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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, led 100,000 Muslims in Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the Sokoto Central Mosque, calling for Nigeria’s 36 governors and 200 federal lawmakers to seek
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, in a Makurdi broadcast, accused an unnamed politician of instigating 70% of 200 attacks in 2024, killing 500 and displacing 10,000 across Guma and Agatu.
former Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), speaking in Minna, described the May 28-29 Mokwa flood in Niger State as an “act of God,” urging 50,000 affected residents to rebuild. The
President Bola Tinubu, at the commissioning of the Deep Sea Port Access Road in Lagos, dismissed critics of the 750-km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, suggesting they use Idumota’s congested routes if
On June 6, 2025, Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), died in Abuja at 88, five days before his 89th birthday. Born June 12, 1936, in
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike declared that no cabal influences President Bola Tinubu’s government, refuting claims of elite control. Speaking at the 2025 Obafemi Awolowo University Distinguished Personality Lecture
Joseph Ugbo, Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), stated that the April 2024 electricity tariff increase averted the collapse of power generation companies (GENCOs), which
The Kebbi State government congratulated the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammad Iliyasu Bashar, after the Supreme Court upheld his 2023 enthronement, ending a 20-year chieftaincy dispute. Governor Nasir Idris, in
The Department of State Services (DSS) issued a statement denying any intention to arrest Professor Pat Utomi or members of his proposed “shadow government,” a group formed to monitor and
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago announced the cancellation of all state-sponsored Eid-el-Kabir festivities, scheduled for June 6, to honour the victims of the devastating May 28-29 Mokwa flood, which
