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The escalating security crisis in Benue State, driven by persistent herder-farmer conflicts and banditry, has claimed 1,500 lives and displaced 700,000 people in 2025, prompting intense pressure on President Bola
President Bola Tinubu approved ₦2 billion and 20 trucks of food, including 50,000 bags of rice and maize, for victims of the May 28-29 Mokwa flood in Niger State, which
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed 18 candidates for the Anambra State governorship election, scheduled for November 8, 2025, with campaigns commencing June 11. The list, published in Awka,
Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya detailed his administration’s efforts to revamp primary healthcare at the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers event in Lagos, citing a $50 million investment since 2019 that upgraded
The Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered a landmark ruling today in the Gwandu Emirate dispute, upholding Alhaji Muhammad Ilyasu-Bashir as the substantive Emir of Gwandu in Kebbi State. In a
The Lagos State Government announced stringent penalties for environmental violations, effective July 1, 2025, including fines up to ₦250,000 and jail terms of up to six months for offenders. The
The Federal Government attributed the catastrophic Mokwa flood in Niger State, which killed 208 and displaced 3,018 from May 28-29, 2025, to climate change and unregulated buildings. Environment Minister Balarabe
Billionaire Femi Otedola met Finance Minister Wale Edun in Lagos, commending his efforts to stabilize Nigeria’s economy through reforms like naira floatation and subsidy removal. Otedola, chairman of Geregu Power,
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee raised alarm over ₦250 billion in unaccounted public funds, uncovered during a review of the 2023 Auditor-General’s report in Abuja. The committee, chaired
President Tinubu conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), Nigeria’s second-highest national honour, on Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates during a ceremony at the Aso Rock Villa
