President Bola Tinubu on Saturday flagged off the construction of the 98.7-kilometre Maiduguri–Gamboru/Ngala–Banki road project in Borno State, describing the highways as critical to economic growth, regional integration and security in Nigeria’s North-East. The twin border roads linking Nigeria to Cameroon will be constructed by businessman Aliko Dangote under the Federal Government’s tax credit scheme at an estimated cost of N70 billion. Represented at the groundbreaking ceremony in Maiduguri by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Tinubu said the project comprises the 49.55-kilometre Dikwa–Gamboru/Ngala road and the 49.15-kilometre Bama–Banki road. He said the highways would reconnect communities, improve access to neighbouring countries,…
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President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with religious leaders to promote peace, tolerance and national unity, describing interfaith dialogue as an essential tool in addressing Nigeria’s security challenges. The President stated this on Saturday in Abuja while receiving Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, during a courtesy visit marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the Holy See. According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said his administration would continue to prioritise…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has called for an independent judicial probe into allegations of ₦8.8 trillion in public expenditure allegedly incurred outside Nigeria’s official budget framework, describing the matter as a grave test of fiscal transparency and constitutional accountability. In a statement issued on Sunday by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nadozie Onwubiko, the rights group urged President Bola Tinubu to constitute a Judicial Commission of Inquiry made up of jurists, forensic auditors, chartered accountants, civil society representatives and financial crime experts to investigate the allegations. HURIWA said the concerns stem from revelations linked to the International…
The controversy over the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial ticket for Kogi West ahead of the 2027 general election intensified on Saturday as the Kogi West Elders Assembly (KWEA) rejected claims by another party group that Hon. Samuel Bamidele Aro won the party’s primary election. The rebuttal followed a press conference by the Kogi West APC Leaders Forum, which had declared Aro the authentic winner of the APC senatorial primary and urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop alleged attempts to substitute his candidacy. The group also appealed to the President to rein in House of Representatives member James Faleke,…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has charged President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, CoS, Femi Gbajabiamila to step aside and give room for investigation into the allegation of fraud involving his office and the self-acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi. On June 11, 2026 Gbajabiamila denied knowledge of Adeyemi when he presented himself as the Director General of PFIPC which he claimed was non-existent. Gbajabiamila said he petitioned security agencies in October 2025 after forged appointment letters surfaced and Adeyemi was later charged before the Federal High Court for forgery, impersonation and obtaining…
Amid renewed xenophobic attacks and rising anti-immigration tensions in South Africa, **Air Peace> has completed the evacuation of 801 stranded Nigerians in a series of humanitarian flights coordinated with the Federal Government. The three airlift operations, conducted over the past month, culminated on Thursday with the evacuation of 268 Nigerians aboard the airline’s Boeing 777-200 aircraft, marking the largest phase of the emergency repatriation exercise. In a statement issued on Saturday, the airline’s spokesman, Efe Osifo-Whiskey, said the latest evacuation followed two earlier missions that returned 262 Nigerians on June 11 and another 271 on June 30. According to the…
As concerns mount over worsening food insecurity across northern Nigeria, the 2027 presidential candidate of the **Nigeria Democratic Congress** (NDC), Peter Obi, has argued that the country’s deepening hunger crisis is the consequence of policy failures, insecurity and years of neglect of the agricultural sector. Obi’s intervention follows a warning by the **World Food Programme** that more than 17 million people in nine northern states could face acute food insecurity, with millions of others across the country vulnerable during the current lean season. In a statement posted on his X account on Saturday, Obi described the situation as a national…
In a major shift towards technology-driven elections, the **Independent National Electoral Commission** has introduced a self-service voter registration platform that will allow eligible Nigerians to register using their personal digital devices, while extending the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks. The commission said the new digital initiative is designed to remove barriers to voter enrolment and improve access to registration services as preparations intensify for the 2027 general elections. Announcing the decision in a statement on Friday, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, said the CVR exercise, earlier scheduled to…
Questions over patient safety and medical accountability have come to the fore in Gombe State after the family of Mrs. Barira Alhassan accused the **Gombe State Specialist Hospital** of failing to explain how she allegedly lost a kidney following a Caesarean section, even as the hospital firmly denies carrying out any procedure involving the organ. The controversy has drawn public attention not only because of the woman’s allegation but also over claims by her family that her medical records could not be produced when they sought clarification, prompting calls for an independent investigation. Barira, a mother of 10, said she…
Fresh concerns over religious representation have surfaced within the All Progressives Congress in Niger State, with a prominent party chieftain warning that the party’s Muslim-dominated lineup for the 2027 elections could alienate Christian voters and threaten its electoral dominance. Former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Vatsa, said the outcome of the APC’s recent primaries has reinforced longstanding complaints of political exclusion by Christians, arguing that the party risks paying a heavy political price unless it deliberately addresses what he described as a widening imbalance in the distribution of elective offices. Speaking with journalists in Minna on Saturday, Vatsa…