President Bola Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to return to court and vacate an order freezing the accounts of the Osun State Government, saying the timing of the action could undermine public confidence in the state’s forthcoming governorship election. Tinubu gave the directive in a statement issued from the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday, a day after the EFCC secured the court order. The President said he was “deeply...
Prof. Christopher Imumolen, presidential candidate of a faction of the Accord Party, has withdrawn from the 2027 presidential race and declared his support for President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term. Imumolen, who also claims the National Chairmanship of the party, announced his decision in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, saying it followed extensive consultations with the leadership of his faction. He described the decision as a patriotic sacrifice intended to place...
…Governor Adeleke Heads to Court The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen the Osun State Government’s statutory allocation account over an alleged ₦11 billion financial irregularity involving Ecology Funds, Intervention Funds and Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) funds. The development has sparked a fresh confrontation between the anti-graft agency and Governor Ademola Adeleke, who accused the EFCC of acting unlawfully and ordered the state Attorney-General to challenge the restriction at the Federal High...
The Nigerian Army has arrested two serving soldiers for allegedly participating in an unauthorised deployment during the star-studded wedding of popular content creators Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, and Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, known as Jarvis, in Lagos. The arrests followed the circulation of viral videos showing uniformed military personnel providing security and escorting guests at the celebrity wedding held in Lekki on Saturday, prompting widespread criticism and questions over the use of soldiers at...
Operation HADIN KAI has identified several senior leaders of the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) following intelligence recovered from recent military operations in northern Borno State, with the military declaring one of the group’s top commanders the most wanted terrorist in the Lake Chad Basin. The disclosure came in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Acting Military Information Officer of Operation HADIN KAI, Captain Mohammed Goni. According to the military, troops made...
President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases of between 30 and 80 per cent for about 250,000 personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces, with the new pay structure taking effect from September 1. The increase will see the annual salary bill for military personnel rise from ₦660 billion to ₦924 billion, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. Under the new arrangement, officers...
…Obi, Atiku Disclose Full Academic Records President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has listed only his university degree in the educational qualifications section of the nomination form he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 presidential election, leaving the spaces for his primary and secondary school qualifications blank. The disclosure is contained in the personal particulars and supporting documents released by INEC on Saturday as part of the statutory process for public scrutiny...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued a kidnapped senior military officer, Lt. Col. Ofor Amobi, and a civilian, Mr. Ikechukwu Onwuanra, after a 10-day search-and-rescue operation in Enugu State. The victims were rescued in the early hours of Friday after troops mounted sustained pressure on their abductors, according to an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday. The operation was conducted by troops of Sector 1,...
“Your Performance Manifestly Disappointing” The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has urged President Bola Tinubu not to seek a second term in the 2027 general election, describing his administration’s performance as “manifestly disappointing” and calling on him to focus instead on restructuring the country before the end of his tenure. In a communiqué dated 9 July and signed by its National Chairman, Samuel Gani, the forum said the Federal Government had fallen short of Nigerians’...
…Says No Immediate Tariff Hike The Federal Government has announced plans to phase out electricity subsidy payments from 2027 as part of efforts to restore financial sustainability to Nigeria’s power sector. Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this on Friday during a media interactive session while addressing the mounting debt in the power sector. He said although the subsidy regime would be gradually phased out, the government would ensure that consumers continued to enjoy improved...
