The Nigerian Senate on Thursday called for a thorough probe into the recent demolitions in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. This is as the red chamber set up an investigative committee to look into the matter and report back to it within a specified timeframe. The committee also invited the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to …
President Tinubu set to present 2025 budget proposal to National Assembly
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to present the 2025 proposed budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The announcement was made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a plenary session, revealing that the President has sent a communication to that effect. “The president has made his intention known …
ECOWAS Ministers meet in Abuja over trade, security
The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Thursday, held its 93rd ordinary session at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja. The session, chaired by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, addressed critical governance, economic policies, and regional integration issues. ECOWAS President Omar Touray, in his opening address, …
US embassy issues new directive for Nigeria visa application
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has reviewed its immigration visa processes for immigrants starting from January 1, 2025. According to the embassy, applicants with interviews will now visit the Consulate General in Lagos at least twice during the process. The directive was announced on its official X page on Tuesday. It read, “For applicants …
NSCDC arrests eight suspected vandals in Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has arrested eight individuals suspected of vandalising public infrastructure in various parts of Abuja. The arrests were made as part of an ongoing operation aimed at combating vandalism within the FCT. The Commandant, FCT Command, Olusola Odumosu, on Wednesday, disclosed in Abuja that the …
Allied Air cargo aircraft crash lands in Abuja
A cargo aircraft belonging to Allied Air has crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident was as a result of the failure of one of the aircraft’s landing gears. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, who made this known in a post on his X handle …
Nigeria’s National Grid collapses for 12th time in 2024
Nigeria’s National Grid collapsed for the 12th time this year on Wednesday. The latest incident happened around 2.09 pm, plunging Nigerians into darkness again. Since January 2024 until date, the grid has collapsed 11 times. Within one week in October, the grid collapsed three times. A tweet from the official handle of Nigeria’s National Grid, …
Ondo ‘pastor’ arrested over alleged multiple kidnappings
Security operatives have arrested a notorious kidnapper, Terry Tinate Augustus, popularly called “Black” in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Augustus, an acclaimed pastor from Ajapa community in Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State, was arrested by the Amotekun Corps in collaboration with the Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on Pipeline Surveillance …
Kano Police recover counterfeit currencies in dollars, others worth over N100bn
The Police in Kano State have arrested three suspects with Counterfeit Foreign Currencies equivalent to N100.5 billion Naira. Parading the suspects, the Command Spokesperson, CPS, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the Money which was in Dollars and other Foreign Currencies, included $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000, N1,443,000 and three live ammunition. The suspects, Muhammad Abdullahi, Muhammad Muktahr, and Nura …
Senate moves to end exportation of raw materials, boost local industries
A bill to mandate local processing of at least 30 per cent of raw materials in the country before exportation has passed a second reading in the Senate. The piece of legislation, which aims to amend the Raw Materials Research and Development Council Act, 2022, introducing provisions for local processing and production protection, was sponsored …