Category: News

In a bid to create a sustainable ecosystem and advance the Agenda 2063 vision of “The Africa We Want”, the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and AUDA-NEPAD, has voted $50 million to support researchers in Nigeria. To this end, the groups are inviting strong consortia proposals for […]

The France chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the new National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda to lead the party toward greater unity, discipline, and strategic advancement. Yilwatda emerged on Thursday at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting emerged the 7th National Chairman of the APC following the resignation of Dr Abdullahi […]

Political adviser to the Zamfara State governor, Hon. Ilyasu Buhari Maijega, has urged President Bola Tinubu to fulfill his pledge of ending banditry in Zamfara and other parts of the North West geopolitical zone. Addressing journalists in his office yesterday, Maijega reminded the president that it was high time for him to act fast and […]

Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has raised alarm over the deepening crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), warning that the party risks a dismal fourth-place finish in the 2027 general elections if urgent reforms are not implemented. Fayose made the startling prediction during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, […]

Nigerian editors have agreed to set up Fact-Check desks in their various newsrooms as a measure to tackle fake news, misinformation and disinformation. Rising from a one-day workshop organised by the European Union (EU) in collaboration with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) in Lagos on Thursday, the editors said having Fact-Check desks would help […]

Fresh facts have emerged on how small and light arms are concealed and smuggled through Nigeria’s borders. LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered from the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (North Central) that arms are concealed in Jerry cans and  bags of rice among others. It was gathered that the act of […]

Pan-Yoruba sociocultural organisation, Afenifere, has faulted the statement attributed to a former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, where he claimed that national resources were increasingly tilted towards the southern region. Afenifere said Kwankwaso’s statement was not only unfair but also deeply dangerous. Recall that Kwankwaso, during a stakeholders’ dialogue on the 2025 constitutional […]

President Bola Tinubu on Friday appealed to power generation companies (GENCOs) to give the federal government more time to complete the verification and validation of longstanding debts owed to them. During a meeting with members of the Association of Power Generation Companies, led by Col. Sani Bello (rtd), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the […]

A Kano State High Court has sentenced two men, Buhari Abdullahi and Umar Mukhtar Usman to six months imprisonment for impersonating operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judgment was delivered on Friday, July 25, 2025, by Justice Nasiru Saminu after the defendants pleaded guilty to a one-count charge brought against them […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that troops on internal operations arrested 237 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N241,284,000.00 between 10th and 17th July, 2025. Troops also rescued 139 victims and arrested 49 suspected terrorists, logistics suppliers and kidnappers within the period. Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye in a […]