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SERAP Demands Probe into N2.9bn Agency Fraud

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to investigate the suspected diversion of ₦2.9 billion at two federal agencies. The demand targets the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) and the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA). SERAP cited findings from a 2025 Auditor-General report detailing systemic financial mismanagement. The group gave…

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Atiku Faults Tinubu’s Fuel Price Claims

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s comparison of Nigeria’s fuel prices with other African nations, insisting lower petrol costs do not reflect Nigerians’ economic hardship. The African Democratic Congress chieftain’s position came in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu….

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“Nigeria Will Not Become a One-Party State” — ADC

  The African Democratic Congress has declared its determination to participate in the 2027 general election on its own platform, defying the Independent National Electoral Commission’s decision to derecognise its leadership. The declaration comes amid a protracted leadership crisis that has tested the party’s institutional resilience and raised questions about the regulatory framework governing political…

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“Bags of Rice Can’t Buy Votes” — Atiku Tells Tinubu

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a stern warning to President Bola Tinubu that distributing food palliatives will not guarantee his reelection in 2027, as political tensions escalate over the administration’s handling of opposition parties and democratic institutions. Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), delivered the message in…

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Protest Disrupts Mass Burial in Jos 

  A funeral service for victims of the Palm Sunday attack in Angwan Rukuba community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, was disrupted on Tuesday by protesting women who blocked the church entrance to demand the release of youths arrested by security agents following the violence that claimed at least 28 lives. The…

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FG Offers ‘Lip Service’ Amid Plateau Bloodshed—Adebayo

  The Social Democratic Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, has publicly criticized the Federal Government’s handling of Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation following a deadly attack in Plateau State that claimed at least 29 lives. Adebayo visited Anguwan Rukuba, the site of the March 29 assault, where he accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed…

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Critics Slam Nigeria’s N11T Budget Hike

Nigeria’s Federal Government has significantly expanded its borrowing plan for 2026, pushing total debt financing to N29.20 trillion, a sharp jump of N11.31 trillion from the N17.89 trillion projection that appeared in the Abridged Budget Call Circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in December 2025. The revised figure is contained…

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Obi Knocks Presidency Over Airport Blackout

  A brief airport stopover by President Bola Tinubu in Jos has handed Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, a fresh political opening to revisit one of the administration’s most consequential campaign promises and to argue, pointedly, that the president has failed on his own terms. In a post on his verified X account…

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