The Kogi State Government has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to establishing State Police as a generational reform that will fundamentally transform Nigeria’s security architecture. In a statement issued on Thursday by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, the State Government commended President Tinubu for reaffirming his administration’s resolve to decentralise policing during a high-level engagement with governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the statement, the President stressed that...

Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday sought a strategic shift toward digital payment platforms and improved infrastructure to boost trade in the West African sub-region. The lawmaker stated this while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the ongoing First Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, with a theme “Deepening Regional Integration through Infrastructure Development and Trade Facilitation”. ‘While we struggle with whose head will be on...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally accepted the resignation of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and appointed Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Tunji Disu as Acting IGP. The announcement was made in a Statehouse press release on Tuesday, 24 February 2026. According to the statement, Egbetokun cited “pressing family considerations” in his resignation letter. President Tinubu received the letter and “expressed his profound appreciation for Egbetokun’s decades of distinguished service to the Nigeria Police...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally accepted the resignation of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and appointed Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Tunji Disu as Acting IGP. The announcement was made in a Statehouse press release on Tuesday, 24 February 2026. According to the statement, Egbetokun cited “pressing family considerations” in his resignation letter. President Tinubu received the letter and “expressed his profound appreciation for Egbetokun’s decades of distinguished service to the Nigeria Police...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has sharply criticised Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for what it describes as “direct interference” in the Area Council elections held across the six area councils of the capital on Saturday, 21 February 2026. In a statement issued on Saturday evening, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, accused the Minister of visiting multiple polling units across Abuja while voting was in progress. The...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described Saturday’s Area Council elections across the territory as peaceful, though he acknowledged low voter turnout in parts of the capital, particularly within the city centre. The elections were conducted across the six area councils of the FCT — Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Gwagwalada, Kuje, Bwari, Abaji and Kwali — under the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking to journalists...