…Rejects Global Regulation US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will henceforth refer to artificial intelligence as “Super Intelligence”, arguing that the new term better reflects the technology’s capabilities. Trump made the announcement on Tuesday while addressing world leaders at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York. He also rejected efforts to establish a global framework for regulating artificial intelligence, saying the United States would not support what he described...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said the political circumstances that contributed to Peter Obi’s strong performance in the 2023 presidential election no longer exist ahead of the 2027 poll. Wike specifically cited the controversy over the All Progressives Congress’s Muslim–Muslim presidential ticket as one of the factors that helped Obi attract support in 2023. He spoke on Monday during an appearance on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout. “In 2023, there was this campaign...

Benue State Government has suspended the Chairman and the Executive Secretary of the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board over allegations of Hajj slot manipulation and financial mismanagement. The decision was reached by the State Executive Council, which also approved the appointments of Ahmed Adamu as acting chairman and Adamu Babi as acting Executive Secretary. The acting officials are expected to manage the board’s affairs while investigations into the allegations are ongoing. The development was disclosed...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said 21 days have passed since President Bola Tinubu left the country, expressing concern that no one is in charge of Nigeria and that the country cannot be governed on autopilot. Atiku, in a statement on Monday, maintained that no letter had been seen transmitting presidential authority to Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that Nigeria cannot be governed by presidential social...

The presidency has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return to Nigeria at the weekend, following the extension of his working vacation by a few days. Recall that President Tinubu departed Nigeria on August 30 for London to begin the working vacation. According to a statement signed by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga on Monday, the President after spending a week in London,  moved to Paris, France, where...

Pursuant to the agreement reached by the Enugu State Government and the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) a year ago, the state government has inaugurated a Joint Technical Committee to develop a framework for implementing financial autonomy for the state judiciary. Inaugurating the Committee, the Enugu State Governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, mandated the Committee to submit its final report for presentation by 12 noon on October...

The Federal Government has commenced a six-week review of Nigeria’s new tax laws, with a technical committee mandated to identify implementation gaps, clarify ambiguities and address unintended consequences arising from the reforms. The review, which will feed into the proposed Finance Bill 2027, will examine issues including Value Added Tax (VAT) thresholds, withholding tax, capital gains treatment, multiple taxation, taxpayer rights and the ease of doing business. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of...

The National Assembly has transmitted the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, which proposes establishing state police services, to the 36 State Houses of Assembly for consideration and approval. The Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, saying the transmission was made pursuant to the directive of the National Assembly leadership and in accordance with Section 9 of the...