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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a new acting chairman, May Agbamuche-Mbu, the senior National Commissioner in the Commissioner currently and accomplished legal expert with over three decades of experience. Her emergence followed the handover of duties to her by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who has proceeded on terminal leave on Tuesday. The announcement was […]

Adamawa State government has released N300million as a matching grant for the Child Nutrition Fund to tackle malnutrition in the state Speaking at the inauguration of the State Council on Nutrition under the Nutrition 774 Initiative, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said his administration has increased budgetary allocations to nutrition in the last six years The […]

A Nigerian Army officer, identified as Lt. Samson Haruna, has been reported dead following an attack by his wife during a heated domestic feud. He was said to have died after sustaining severe burns when his wife allegedly set him ablaze in course a of fight. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, disclosed this in a […]

The Forum of Saudi University Alumni in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has officially opened in Abuja, with the commencement of an exhibition. The event is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and organised by King Khalid University in collaboration with the University of Tabuk and Najran University. The opening ceremony was […]

  For allegedly attempting to assassinate a traditional ruler, Oba Adeniyi John Adinlewa, the Obaloogun of Igoba Land in Ondo State, no fewer than 10 suspects have been dragged before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court. The suspects, led by 32-year-old Tolulope Alo, also known as ‘Asamo’, were arraigned in the court on an eight-count charge […]

President Bola Tinubu has sent a request to the House of Representatives, seeking approval to access external capital of $2.347billion. This comprised of new external borrowing of N1.843 trillion, at the budget exchange rate of $1.00/N1,500.00) in the 2025 Appropriation Act for the part-financing of the budget deficit and refinancing of $1.118billion Eurobonds. This is […]

  Nigeria and Qatar have strengthened partnership in the area of combating illicit drug trafficking with the symbolic exchange of instruments of ratification between the two countries by the chairman/chief executive officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), and the Qatar Ambassador to Nigeria, Ali Bin Ghanem […]

  Nigerian trio of Ibrahim Musa Gusau, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF); legal luminary, Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN); and a seasoned journalist and NFF executive committee member, Aisha Falode, have been appointed into key FIFA Standing Committees. In a landmark development that further solidifies Nigeria’s growing influence in global football governance, the appointments place […]

  Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has described her return to the Senate as a symbol of the resilience and courage of her constituents and Nigerians at large in the face of political intimidation. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP after Tuesday’s plenary—which marked her official resumption following a six-month suspension—the lawmaker said […]