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Month: July 2025

Bakare: Buhari’s Integrity Gave Hope to Millions of Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari (1942 - 2025)

Bakare: Buhari’s Integrity Gave Hope to Millions of Nigerians

July 14, 2025

The Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, issued a tribute to Buhari, whom he described as “a dear elder statesman and compatriot.” Bakare, who was…

Buhari: Nigeria has lost a True Patriot – Osinbajo
Press Release

Buhari: Nigeria has lost a True Patriot – Osinbajo

July 13, 2025

Dolapo and I received, with profound sadness, the news of the passing of His Excellency, former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon. In the moments that followed, we spoke with…

Akwa Ibom govt to shutdown health facilities employing unqualified personnel
Akwa Ibom Today

Akwa Ibom govt to shutdown health facilities employing unqualified personnel

July 13, 2025

Comfort Isaac The Akwa Ibom State Government has announced plans to shut down health facilities in the state that employ unqualified workers. This decision aims to ensure that healthcare services…

Peter Obi: Why I Served Food at Public Event
From the States

Peter Obi: Why I Served Food at Public Event

July 13, 2025

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has explained his decision to serve food to guests at a special event in Owerri, Imo State, is generating controversy because Nigerian…

ADC Welcomes Tinubu Back to Nigeria, Asks about His Whereabouts for Five Days After BRICS Meeting
From the States

ADC Welcomes Tinubu Back to Nigeria, Asks about His Whereabouts for Five Days After BRICS Meeting

July 13, 2025July 13, 2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tell Nigerians where he has been for five days since the end of the BRICS Summit in Brazil.…

NMA accuses Nigerian government of impoverishing members
From the States

NMA accuses Nigerian government of impoverishing members

July 13, 2025

Comfort Isaac Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has accused Federal government of move to plunge members into abject poverty and slavery by subjecting them to work over 72 hours without commensurate…

EFCC arrests six suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo
Crime & Justice

EFCC arrests six suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo

July 13, 2025July 13, 2025

Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its operatives have arrested six persons for alleged Internet fraud in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. This was contained in a…

How lawmakers collect bribes, falsify reports, divert staff entitlements, NASS director alleges
From the National Assembly

How lawmakers collect bribes, falsify reports, divert staff entitlements, NASS director alleges

July 12, 2025July 12, 2025

Isaac Samuel A senior official of the National Assembly, Ifeoma Ofili, has accused federal lawmakers of widespread corruption, including accepting bribes, falsifying legislative reports, and diverting staff entitlements. Ofili, a…

Confusion trails Tinubu’s whereabouts despite presidency’s announcement of return
Presidency

Confusion trails Tinubu’s whereabouts despite presidency’s announcement of return

July 12, 2025

Isaac Samuel Amid rising public concern over the prolonged silence surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s movements, the Presidency on Saturday announced his return to Abuja after a two-nation trip to…

Expert Asks Nigeria’s Financial Institutions, Regulators Advised to Embrace AI
Science & Technology

Expert Asks Nigeria’s Financial Institutions, Regulators Advised to Embrace AI

July 12, 2025

An expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has called on Nigerian financial institutions and regulators to embrace AI and formulate frameworks for its adoptation. The call was made by the Managing…

Fraudulent politicians now hide their loot in crypto-currencies- EFCC boss, Olukoyede reveals
Crime & Justice

Fraudulent politicians now hide their loot in crypto-currencies- EFCC boss, Olukoyede reveals

July 12, 2025

Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has disclosed attempts by corrupt politicians to hide stolen funds in crypto-currencies to evade investigation by…

U.S.-Africa Summit: Whither Nigeria?
Opinion

U.S.-Africa Summit: Whither Nigeria?

July 12, 2025

By Marcel Okeke For decades, Nigeria, the country that is home to the largest black population in the world, has proudly carried the epithet: ‘Giant of Africa.’ For this, it…

CTBTO Expresses Concern Over Talk About Nuclear Warfare
Energy

CTBTO Expresses Concern Over Talk About Nuclear Warfare

July 10, 2025

The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear –Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), Dr. Robert Flyod, has expressed concerns over talk about actual nuclear warfare some of the world’s nuclear powers. Flyod…

STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT: PRESIDENT TINUBU NEVER STOPPED THE 5-YEAR NON-IMMIGRANT VISA FOR US CITIZENS
Presidency

STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT: PRESIDENT TINUBU NEVER STOPPED THE 5-YEAR NON-IMMIGRANT VISA FOR US CITIZENS

July 10, 2025

Contrary to misinformation and fake news circulating online, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has never stopped issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens, in accordance with the principle of subsisting bilateral…

EFCC boss tasks NASS on enactment of law against unexplained wealth
Crime & Justice

EFCC boss tasks NASS on enactment of law against unexplained wealth

July 10, 2025

Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede has urged the National Assembly to enact a law against unexplained wealth. He noted that such…

IMF Commends FIRS Role in Nigeria’s Tax Administration, Reforms
Banking & Finance

IMF Commends FIRS Role in Nigeria’s Tax Administration, Reforms

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the significant progress it has made in tax administration and Reforms in Nigeria. A Senior Economist…

AfCFTA: Nigeria to Have Mutual Recognition Agreement with Two African Countries on Products Quality Assurance
Business and Economy

AfCFTA: Nigeria to Have Mutual Recognition Agreement with Two African Countries on Products Quality Assurance

July 9, 2025

The federal government has disclosed that it would soon achieve a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with one or two of its major trading partners in Africa that will facilitate acceptance…

EFCC slams N’Assembly for withholding MDAs’ audit reports
From the States

EFCC slams N’Assembly for withholding MDAs’ audit reports

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

Isaac Samuel The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has faulted the National Assembly for failing to forward audit and oversight reports on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to the…

BAT Canvasses ESG Principles for Nigeria’s Industrialisation
Business and Economy

BAT Canvasses ESG Principles for Nigeria’s Industrialisation

July 9, 2025

The British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria has called for making Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles the foundation for Nigeria’s industrial and economic transformation. This call was made recently by…

Rewane: Nigeria Leads Africa’s Entertainment, Media Industry
Entertainment

Rewane: Nigeria Leads Africa’s Entertainment, Media Industry

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

…As Nollywood grossed ₦3.5 billion in Q1’25 Nigeria’s eminent economist and Chief Executive of Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC), Mr. Bismarck Rewane, has stated that “Nigeria is Africa’s fastest-growing entertainment…

INEC to begin online CVR August 18 in Akwa Ibom
From the States

INEC to begin online CVR August 18 in Akwa Ibom

July 9, 2025

Comfort Isaac The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced plans to open its portal for the process of Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, in Akwa Ibom State ahead of the…

Bigibet promoter, firm arraigned for alleged N855m investment fraud
Crime & Justice

Bigibet promoter, firm arraigned for alleged N855m investment fraud

July 9, 2025

Comfort Isaac Adepoju Emmanuel Abiodun, promoter of Bigibet and his company , Nobelsteed Nigerian Limited have been arraigned before Justice O.A.Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,…

State governments in aviation business
Aviation

State governments in aviation business

July 8, 2025

By ETIM ETIM The successful operation of an airline by the Akwa Ibom State government since 2019 has spurred two other states – Cross River and Enugu – to jump…

Executive Power Transition Bill passes second reading in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly
Akwa Ibom Today

Executive Power Transition Bill passes second reading in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly

July 8, 2025

Comfort Isaac The Executive Power Transition Bill has passed second reading at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The bill, titled “A Bill for a law to provide for…

Natasha absent from Senate despite vow to resume
From the National Assembly

Natasha absent from Senate despite vow to resume

July 8, 2025

Isaac Samuel Despite publicly declaring she would resume legislative duties on Tuesday, suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, failed to appear at Tuesday’s plenary which ended at about 3:00…

Trump, Musk and The Nigerian Gladiators
Opinion

Trump, Musk and The Nigerian Gladiators

July 8, 2025

By Reuben Abati “Bros, looks like one accidented trailer has just passed between Trump and Elon Musk oh, and it gets messier by the day.” “What do you expect? It…

CBEX Scam: EFCC arraigns two for alleged investment fraud
Crime & Justice

CBEX Scam: EFCC arraigns two for alleged investment fraud

July 7, 2025

Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 7, 2025 arraigned Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting…

Reps move to establish agency for National Assembly assets management
Crime & JusticeFrom the National Assembly

Reps move to establish agency for National Assembly assets management

July 7, 2025

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has begun legislative processes to establish a dedicated agency responsible for managing the infrastructure and properties of the National Assembly. The proposed law, currently…

Counsel to senate warns Natasha against proposed Tuesday resumption
Crime & Justice

Counsel to senate warns Natasha against proposed Tuesday resumption

July 7, 2025

Comfort Isaac Counsel representing the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Paul Daudu, (SAN) has cautioned the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against going ahead…

Drama, music as APC stakeholders endorse Tinubu; governors get automatic tickets
Politics

Drama, music as APC stakeholders endorse Tinubu; governors get automatic tickets

July 6, 2025

By ETIM ETIM The campaign season is still a year out, but the build-up is getting intense. While the opposition parties are putting plans together to give APC a fight,…

Threats of internal sabotage against Gov. Umo Eno
Opinion

Threats of internal sabotage against Gov. Umo Eno

July 5, 2025

By ETIM ETIM There’s been a flurry of articles in recent times warning Gov. Umo Eno of certain elements who recently moved into APC with him, but have displayed signs…

Rep condemns killing of 10 Ebonyi residents in Anambra, demands probe
From the States

Rep condemns killing of 10 Ebonyi residents in Anambra, demands probe

July 5, 2025

Isaac Samuel A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Princess Chinwe Clara Nnabuife, has condemned the recent killing of at least 10 persons during a violent attack in Ogboji,…

Eight Chinese bag jail term for cyber terrorism, internet fraud
Crime & Justice

Eight Chinese bag jail term for cyber terrorism, internet fraud

July 5, 2025

Comfort Isaac A total of eight Chinese nationals have been sentenced to one year jail over their involvement in Cyber terrorism and internet fraud by the Federal High Court sitting…

The World Bank’s Alert on Rapid Growth of Poverty in Nigeria
Opinion

The World Bank’s Alert on Rapid Growth of Poverty in Nigeria

July 4, 2025

By Marcel Okeke One of the cheerleader-organizations of Nigeria’s recent economic reforms—The World Bank—seems to have turned a turncoat, and raised a worrisome alarm on the rapid growth of extreme…

How Hadi Sirika allegedly shared N2.7b aviation contracts among family members
Crime & Justice

How Hadi Sirika allegedly shared N2.7b aviation contracts among family members

July 3, 2025

By Comfort Isaac The Twelfth Prosecution Witness, PW12, Christopher Adekunle Odofin in the ongoing trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, has told the FCT High Court,…

2027: PDP, APC stalwarts unite in ADC to sack Tinubu
Politics

2027: PDP, APC stalwarts unite in ADC to sack Tinubu

July 2, 2025

Isaac Samuel In a well calculated political revolt, high-ranking figures from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC), and Labour Party (LP) have closed ranks ahead of the…

NESG: 2025 Tax Reform Acts to Birth Transparent Tax System if Implemented Well
Banking & Finance

NESG: 2025 Tax Reform Acts to Birth Transparent Tax System if Implemented Well

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has declared that the 2025 Tax Reform Acts, would deliver “a more equitable, efficient, and transparent tax system provided its implementation is timely, inclusive,…

Coalition adopts ADC to challenge Tinubu in 2027
Politics

Coalition adopts ADC to challenge Tinubu in 2027

July 2, 2025

David Mark, Aregbesola named interim leaders Isaac Samuel Opposition coalition vying to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 who have adopted the African Democratic Congress…

Coalition: Atiku, Tambuwal, Mark, Other PDP leaders in high-level meeting
Politics

Coalition: Atiku, Tambuwal, Mark, Other PDP leaders in high-level meeting

July 1, 2025

Isaac Samuel Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is currently (Tuesday evening) meeting with top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja to address unresolved issues surrounding the formation…

INEC to unveil fresh guidelines on reviewing election results
Politics

INEC to unveil fresh guidelines on reviewing election results

July 1, 2025

Isaac Samuel Ahead of the upcoming bye-elections and Anambra governorship poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would issue a supplementary regulation to clarify the review process…

Nyesom Wike: His style, achievements and the fate of FCT workers
Opinion

Nyesom Wike: His style, achievements and the fate of FCT workers

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

By ETIM ETIM President Tinubu is obviously impressed by the many infrastructural projects Nyesom Wike has built in the last 18 months as the 17th minister of the FCT. A…

APC And Abdullahi Ganduje’s Resignation
Opinion

APC And Abdullahi Ganduje’s Resignation

July 1, 2025

By Reuben Abati   It is now confirmed that Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, 75, Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has resigned from his position as Chairman of the…

Senator Akpanudoedehe resigns from NNPP, says decision personal
Politics

Senator Akpanudoedehe resigns from NNPP, says decision personal

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

Isaac Samuel The 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Akwa Ibom State, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, has resigned from the party. In a letter dated…

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