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Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has held a strategic meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, where he sought federal support to address rising security challenges and advance major infrastructure projects in the state. The closed-door meeting, held on Monday, focused on strengthening collaboration between the Kano State Government…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have recorded a major leap in the latest FIFA Men’s World Rankings, climbing to 26th place globally and third in Africa following their outstanding performance at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The rankings, released on Monday, show Nigeria rising 12 places from 38th to 26th — one of the…
An Abuja Federal High Court has struck out Meta Platforms Inc. and X Corporation from the cyberstalking case filed by the Federal Government against activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore. The development followed the prosecution’s decision to amend the charge filed against the defendants, effectively leaving Sowore as the sole accused person in…
The National Working Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has distanced itself from a planned protest against the Independent National Electoral Commission scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, 2026, describing the demonstration as illegal and organised by individuals no longer recognised as party members. In a statement issued on Monday by the party’s National…
The Federal Government has announced the opening of applications for the 2026 Petroleum Technology Development Fund Overseas Scholarship Scheme, offering postgraduate study opportunities for qualified Nigerian students in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Malaysia. The announcement was confirmed on Monday through a post shared on X, formerly Twitter, by the Office of the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join a newly established “Board of Peace” initiated by United States President Donald Trump, aimed at resolving conflicts globally and overseeing governance and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, the Kremlin announced on Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the invitation during a briefing with journalists, including those…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday signed the ₦4.4 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, officially setting the financial direction of Africa’s largest city for the coming fiscal year. The signing ceremony was held at the Conference Room of Lagos House, Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, following the Lagos State House of Assembly’s approval of the…
A major fire disaster was narrowly avoided on Monday after operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), in collaboration with the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, swiftly responded to a diesel tanker accident on Liverpool Bridge inward Mile 2, Lagos. The incident involved an articulated Iveco tanker (registration number RBC 98 XX)…
Former Nigeria internationals Daniel Amokachi and John Obi Mikel have delivered scathing assessments of Brahim Diaz’s decisive penalty miss in Morocco’s 1–0 defeat to Senegal in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday night. The Real Madrid forward, who had emerged as the tournament’s top scorer with five goals, saw what could…
Top leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have confirmed that governors who recently defected from other parties will not be guaranteed automatic tickets to contest in the 2027 elections. This applies to current governors including those from Akwa Ibom, Taraba, Rivers, and the soon-to-join governor of Kano State. A member of the APC National…
