•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government has declared Tuesday, August 25, 2026, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid ul Mawlid, to celebrate the remembrance of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. In a statement issued today, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Magdalene Ajani, quoted the Minister o...
•Tinubu and APM logo The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) has rejected the federal government’s claim that only N15.8 trillion was realised as savings from the removal of petroleum subsidy, insisting that the proceeds exceeded N27 trillion. The party also demanded a comprehensive account of the funds, including details of allocations to state an...
•Health minister, Muhammed Pate The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the amendment of the National Mental Health Act to allow for the decriminalisation of attempted suicide in Nigeria. The Minister of Health and Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammed Pate, speaking after the meeting yesterday, said suicide is ...
•Tinubu Thousands of Nigerian entrepreneurs seeking to formalise their businesses under the federal government’s free 250,000 business names registration scheme are stuck in a bureaucratic limbo, with complaints of unprocessed applications, failed NIN verifications and irretrievable certificates piling up, even as the Corporate Affairs Commiss...
•Nigerian returnees from South Africa A new batch of 83 Nigerian nationals will arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19, 2026, via South African Airways, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. In a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, the returne...
•Nigerian lawyers A group of legal practitioners under the aegis of Concerned And Independent Legal Practitioners For The Families Of The Detained And Missing Persons in Igboland today urged the federal government to immediately produce all persons currently detained without trial and either charge them before competent civilian courts or rele...
•TUC President-General, Comrade Festus Osifo The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has hinged the economic hardship being experienced by some Nigerians to the volatility in the Forex market, urging the federal government to take decisive measures to strengthen the naira to between ₦900 and ₦1,000 to the United States dollar. The Union argu...
•Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate  The federal government has said it will begin production of family planning materials locally to strengthen whole-of-government coordination and harness Nigeria’s youthful population as a driver of sustainable national development. A statement signed by the Assistant Director, Information ...
•Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele The federal government has directed that the outstanding two-month wage award owed federal civil servants be paid on or before August 15, 2026, following a high-level meeting between the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele,...
•Kefas Ropshik and CCTV cameras The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Plateau State, Kefas Ropshik, has questioned the status of President Bola Tinubu’s directive to deploy security surveillance cameras across the state, calling on the federal government to account for promises made to the people. Speaking on Channels Te...
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