Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to resign from office on 17 January 2027 if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu loses the Federal Capital Territory and Rivers State in the presidential election. Wike made the declaration on Wednesday while addressing leaders and members of the Apo Mechanics and Traders Association in Abuja, where he also reaffirmed his support for Tinubu’s re-election bid. The minister said his political performance in the two territories...

Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has granted absolute pardon to 130 inmates and commuted the death sentences of four others to life imprisonment as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary. Mutfwang announced the exercise of his prerogative of mercy on Thursday in his Independence Day message to Plateau residents and Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora. The decision followed consultations with the Plateau State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy....

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Appropriation (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill, 2025, into law, extending the implementation of the 2025 budget by three months. The extension moves the deadline from 30 September to 31 December 2026, giving Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) additional time to execute capital projects captured in the budget. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The amendment was passed...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has accused President Bola Tinubu of plunging Nigeria into the most severe cost of living crisis in history. Atiku stated this in his Independence Anniversary message, saying that families are not merely tightening their belts but they’re skipping meals, delaying treatment and borrowing to survive until payday. He slammed Tinubu’s Independence Anniversary broadcast, saying that the government is asking the citizens to...

To unlock financing for water, agriculture, energy, education, minerals and industrial development, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State, has led a high-level delegation of the State Government to Kuwait in a major push to attract affordable development financing, technical expertise and strategic partnerships for the implementation of the Kogi State Development Plan 2024–2056. The mission has opened a new development partnership between Kogi State and key Kuwaiti institutions, with technical teams now expected to move from...

…Say Nation’s Prosperity Is Threatened By Hunger, Insecurity Assessing Nigeria at 66, Prof. Itse Sagay, former chairman Presidential Adversary Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) and Comrade Yinka Folarin, national president Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), have said that the country hasn’t made any progress, despite 27 years of uninterrupted democracy. The duo in separate interviews, urged the government of the day to ensure that there’s improvement in the areas of food security and general...

Nigerians have been assured by President Bola Tinubu that his government has built the foundations for prosperity with the reforms that his administration adopted. Tinubu, who stated this in his independence anniversary broadcast, however, noted that the reforms didn’t create the weaknesses in the economy but confronted them. According to him, for the first time in decades, his government embarked on the task from a position of strength; with an economy whose fundamental direction has...