Bandits, Insurgents Make Laws, Collect Tax From Communities – Dambazau

The high level of insecurity in Northern Nigeria has reached a level where bandits and insurgents have taken over some communities, imposed tax and made laws for them. A former Minister of the Interior, Lt Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd), former Minister of Interior who revealed this on Monday at the First Media and Security Summit held in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, with the theme ‘Existential Threats and National Security’, said the insecurity issue in...

Court Judgement: Nothing Will Stop Our Convention, Olafeso, Kuye Vow

Former Vice National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Eddy Olafeso, and former zonal organising secretary, South-West, PDP, Chief Taiwo Kuye have vowed that nothing will stop the November 15 and 16 national convention of the party from holding. Olafeso, who spoke in an interview while reacting to the Abuja High Court judgment halting the scheduled national convention, stated that the judgment is inconsequential in view of the previous Supreme Court judgment that...

Wike, Soldiers Clash in Abuja Over Land

A dramatic confrontation unfolded on Tuesday in Abuja’s Gaduwa District when Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was prevented by uniformed soldiers from gaining access to a parcel of land in the FCT. The land in question, identified as Plot 1946 in Gaduwa, is allegedly linked to retired Awwal Zubairu Gambo, the former Chief of Naval Staff. Soldiers blocked Mr. Wike and officials from the Federal Capital Territory Development Administration (FCTDA) from...

Ekwunife Congratulates Soludo, Thanks Supporters After Anambra Governorship Election

Senator Uche Ekwunife (Iyom), Ph.D., CON, deputy-governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recently-concluded Anambra State gubernatorial poll, has issued a message of congratulations to incumbent Governor Chukwuma Soludo, following his triumph in the election, while also expressing deep gratitude to her campaign supporters. In a statement titled “A MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO PROF. CHUKWUMA SOLUDO AND GRATITUDE TO MY ESTEEMED SUPPORTERS”, Ekwunife addressed her “Brothers, Sisters, Friends, Supporters, and Ndi Anambra.”...

Pope Names Nigerian Augustinian, Fr Daleng, as Vice-Regent of Papal Household

In a significant move signalling the growing influence of African clergy within the Catholic Church’s central structures, Edward Daniang Daleng, O.S.A., a Nigerian Augustinian priest, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV as Vice-Regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household. The appointment was officially announced by the Vatican on Monday. The Prefecture of the Papal Household is one of the oldest and most protocol-sensitive offices in the Roman Curia. It is charged with coordinating...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted in connection with an alleged conspiracy and dishonest conversion of US$14,859,257. The spokesman for the commission, Dele Oyewale, issued a public notice on Monday, stating that the funds were provided by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board for Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical. The notice read, “The public is hereby notified that Timipre Sylva, a...

75% Of Katsina Children Are Multidimensional Poor- UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 75 per cent of children in Katsina State are multidimensionally poor. UNICEF’s Kano Chief Field Office, Mr. Rahama Farah, disclosed this during a two-day capacity workshop organized for the 34 local government chairmen in the state, explaining that they are deprived of three or more essential dimensions of well-being. The workshop organized through the state’s Bureau of Statistics has its theme, “Reducing Child Poverty through Social Protection, Using...

Early Morning Inferno Destroys 44 Shops, Stores In Kano

An inferno around 5:00 a.m. on Monday destroyed at least 44 shops and stores at the popular Singa Market in Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi who confirmed the incident in a statement, the agency received an emergency call from Mubarak Muhammad, who alerted the central control room about the fire outbreak. Abdullahi explained that 25 temporary shops attached to the front of the building...

Federal Civil Service To Become Paperless By December

As part of efforts to digitize the civil service, the Federal Government has transitioned to its indigenous 1Gov Cloud platform. Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who disclosed while speaking at the Go-Live event on Monday, said all ministries and extra-ministerial departments must adopt digital workflows latest by December 31, 2025. The Head of Service clarified that the digital platform does not allow civil servants to work remotely from...

Tinubu Appoints John Nwabueze as Nigeria’s First Tax Ombudsman

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr John Nwabueze as the Tax Ombudsman of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in line with the provisions of the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2025. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the appointment reflects the President’s commitment to implementing “far-reaching and sustainable reforms in the tax and revenue administration framework.” Dr...

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