Post Election Reconciliation: Adeleke Hails Oyebamiji Over Call For Peace

Governor Ademola Adeleke has hailed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji over his call for peace in Osun State after his visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A statement on Friday by the governor’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, noted that Adeleke described the peace advocacy as a positive tone after weeks of heated campaigning and the election season. The governor who also met with President Tinubu on Thursday, stressed...

Afenifere Denounces Rising Attacks On Farmers In Southwest

…Decries Surge In Banditry, kidnapping, Warns Of Deepening Poverty The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed concern over incessant attacks and kidnapping of farmers and other innocent citizens in the southwest region of the country. The organisation condemned the recent killing of a female farmer in Ondo State, abduction of a 33-year old poultry farmer, Mr. Ooreoluwa Osonuga in Ikenne, Ogun State, killing of four farmers in Okeogun area of Oyo State, abduction of Debo...

You Don’t Build A Federation By Impoverishing Citizens, Atiku Slams Tinubu

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fired back at President Bola Tinubu, saying that he shouldn’t build a federation by impoverishing Nigerians. He described the attack on his proposed petroleum-sector intervention as the insolent sermon of a failed economic experimenter who mistakes Nigerians’ capacity to endure suffering for evidence that his policies are working. In a statement on Friday, issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said there was an...

Tinubu Suspends Three Permanent Secretaries  Over ICPC Discovery

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze in connection with the discovery of the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office. The President has also ordered the immediate suspension of three Permanent Secretaries: M.S Danjuma, Engineer Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah, over the discovery. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC, uncovered the purported fake agency in the office of the Secretary...

FCT Minister Orders Demolition Of 30 Buildings On Ring Road

No fewer than 30 buildings allegedly encroaching on the Right-of-way of the Ring Road 3 corridor linking Karsana, Gwarinpa, and Kubwa in Abuja have been ordered to be demolished. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday ordered the immediate demolition of ongoing road infrastructure projects during an on-the-spot inspection across the FCT. The order followed a briefing by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr Richard...

777 Communities, 443 Schools, 232 Health facilities, Others  On Flood Red Alert

The Plateau State Flood Advisory has warned that no fewer than 777 communities and 443 schools in the State at risk of flooding between August 19 and 25, 2026. The warning is contained in the State Flood Advisory, NFA-2026-231-PLA, issued on Wednesday, which identified 15 local government areas as vulnerable during the seven-day period. It said five of the 11 gauging stations in the state were currently at risk, with Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos...

Taraba State Government Empowers 200 Youths With N500,000 Each

 To ensure that youths become productive and self-reliant, the Federal Government has called for stronger collaboration with state governments to provide Nigerian youths with the funding and opportunities they need. The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, made the call in Jalingo, Taraba State, at the official launch of the 500-million-naira Youth Empowerment Programme initiated by the Taraba State Government. Olawande, noted that many young Nigerians have innovative ideas but lack the financial support required...

Groups Collaborate Set To Halt Diversion of Resources to Terrorist Groups

The Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, and the National Technical Risk Assessment Committee on Non-Profit Organisations, NPOs, are strengthening collaboration to identify and prevent the diversion of resources to terrorist groups in the North-East. The Team Leader of the National Technical Risk Assessment Committee on Non-Profit Organisations, NPOs, Mrs Ibinabo Amachree, made the disclosure during a visit to the Headquarters of Theatre Command, Operation HADIN KAI, in Maiduguri. In a statement by...

Tinubu Appoints Enitan as Head of Civil Service, Walson-Jack Retires

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, effective 27 August 2026. Enitan will succeed Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who is due to retire from the Federal Civil Service after attaining the statutory retirement age of 60. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. Enitan, who is from Osun...

SDP Candidate Blasts Tinubu Over Absence at 2027 Peace Accord

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his absence from the signing of the National Peace Accord ahead of the 2027 general elections. Adebayo said the President’s failure to attend the ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday sent the wrong signal to political actors, security agencies, and government officials about his commitment to peaceful elections. He spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today...

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