINUBU’S ECONOMIC REFORMS MAKING NIGERIA MORE INVESTIBLE — UK ENVOY The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic reforms, describing them as “big and bold” initiatives that have transformed Nigeria into a more attractive destination for investors. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Montgomery acknowledged that the UK’s interest in …