•1994 Super Eagles squad The federal government has finally fulfilled its three-decade-old promise of house allocations to members of the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the ministry’s website today. One of the beneficiaries, former striker Efan Ekoku, was prese...
•Keke riders The National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association has called on President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to fulfil their campaign promise of 2,000 CNG tricycles, warning that failure to do so may trigger a nationwide peaceful protest by its members. At a press conference in Abuja, the Na...
•House of Representatives The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the killings of Zaria residents in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State last Friday. They have called on both the federal and state governments to launch a full-scale investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice, reports The PUNCH. Thirtee...
•Checking Blood Pressure The federal government has raised concerns that many cases of hypertension in Nigeria remain undiagnosed, significantly contributing to the country’s growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Dr Salma Anas, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Health, made this known today in Abuja at the opening of the 25th ...
•Effiong and Tinubu A lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has accused the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, of insincerity with the supposed autonomy granted local governments (LGs) in Nigeria. Effiong said this on Channels TV today. According to him, with the reported seizure of LG funds in Osun State by [...
After more than two decades, former employees of the defunct Nigeria Airways will receive their pensions, as the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has facilitated the long-awaited approval of their pension benefits. This development marks a significant milestone in Nigeria’s aviation history, ending a prolonged str...
The federal government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission(FCCPC), has sealed-off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres located at the Mukhtar El-Yakub House, Central Business District, Abuja. The office was sealed with the combined efforts of operatives from the FCCPC, Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Secu...
•Bismarck Rewane and food stuffs The Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, says the President Bola Tinubu administration must be strategic with its borrowings in a way that benefits Nigerians. “We need to be very intentional, very strategic and focus on what we are borrowing for to generate revenue and to...
•Foreign Affairs minister, Yusuf Tuggar The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has stated that efforts are underway to commence the emergency evacuation of Nigerians in Israel and Iran in the wake of ongoing tension between the two countries. In a statement issued in Abuja today by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, the...
•Natasha and husband in Abuja High Court today Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has been arraigned before Justice Chizoba Orji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court for alleged defamation. The suspended lawmaker was arraigned today by the federal government on three counts bordering on alleged defamation of Senate Pre...

