Zamfara, UN Strengthen Strategic Partnership For Sustainable Development
The commitment was made during a high-level Strategic Engagement on the Zamfara–United Nations Partnership, held on Wednesday, 2 September 2026, at the United Nations House, Abuja. The Zamfara State Government and the United Nations have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their strategic partnership to accelerate sustainable development and improve the well-being of the people of Zamfara State. The commitment was made...
Troops Foil Terrorists Ambush, Dismantle Makeshift Camps In North East
There were no casualties among own troops during the encounter. However, some military vehicles sustained damage as a result of the engagement. Troops of 27 Task Force Brigade, operating under Sector 2, Operation HADIN KAI, said it has foiled an ambush by suspected Boko Haram terrorists along the Buni Gari–Buratai axis in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. A statement...
Our Drivers, Cooks, Everybody Will Now Have Stakes In The Refinery, Dangote Declares At IPO Signing
The IPO will see the private refinery offer 4.1 billion ordinary shares of $0.000013 each for subscription at ₦525.00 per share. President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, on Monday declared that the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the 650, 000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery will give ordinary Nigerians an opportunity to buy shares in the facility. Dangote made...
Russia ‘Ready To Negotiate’ — Zelensky
The weekend visit to Moscow and Kyiv by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner marks Washington's latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia showed readiness to negotiate towards a conflict settlement at talks with US envoys, Axios...
WAR: Russia Resumes Strikes On Ukraine Despite Trump’s Mediation
The renewed violence followed a three-day halt in Moscow's strikes on Kyiv ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin as US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the Russian and Ukrainian capitals at the weekend. Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the expiration of a three-day halt in attacks for a visit to the Ukrainian capital by...
I Came From US To Remove Some Of Nigeria’s Shame, NAFDAC DG Slams Resignation Calls
Adeyeye also challenged anyone who had accused her of demanding money from contractors to come forward, insisting that her motivation for joining NAFDAC was service The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has rejected calls for her resignation, saying she returned to Nigeria after decades in the United States to...
How I Rebuilt NAFDAC’s ‘Good For Nothing’ Image Globally, DG Moji Adeyeye
The Agency's boss recalled her efforts during a press conference in Lagos on Monday, where she also disclosed that NAFDAC had cleared debts amounting to about N3.2 billion inherited when she assumed office in 2017. The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has recalled her efforts at redeeming the...
FCT police command arrests 10 suspected vandals, recovers armoured cables, solar street lights
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested ten suspected vandals in separate operations across Kubwa, Wuye and the National Mosque area, recovering armoured cables and a vandalised solar street light. A statement from SP Joseph Adeh, the command's spokesperson, says on September 2 at about 6pm, a police patrol team from Kubwa Division, while on routine patrol around Bazango-Kubwa,...
Man be@ten to de@th weeks to his wedding in Lagos
A man identified simply as Basit, who had just returned to Nigeria from abroad for his wedding, was allegedly k!lled following a hit-and-run in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State last Wednesday, September 2. Eyewitnesses claim that the deceased had used his car to hit a male resident trying to cross the road in the Patey area of the...
We’re really not in a democracy — Donald Duke alleges as he claims Nigerians were better off in 1999
Peoples Redemption Party presidential candidate Donald Duke has said Nigerians were better off economically in 1999 than they are today, despite more than two decades of uninterrupted constitutional democracy. Duke, a former governor of Cross River State, made the remarks during an interview on the Policy Without Politics podcast. Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999 after years of military...
