FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

…He says Nigeria cannot afford experimental leadership Presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has warned that Nigeria’s worsening economic and security challenges have left the country no room for experimental leadership. Duke said anyone seeking the responsibility of governing the country during this critical period should be rigorously questioned …

… It reveals elements of institutional gaps, excessive zeal, others The federal government’s independent panel investigating the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State has requested a two-week extension to conclude its investigations. Specifically, the investigative commission said that it is still awaiting forensic and pathological …

The Nigerian Senate has expressed its condolences to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), families and loved ones of the victims of Monday’s air crash involving a NAF aircraft in Igbokoda area of ​​Ondo State. The ill-fated NAF aircraft, which had 25 passengers and seven crew members, was on a routine mission from Benin City in Edo State to Lagos when …

Hip! Hip! Hurray! Nigeria celebrated 66 years of independence. On October 1, 1960, the country gained freedom from British colonial rule. Since then, this historic date has been set aside each year to celebrate, reflect and evaluate the nation’s journey. Over the past six and a half decades, Nigeria has experimented with different systems of governance. Upon independence, the country …

Nigerian writer and director Onyeka Nwelue has been shortlisted for the 2026 ANA/King Dakolo Prize for Fiction with his latest novel, Murder in Orania, placing him among three writers vying for one of the Nigerian Authors’ Association’s top fiction awards. Murder in Orania by Nwelue is shortlisted alongside In Our Own Ways by Yejide Kilanko and Cursed Daughters by Onyikan …

The Federal Government has called for sustained efforts to consolidate the reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and translate the emerging economic stability into stronger growth, greater opportunities and a better quality of life for Nigerians. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja during the Independence Day public lecture to mark …

The Renewed Hope Project 2027, a group supporting the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, rallied one million students in a solidarity march, aiming to garner between 10 and 12 million votes nationwide for the president in the 2027 presidential election. The group said the students’ solidarity march was aimed at appreciating President Tinubu for creating an enabling environment for …

A national civil society organization on the fringes of the Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Prof. Ahmed Audi Abubakar, for their swift response to the deaths of 37 children arrested at mining sites in Minna, Niger State. The …

The federal government has moved to tighten the regulatory framework governing Nigeria’s special economic zones (SEZs), assuring legitimate investors that existing incentives will be protected while loopholes that allow abuse of the free zone system are closed. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, provided the assurance as the Special Economic Zones Legislative and Regulatory Reform Committee …

Taiwo Oyedele Nigeria’s growth ambition: Connecting global capital and local values Nigeria’s $1 trillion economic goal by 2030 is ambitious but achievable only if foreign capital is deliberately linked to domestic value creation rather than treated as an end in itself; BENJAMIN UMUTEME writes. The Renewed Hope Development Plan (2026-2030) explicitly targets a GDP of $1 trillion by 2030, along …