•Oyedele President Bola Tinubu yesterday, Tuesday, April 21 approved a minor cabinet reshuffle, effecting changes in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) with the exit of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. In a statement issued yesterday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George A...
Amid the escalating security crisis across Nigeria, the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force are grappling with gross underfunding, particularly in the acquisition of security and defence equipment, according to records from the federal government’s Open Treasury Portal. Details of the 2025 budget performance posted on the portal showed th...
What should have been a joyful day on April 14, 2026, has turned into one troubling misery for 28-year-old Blessing Ijeoma David. Instead of celebration, the young mother has been left in tears, while she accuses the doctor who delivered her of turning her expected twin pregnancy to a single baby after a surgical delivery, […]
A Nigerian Civil Defence officer, Christopher Ashibi, has died following a hit-and-run incident near the Cross River State Secretariat on April 11, 2026, sparking calls for a thorough investigation by his family. Ashibi, described by relatives as a devoted husband and father, was reportedly struck while walking along the roadside shortly after...
The federal government said today that it has ended physical verification of academic credentials, transitioning entirely to an online system to improve transparency, speed, and enhance public service delivery. The Federal Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement signed by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, authorising an aggregate expenditure of ₦68.32 trillion for the current fiscal year. He also signed a separate bill extending the implementation period of the 2025 budget from March 31 to June 30, 2026, reports The PUNCH. The budget allocates ₦4.799 trillion for sta...
An unidentified Lagos driver stripped himself naked on Thursday in protest against arrest by officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority along the Ogudu axis area of the state. The video captured by our correspondent showed the driver trying to attend to his bus by the road side whilst resisting arrest by the officials after [&hellip...
•Ohanaeze Ndigbo The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Movement has welcomed the recent ruling of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja, which upheld the renewal of the nation’s pipeline surveillance contract, describing it as a major boost for Nigeria’s economic stability and the federal government’s Renewed Hope Agenda. In a statement ...
•Anthony Joshua The Ogun Magistrate’s Court 1, sitting in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state, and presided over by Magistrate Olufunilayo Somefun, has adjourned the trial of the driver of the Lexus SUV involved in former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua’s road crash to June 2, 2026. This is about the fourth time [&hell...
•Late Dr Ere Ogbachi A medical doctor, Dr Ere Ogbachi, has died following complications after delivering triplets in Bayelsa State. The death was confirmed in a Facebook statement today by the deceased’s brother, Meshack Sintei, who said she was later rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she died [&he...

