Gov Fintiri Strips Atiku’s Traditional Title, Sets To Replace Paramount Ruler With Prince

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov Fintiri Strips Atiku’s Traditional Title, Sets To Replace Paramount Ruler With Prince

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 25, 2025

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has stripped the title of Waziri Adamawa conferred on the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. This is contained in a circular signed by Adama Felicity Mamman, Permanent Secretary, Department of Chieftaincy Affairs, Office of the Governor with reference number: MCA/GHY/S.135/VOL.1/38 dated 19th June, 2025 and copied to All Secretaries Emirates/Traditional Councils that all Kingmakers and Council members in the State must be indigene of their Chiefdoms. The circular reads...

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Clarify Mystery Surrounding Your Academic Record, Atiku Tells President

NewsNigeriaPoliticsClarify Mystery Surrounding Your Academic Record, Atiku Tells President

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 24, 2025

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has told President Bola Tinubu to clarify the mystery surrounding his academic record, stressing that every attempt to do that has triggered more questions. It will be recalled that during the inauguration of the Renewed Hope Mechanisation Programme in Abuja on Monday, the President stated that Mr. Alex Zingman was his neighbour at Chicago State University (CSU). Atiku had in a press statement on Tuesday stated that rather than evoke...

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US Tells Citizens to Avoid Nigerian Military, Government Sites

NewsNigeriaUS Tells Citizens to Avoid Nigerian Military, Government Sites

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 24, 2025

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has asked its staff and American citizens to steer clear of military bases and government buildings in Abuja unless it is official business. In a notice posted on its website on Sunday, the U.S. Mission said the advice was prompted by heightened security concerns tied to recent global events. “Due to increased security concerns arising from current global developments, U.S. Mission Nigeria informs U.S. citizens that all U.S. embassy...

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Nigeria Ranked 7th Friendliest Country to Strangers

LifestyleNewsNigeriaNigeria Ranked 7th Friendliest Country to Strangers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 23, 2025

Nigeria has been ranked the 7th friendliest country to strangers in the world, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report released on Monday. The report, jointly published by Oxford University’s Wellbeing Research Centre, Gallup, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, assessed 147 countries based on various indicators, including self-reported well-being and prosocial behaviours such as helping others, volunteering, and charitable donations. While Nigeria scored high in friendliness, the country ranked 105th in overall...

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Gov. Mbah Grants Clemency To 11 Inmates, Inaugurates Social Homes Board

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGov. Mbah Grants Clemency To 11 Inmates, Inaugurates Social Homes Board

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 23, 2025

Backed by section 212 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has granted clemency to eleven 11 inmates in Correctional Centres in the state. The beneficiaries of the clemency, as conveyed to the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Enugu state, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Barr. Victor Udeh, Ugochukwu Oma, Onah Nnamdi, Chiadikobi Onu, Emmanuel...

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Tinubu Orders Arrest of Mob Behind Death of Wedding Guests in Plateau

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTinubu Orders Arrest of Mob Behind Death of Wedding Guests in Plateau

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 22, 2025

…Condemns Borno Bombing and Kano Explosion President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sadness and outrage over a string of violent incidents that claimed dozens of lives in Borno, Plateau, and Kano States in recent days, calling the attacks “unconscionable” and vowing that justice would be served. In a press statement issued on Sunday, the President condemned what he described as “the cowardly suicide bombing in Konduga, Borno State, the horrifying lynching of innocent travellers...

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Eight Wedding Guests from Zaria Lynched by Mob in Plateau, 19 Hospitalised

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEight Wedding Guests from Zaria Lynched by Mob in Plateau, 19 Hospitalised

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 22, 2025

…Police Arrest 22 Suspects At least eight persons have been confirmed dead and 19 others injured following a mob attack on a bus conveying wedding guests from Zaria, Kaduna State, to Qua’anpan Local Government Area of Plateau State. The tragic incident happened on Friday evening in Manjul community, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The 18-seater bus, which belongs to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was carrying 31 passengers, including women and children, when...

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Olufemi Soneye Steps Down as NNPCL Spokesperson

BusinessNewsNigeriaOlufemi Soneye Steps Down as NNPCL Spokesperson

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 22, 2025

Olufemi Soneye has announced his resignation as the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Soneye, who held the post for nearly two years, broke the news in a heartfelt Facebook post on Saturday, where he explained that it was time to step back and give more attention to his personal life. “I wish to inform you that I have stepped aside from my role as Chief Corporate Communications Officer...

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Female Suicide Bomber Kills 24 at Borno Food Joint

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFemale Suicide Bomber Kills 24 at Borno Food Joint

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 22, 2025

…7 Injured in Fish Market Bomb Blast Two deadly suicide bombings rocked Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State in less than 24 hours, leaving a combined total of 34 people dead and dozens injured. In the more deadly of the two incidents, at least 24 people were killed late Friday night when a female suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a crowded food joint in Konduga town, located about 36 kilometres from Maiduguri,...

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Opposition Leaders Seek INEC Approval for New Party, All Democratic Alliance

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOpposition Leaders Seek INEC Approval for New Party, All Democratic Alliance

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 22, 2025

A new political alliance led by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be registered as a political party ahead of the 2027 general election. The proposed party is called the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), and it has the slogan “Justice for All.” In a letter addressed to INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu and dated 19 June, the group requested the commission...

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