‘You can’t be trusted’: Onanuga slams Obi over one-term presidency promise
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has criticised former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi over his pledge to serve only one term if elected president. This follows Obi’s declaration that he would serve only one term if elected president. "I want to be a one-term president because of stability. I would not stay a day...
Presidential Air Fleet received N4.24bn in six months
The Presidential Air Fleet received at least N4.24bn in disbursements between June and December 2025, according to spending records published on GovSpend, a civic technology platform that tracks Federal Government expenditures. Findings showed that the funds were paid into the Presidential Air Fleet naira transit account managed by the State House in eight separate transactions recorded across June, July and...
NGX investors trade 1.68bn shares as market capitalisation hits N161.8trn
Investors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Wednesday transacted 1.683 billion shares worth N109.438 billion in 76,557 transactions. This is compared with the previous session’s 2.027 billion shares valued at N87.709 billion exchanged across 80,888 deals, revealing a decline in market volume and deals, alongside growth in value. However, the market closed on a positive note as investors gained N65...
Court sends UniAbuja student to Kuje prison for raping 100-level colleague
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Wednesday remanded a 40- year-old University of Abuja (UniAbuja) law student, Monday Goodluck, for allegedly raping a 100-level Medicine and Surgery student. The presiding judge, Justice M.S Idris, remanded the student after rejecting oral bail application from defence counsel, Samson Francis. The judge remanded Goodluck in Kuje correctional facility pending the determination of...
FG denies sending 40% peculiar allowance approval to JNPSNC, labour
The Federal Government has clarified reports on the approval of a 40 per cent peculiar allowance for federal civil servants across Nigeria. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Eno Olotu, in a statement on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, said the HCSF neither approved nor conveyed the approval of...
Commission DG speaks on EFCC ‘arrest’ over N500bn fraud probe
The Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, has denied being arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering. Abdullahi made this known via a statement issued on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, noting that he only honoured an invitation by the EFCC. The ECN boss, in a statement issued by his Media...
Dangote rejects NNPC bid to raise refinery stake
President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that the company turned down attempts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to increase its 7.25 per cent stake in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Dangote made this known during an interview with the Chief Executive Officer of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, Nicolai Tangen, monitored on Wednesday. He explained that...
Tinubu, Kagame push visa-free deal, deeper Nigeria-Rwanda trade ties
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Rwandan President Paul Kagame have agreed to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties between both countries, with discussions focusing on visa policies, trade expansion and implementation of key bilateral agreements. The meeting took place on Wednesday at the Urugwiro Presidential Villa in Kigali ahead of the Africa CEO Forum scheduled to begin on Thursday. A major outcome...
Witness: Zenith Bank flagged suspicious transactions linked to Malami
A compliance officer with Zenith Bank Plc on Wednesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the bank filed Suspicious Transaction Reports on transactions linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The witness, Mashelia Arhyel Bata, testified before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik during the ongoing trial of Malami, his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and...
Court jails church founder for life over rape of three minors, illegal abortions
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced Prophet Ajiboye Olayinka, General Overseer of the Land of Joy and Prayer Ministry in Agah, Ganmo, Ifelodun Local Government Area, to life imprisonment for raping three minors inside his church's mission house. Delivering judgment, Justice H.A. Gegele also handed Olayinka an additional 14-year sentence for conducting illegal abortions to terminate...
