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The post criticises the Sultan of Sokoto for remaining silent after a US airstrike on 25 December 2025 targeted ISIS camps in the region, killing multiple terrorists according to AFRICOM reports, implying his complicity by contrasting it with his usual vocal stance on perceived insults to Islam. It includes a satirical cartoon juxtaposing the Sultan’s loud condemnations of blasphemy and …

Ten states are planning to source about N4.287tn from loans, bonds, grants, capital receipts, and public-private partnerships to finance capital projects in their 2026 budgets. Collectively, the states, including Lagos, Abia, Ogun, Enugu, Osun, Delta, Sokoto, Edo, Bayelsa, and Gombe, presented budgets totalling N14.174tn to lawmakers. An analysis of these budgets by The PUNCH shows that these states are increasingly …

Nigeria’s counter-terrorism war has entered a dangerous new phase as security forces confirm that Boko Haram and Islamic State fighters are fleeing their hideouts and dispersing across multiple regions following recent United States airstrikes. Senior military sources say intelligence units are actively tracking the movements of the fleeing militants, raising fears that the terrorists may regroup, cross borders, or melt …

As the year 2025 winds down, several promises made and goals set by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration have remained unmet amid calls on the government to retrace its steps to achieve results. President Tinubu had set some targets bordering on the economy, security, employment, revenue generation, poverty reduction and youth engagement during the year, but 12 months down …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has insisted that the implementation of the new tax laws will commence on January 1 as scheduled. The tax reform laws have attracted widespread opposition, with many Nigerians, including opposition figures, calling on the President to suspend the January implementation date. The House of Representatives had also constituted a committee to examine allegations of alterations to …

Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have returned a N100,000 cash gift from the state governor, Sim Fubara. The money was transferred to their personal accounts on the instructions of Fubara. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Hon. Enemi Aabo George, chairman of the House Committee on Information, Petitions and Complaints. According to the statement: “Today, …

Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has announced his intention to contest the Kogi Central Senatorial seat in the 2027 general elections. Bello made the declaration during a visit to the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, where he met with traditional rulers, religious leaders and community stakeholders from the senatorial district A video of the visit and his declaration …

Daily Trust in this report examines the series of controversies over previous concession agreements by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) which have cost the federal government billions in losses from litigation, claims and compensations. On Monday February 4, 2020, there was a mild drama at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) access gate (toll gate) when aviation unions …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says its preliminary findings show that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking were the cause of the motor accident involving Anthony Joshua on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. On Monday, two people died after a Lexus Jeep that Joshua was in crashed into a stationary truck around the Sinoma area near the Sagamu axis of the road. …

At least seven journalists have died, while four others sustained injuries in a single fatal road accident involving a Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ bus in Gombe State. The incident reportedly occurred on Monday evening as the journalists were returning from a wedding ceremony in Gombe South senatorial district. The victims were part of a delegation that had travelled to …