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Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, accused Nigeria media of promoting terrorists and insecurity by highlighting their activities in their online newspapers and publications. Idris, who made accusations during the seventh edition of the 2025 Minister of Minister’s Press Briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, urged media professionals to refrain from providing indifferent publicity to terrorists, bandits, and other …

The famous Nigerian anti-corruption activist and the basic mobilizer, Hamzat Lawal, was appointed member of the jury for the 2024/25 edition of the Nelson Mandela-Graça Machel Innovation Awards, coordinated by the Global Civil Society Alliance, Civicus. The Innovation Awards, who have come to their twentieth year, celebrate individuals and organizations whose revolutionary initiatives guide social justice, the bridge divisions and …

In challenging the detention order from the Ekiti State High Court, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) continued with the Regional Government and the State Congress on Wednesday, describing the exercise as peaceful and successfully concluded. This happened only a few hours after the judge EB Omotosho from the Ado Ekiti High Court issued a temporary order that stopped the congress, …

A professor of financial mathematics, Obi-Nnamdi Agwuegbo, has blamed the prolonged economic challenges of Nigeria on the inability of subsequent governments to embrace the statistical reasoning in the formulation of policies and in national planning. Agwuegbo, who held the 102nd inaugural lesson of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abokuta (Funab) on Wednesday, argued that without strategies based on data, the …

In the midst of increasing insecurity and new attacks in Borno and Benue countries, by Boko Haram Terror Group, the Minister of Defense, Mohammed Badaru has made a surprising confession. Speaking on Wednesday during the ministerial briefing in Abuja, Badaru highlighted the challenges faced in dealing with insecurity that had infected the country for years. According to him, terrorists and …

Turji Bello and other bandits The defense minister, Muhammed Badaru, said that the notorious terrorist leader, Bello Turji, was on the run following offensives supported by the troops of the armed forces of Nigeria in recent times. Badaru declared him during a ministerial briefing on the activities of the Ministry of Wednesday in Abuja. He said the troops also killed …

Here are the 10 top stories that become headlines throughout the country today. 1. Atiku challenged Tinubu to exchange escalade with a car made by Nigeria to prove the first ‘Nigeria’ commitment Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked the President of the Tinubu Bola to show a sincere commitment to the “Nigeria First” policy which was just approved by …

By Ayo Kehinde The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States has published its final report on the helicopter accident that killed Herbert Wigwe, a former group of access holdings Plc. The helicopter crashed near the border with California-Nevada on February 9, 2024, killing all six people on board, including Wigwe, his wife, Doreen, their son, Chizi and …

Judge James Omotosho from the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, postponed the trial of Ali Bello, the nephew of the former Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, because of the alleged money laundering until May 23. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) charged Bello, who is currently the Chief of Staff of the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo, …

The artificial intelligence revolution is the new global bug. In this piece, Segun Odunewu writes that Nigeria is destined to take a guide role in this global innovation. At the end of 2023, mobile money had added an incredible $ 720 billion to the GDP of the countries that adopted it thus transforming ecosystems all over the world in development. …