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TINUBU VOWS TO CRUSH TERRORISM By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban President Bola Tinubu has declared that his administration is determined to defeat terrorism and banditry, describing insecurity as alien to Nigeria’s values and a major threat to economic survival. Speaking at the opening
KIDNAPPED KWARA CONSTRUCTION WORKERS REGAIN FREEDOM By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The seven construction workers abducted in Owa Onire community of Ifelodun Local Government Area, Kwara State, have regained their freedom. The State Commissioner for Works confirmed their release, praising the swift efforts
REPS VOW TO STRENGTHEN EFCC, NFIU FOR BETTER SERVICE DELIVERY By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The House of Representatives has reaffirmed its resolve to strengthen the EFCC and NFIU to boost Nigeria’s fight against financial crimes and improve global confidence in the economy.
OBI JOINS MASS PROTEST AT N’ASSEMBLY, DEMANDS END TO ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has joined protesters at the National Assembly in Abuja to oppose the Senate’s removal of “real-time” electronic transmission of election
ANAMBRA RESIDENTS REACT TO REMOVAL OF REAL-TIME RESULT UPLOAD By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Some residents of Anambra State have continued to express mixed reactions to the Nigerian Senate’s removal of the real-time upload of election results in the amended Electoral Act Bill
NEDC SUPPORTS INJURED JOURNALISTS WITH EQUIPMENT By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated work equipment to journalists injured in a motor accident during an inspection tour in Bauchi State. Receiving the support, NUJ President, Comrade Alhassan Yahaya
PLATEAU STARS SHINE AT SDD BAYELSA MARATHON By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Plateau State athletes stole the spotlight at the 6th Senator Douye Diri Bayelsa Marathon as Gyang James and Lydia Akusho emerged champions of the elite men and women races, each pocketing
PDP NATIONAL SECRETARIAT TO REOPEN MONDAY — ANYANWU By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat, sealed by the police in November 2025, will reopen on Monday, according to Senator Samuel Anyanwu of the party’s National Caretaker Committee backed
HOUSEMANSHIP GAP LEAVES 2,000 NIGERIAN DOCTORS STRANDED ANNUALLY — MDCN By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban About 2,000 medical doctors in Nigeria are left without housemanship placements every year because the centralized system can only absorb 4,000 out of the 6,000 doctors produced annually.
ZAMFARA ASSEMBLY DISSOLVES COMMITTEES, ADOPTS CAPACITY BUILDING MEASURES By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Zamfara State House of Assembly has dissolved all its standing committees and approved new capacity-building measures to enhance legislative effectiveness. The measures include developing a legislative agenda, oversight tools,