Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s removal of petrol subsidy, describing the policy as a necessary sacrifice and predicting that the cost of living will fall as the government’s economic reforms stabilise. Wike spoke on Wednesday at a political stakeholders’ forum in Abuja, where he urged Nigerians, including members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to support Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. He argued that successive...

The House of Representatives has given MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom, Mafab Communications and other telecommunications operators seven days to explain persistent network failures, warning that their chief executives risk arrest summons if they ignore the invitation. The lawmakers, at a public hearing in Abuja on Wednesday, directed the companies’ chief executives to appear before an ad hoc committee on October 28 to answer questions about poor service delivery affecting subscribers across the country. The decision...

…Says Political Differences Won’t Affect Their Friendship President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on his 70th birthday, recalling their decades-long political relationship and insisting that their differences over party affiliation have not diminished his affection for the former senator. Tinubu, in a statement issued by the State House on Wednesday, described Kwankwaso as an influential politician whose contributions to Kano State and Nigeria’s democracy remained significant. The President said...

The National Forest Guard, Enugu State Command established the Forward Operating Base, FOB, to strengthen security in the Ugwuaji–Obeagu forest corridor. In a press statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSFG Uliaga Geraldine Chiagozie, the establishment and deployment of guards to the base is informed by reported cases of attempted kidnapping, armed attacks and abduction in the area. “The deployment is aimed at protecting residents, farmers and investors from criminal activities, rather than...