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Abuja, Nigeria: The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has issued a public alert, warning students, parents, and guardians to beware of a fake online portal falsely claiming the reopening of its student loan application platform. In a statement released on Monday in Abuja, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, NELFUND’s Director of Strategic Communications, described the circulating message as […]

Abuja, Nigeria: A fresh wave of internal strife has gripped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as senior party officials issued conflicting directives regarding key party meetings scheduled for Monday, June 30. The crisis centers on divergent positions taken by the PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and the Deputy National Chairman (South), Chief Taofeek Arapaja, […]

  Abuja, Nigeria: Workers under the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) staged a peaceful protest on Monday, June 30, 2025, at the FCTA headquarters in Area 11, Abuja, demanding the immediate resolution of longstanding grievances related to salaries and benefits. Organized under the umbrella of the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC), the protesters carried placards […]

Abuja, Nigeria: A high-level delegation from the Federal Government of Nigeria has arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, to receive the remains of the late elder statesman and prominent businessman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, ahead of his burial. Dantata, a renowned philanthropist and industrialist, passed away on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the age […]

Abuja, Nigeria— The Presidency has refuted recent claims that Hadiza Bala Usman, the President’s Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination, has been appointed as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The rumors also suggested that Senator George Akume, the current SGF, had been named Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), […]

Makuku, Kebbi— The Kebbi State Government has confirmed a major security breach after armed bandits attacked a mobile police post in Makuku, Zuru Local Government Area, making off with several rifles. Abdulrahman Zagga, Director of Security at the Cabinet Office, told reporters on Saturday that the post, manned by visiting officers, came under intense assault […]

GAZA CITY, :At least 23 people were killed across the Gaza Strip on Saturday amid ongoing Israeli military operations, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency. Among the dead were at least three children who lost their lives in an airstrike targeting a residential home in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza. Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud […]

   Abuja, Nigeria: Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s planned visit to Saint Lucia, describing it as poorly timed and insensitive given Nigeria’s ongoing security and economic challenges. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Obi expressed concern over what he called the administration’s growing detachment […]

 Abuja, Nigeria: The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has been elected as Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), marking a significant milestone as the first Nigerian to assume the role since the body’s inception. His election was announced in a statement released Saturday by the NCS National Public Relations Officer, […]

Nigeria – Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has declared that the signing of Nigeria’s new tax reform bills has given him a sense of fulfillment and renewed hope for the country. Oyedele made this declaration on Friday, when he appeared on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’, stressing […]