N3.5 billion revenue hangs as Abuja estate residents fight for CofO
By ETIM ETIM Residents of Prince and Princess of Estate are crying out to the Department of Lands, FCT Administration to compel the developers of the estate, Prince & Princess…
Category: From the States
From detention, El-Rufai reflects on silence of former allies
Isaac Samuel Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has reflected on the silence of some of his former colleagues, friends and associates amid his ongoing legal travails, saying adversity has…
Olukoyede to Local Govt Chairmen: Accountability Must Reach Grassroots
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has assured local government council chairmen and chairmen of traditional rulers’ councils across the country that…
APC: Atiku is too corrupt to be President
The APC Campaign Council has stated that former Vice President Atiku Abubarkar is too corrupt to be President. In a statement issued Friday by Dele Alake, Spokesman of the…
El-Rufai family gives Defence Minister seven days to retract Southern Kaduna killings allegations
Isaac Samuel The family of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has given the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd.), seven days to retract his allegation that the former…
Build Your Future by Embracing Integrity, Olukoyede Charges Youths
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on students and youths across the country to be the builders of their own…
I’ll be Atiku, Obi’s first casualty if Tinubu loses – Wike
**Says Uzodinma, Abdulrazaq working against him ** Insists Tinubu cannot dictate how states spend subsidy gains’ Isaac Samuel Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he…
NDDC moves to repair failed portions of Benin-Asaba Highway
Two days after the Managing Director of NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku announced in Benin City, Edo State, that the commission would intervene in the failed portions of the Benin–Sapele axis of…
Wike Knocks Ireti Kingibe, Says ‘She Has Failed, Electoral Loss Awaiting Her’
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has rejected calls for a closer working relationship with Senator Ireti Kingibe over measures to tackle flooding and regulate…
2027: Atiku raises alarm over unauthorised payment into his private account
Isaac Samuel Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over an unauthorised payment made into one of his private bank…
ICPC uncovers two more fake agencies in PFIPC probe
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has uncovered two additional fake government agencies linked to Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi, the self-proclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion…
Election 2026: Police arrest Osun State SSG
With the governorship election in Osun State only days away, the Police Wednesday arrested the SSG, Teslim Igbalaye and five others. This follows a raid on the residence of the…
EFCC Boss: Integrity, Key to Sustainable Development
EFCC PRESS RELEASE The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and President, Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa, NACIWA, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has identified integrity…
Abducted Oyo schoolchildren, teachers regain freedom after two months
Isaac Samuel There was widespread jubilation on Friday as pupils and teachers abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State regained their freedom after spending nearly…
South East now has many federal road projects, Umahi
The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has stated that several road projects for the South East region, originally conceived during the colonial era but left unrealised for decades, are…
Tinubu pledges to deepen anti-Corruption fight, boost Reforms
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday commissioned the new office complex of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Ado-Ekiti, describing the project as a critical investment in the consolidation…
Tinubu commissions major road project in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, commissioned the main carriageways of the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) from Ring Road I Junction to Ring Road II Junction in Abuja, declaring that the…
Obi faults calls for Pastor Adeboye to spearhead protests at 84
Isaac Samuel The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has faulted calls and public expectations that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God…
Confusion as kidnap scare forces school closures in FCT, Nasarawa, police dismiss report
Isaac Samuel There was confusion on Thursday in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring Nasarawa State as a reported kidnap scare led to the abrupt closure of…
FUNAAB Commends EFCC on Recovery of N27m Held by Estate Agents
The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Professor Olusola Babatunde Kehinde, has expressed appreciation to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for assisting to recover a…
Gowon warns against ‘do-or-die’ politics ahead of 2027
Tinubu urges unity, warns against ethnic division *Danjuma donates N3bn, Dangote gives N500m at memoir launch Isaac Samuel Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday cautioned politicians against desperation…
PDP faction names Jonathan sole presidential candidate for 2027
Isaac Samuel A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has named former President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole presidential candidate for the…
Court grants El-Rufai N100m bail, imposes strict conditions
Isaac Samuel The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like…
INEC exposes ‘fabricated’ X account, clears Amupitan of partisan post
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uncovered what it described as a coordinated disinformation campaign involving a fabricated X (formerly Twitter) account falsely linked to the Chairman’s…
Tinubu jokes with Akpabio at NRS Inauguration, says reforms target revenue leakages
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday lightened the mood at the inauguration of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) headquarters in Abuja, joking that Senate President Godswill Akpabio could be…
Senate Orders IGP Disu To Investigate Plateau Killings
The Senate has directed the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to launch a full investigation into the recent killings in Anguwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau…
Uba Sani, NSA Ribadu, Atiku, Peter Obi attend El-Rufai’s mother’s funeral prayer
Isaac Samuel Governor Uba Sani, National Security Adviser Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar were among the top political figures who attended the funeral prayer of the…
El-Rufai released from ICPC custody after mother’s death
Isaac Samuel Former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has been released from the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), hours after the…
Outrage in Niger Delta over pipeline surveillance contracts
Isaac Samuel Fresh tension is building in the Niger Delta over the controversial oil pipeline surveillance contracts awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), as civil society organisations…
Rivers Assembly rejects four Fubara commissioner-nominees, clears five
Isaac Samuel The Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday rejected four of the nine commissioner-nominees forwarded by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, citing poor performance during screening and controversies surrounding their…
First Lady Commissions National Assembly Chapel
Nigeria’s political and spiritual leaders on Sunday gathered at the National Assembly to commission the legislature’s first Christian chapel, using the occasion to urge repentance, unity, patriotism, and God-guided lawmaking.…
‘Ribadu ordered my arrest, his phone was tapped,’ El-Rufai alleges
Isaac Samuel Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, of ordering his arrest and alleged that the NSA’s phone conversation directing security…
Lawyer: How El Rrufai was harassed at airport
By ETIM ETIM Lawyers to embattled former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El Rufai have explained how he was almost arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport this afternoon as…
Rivers Crisis: Fubara, Wike meet Tinubu in Abuja
Isaac Samuel Fresh signs of reconciliation have emerged in Rivers State following a late-night intervention by President Bola Tinubu in the ongoing political crisis. A source at the Presidential Villa…
impeachment move: Rivers chief judge declines request to constitute panel to probe Fubara
Isaac Samuel The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined a request by the Rivers State House of Assembly to constitute a judicial panel to investigate Governor…
Abuja’s persistent water crisis
By ETIM ETIM On January 6, 2026, the management of one of the high-brow residential estates in Abuja, sent the following message to the residents of the estate: ‘’Good day…
Remi Tinubu’s Power Trip with Gov. Adeleke
By Farooq Kperogi Sometime in 2022, when it became clear to me that Tinubu would win the APC presidential nomination and go on to win the presidency, I shared my…
Jonathan lacked courage on subsidy removal, Fayemi counters Sanusi
Isaac Samuel Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said former President Goodluck Jonathan lacked the courage to fully implement the removal of fuel subsidy in 2012 despite…
Refuse dumps grow in Abuja as villagers block dumpsites
Residents of Abuja are facing another serious health hazards soon after they came out of a prolonged water scarcity. This time, refuse dumps are mounting in many estates and residential…
Abati to Present Three New Books on Politics, Society, and Personal Reflections – Caltop Publications Nigeria Limited
Caltop Publications Nigeria Limited is pleased to announce the public presentation and official launch of three new books authored by acclaimed journalist, public intellectual, and former Special Adviser on Media…
Tinubu, Akpabio, Mutfwang Honour APC Chairman’s Mother At Funeral
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang on Saturday joined numerous dignitaries to pay their last respects to Mama Lydia Yilwatda Goshwe, mother…
Chibok abduction remains a scar I will die with – Jonathan
Isaac Samuel Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the 2014 abduction of more than 270 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, as a permanent scar on his…
Water scarcity hits Abuja as FCT minister refuses to approve money for materials
By ETIM ETIM, Abuja Residents of many residential areas of the Federal Capital Territory have been suffering severe water scarcity in the last five days as taps have run dry…
PRESIDENT TINUBU: THE ECONOMY HAS TURNED THE CORNER, THERE’S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, APPRECIATES NIGERIANS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State, said the economy of Nigeria has turned the corner for good, following the success of the economic reforms introduced by his…
Wike dismisses rumours of medical trip abroad
Isaac Samuel Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed speculations that he travelled abroad for medical treatment. Speaking on Thursday, at the flag-off of a road…
How Sujimoto CEO, Ogundele, defrauded Enugu gov’t of N5.7bn – official
ENUGU VS SUJIMOTO Enugu State Government has accused the CEO of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, of defrauding the state of nearly N6bn, noting that Ogundele vanished into thin…
Conditions now right to lift Rivers Emergency Rule – Wike
Isaac Samuel The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Saturday expressed optimism that the state of emergency declared in Rivers State would end on September 18.…
Obasanjo, Malema, over 20,000 Lawyers Converge on Enugu for 2025 NBA Conference
Enugu, the capital of the old Eastern Region, is a beehive of activities as former President Olusegun Obasanjo, firebrand South African politician, Julius Malema, and over 20,000 lawyers converge for…
Reps query NERC, firms over N59b mass metering fund
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has queried the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Meristem Wealth Management Limited, and NESI-Stabilization Strategy Limited (NESI-SSL) over the alleged non-utilisation of N59 billion…
Gov Eno sets committee against illegal mining in Akwa Ibom, orders revocation of lands illegally procured
Comfort Isaac Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno has inaugurated a committee to combat illegal mining activities in the state. He also directed that all lands procured by oil…