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KEBBI GOV SIGNS ₦642.9BN 2026 BUDGET INTO LAW By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has signed the ₦642.9 billion 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, describing it as a budget focused on transformation and people’s empowerment. Assenting to the bill
DELTA GOV SIGNS ₦1.729TRN 2026 BUDGET INTO LAW By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has signed the ₦1.729 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, setting the tone for accelerated development under the MORE Agenda. The governor said the budget
IMO ELDERLY RECEIVE ₦200,000 EACH UNDER RENEWED HOPE INITIATIVE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Two hundred and fifty elderly persons drawn from across Imo State have received ₦200,000 each under the Renewed Hope Initiative of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Speaking at
FIRST LADY DISBURSES ₦1.9BN TO 9,500 ELDERLY NIGERIANS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has disbursed ₦1.9 billion to 9,500 vulnerable elderly Nigerians under the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme. Speaking at the flag-off in Gusau,
REPS DECLARE WAR ON DRUG ABUSE, TRAFFICKING By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The House of Representatives has launched a major probe into Nigeria’s rising drug abuse crisis, vowing to expose systemic failures and stop the growing threat to public health and national security.
EU LAUNCHES CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESILIENCE PROJECT IN ZAMFARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The European Union has launched a Conflict Prevention, Crisis Response and Resilience project in Zamfara State to support peacebuilding and community recovery. The project, funded by the EU and
DELTA ASSEMBLY PASSES ₦1.7TRN 2026 APPROPRIATION BILL By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Delta State House of Assembly has passed into law a ₦1.7 trillion appropriation bill for the 2026 fiscal year. The approved budget is higher than the proposal earlier presented by
REPS INTERVENE IN DANGOTE, NMDPRA DISPUTE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources has stepped in to address rising tension between the Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The intervention
BANDIT ATTACK: TROOPS RESCUE THREE ABDUCTED VICTIMS IN KANO By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Troops under Operation MESA have rescued three persons abducted during a bandit attack in Lakwaya town, Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State. The operation followed a late-night attack
IPAC RECOGNISES ONLY INEC-APPROVED PARTY FACTIONS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has stated that only factions of political parties recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are acknowledged by the council. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, IPAC