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Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday night revealed how a false bank-loan allegation derailed former President Muhammadu Buhari’s initial plan to appoint Chief Audu Ogbeh as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. Speaking during a Night of Tribute held at the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja, El-Rufai narrated a behind-the-scenes encounter shortly after …

American billionaire businessman, Bill Gates has raised alarm about the high child mortality rate in Northern Nigeria. Gates stated on Monday, September 22, that “a child born in northern Nigeria has a 15% chance of dy!ng before the age of five”. He then urged governments to reverse global health funding cuts. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, …

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu says over N20 billion has been raised so far towards the completion of the National Library project in Abuja. The First Lady disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, noting that the initiative was part of her 65th birthday celebration held on September 21, 2025. Earlier, she had appealed to well-wishers to …

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance, has disclosed that former President Joe Biden of the United States, US, refused to meet President Bola Tinubu during last year’s United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. Gambaryan also disclosed that President Donald Trump doesn’t care about meeting Tinubu, hence the Nigerian president refusal to attend. He explained that Biden refused to meet Tinubu during …

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has pressed for special attention to Enugu State, given its place in Nigeria’s colonial and post-colonial history. He made a case for more accommodation of Enugu State in the 2026 budget and greater speed in the ongoing federal road projects connecting the state. Mbah made the appeal weekend when he received the Joint National …

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was today received by jubilant supporters as her Senate office was finally unsealed, ending more than six months of restriction from her legislative duties, News360 Nigeria reports. Deputy Director of the Chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Alabo Adedeji, flanked by security personnel, officially reopened Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, her designated office. The development followed the expiration of her …

There seems to be confusion in the National Assembly over whose duty it is to issue an official notice of a Lawmaker’s resumption of plenary on behalf of the National Assembly. On Monday, Chinedu Akubueze, Chief of Staff to the Senate President, in a statement he signed, announced the postponement of plenary resumption from September 23 to October 7, 2025. …

The senate’s sergeant-at-arms has unsealed the office of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, News360 Nigeria reports. The office, located in suite 2.05 of the senate wing, has been under lock and key since the senator was suspended from the red chamber on March 6, 2025. In a video shared on Tuesday, Alabi Adedeji, deputy director, sergeant-at-arms, could be seen …

Lagos State has been thrown into mourning following the deaths of four female elected officials, barely two months after they were sworn into office. The most recent losses are Basirat Mayabikan, who died on 21 September, just 56 days after inauguration, and Oluremi Ajose, who died on 20 September, 55 days into her tenure. Their deaths came a month after …

The Presidency has dismissed claims by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is seeking to make himself a “life president,” insisting that the President has no plan to remain in office beyond 2031 if re-elected. El-Rufai, speaking over the weekend, had urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to rally Nigerians against President Tinubu in 2027, …