[Premium Times] "Allowing the two terror commanders to walk away with life sentences will not serve the cause of justice for the two Oriire teachers beheaded by their abductors."
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[Daba Finance] West African leaders have endorsed the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, giving political backing to a $25 billion project designed to transport natural gas across West Africa and into Europe as the continent looks to strengthen energy security and expand regional integration.
[Premium Times] National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu announced the arrest of the defendants in August 2025.
[Premium Times] The two Ansaru leaders pleaded guilty to all 32 charges, including terrorism, terrorism financing, kidnapping for ransom, illegal mining, funding terrorism, fabricating improvised explosive devices and related offences.
[Premium Times] The controversy comes two years after nationality questions forced Chidimma Adetshina to withdraw from the Miss South Africa pageant.
[Leadership] The federal government on Monday dismissed claims that the President Bola Tinubu administration has borrowed about ₦80 trillion in the last three years, describing the figure as exaggerated and a product of accounting adjustments and inaccurate public reporting.
[Premium Times] The two convicted terrorists changed their pleas on Monday before the judge handed down the verdict sentencing them to life imprisonment.
[Premium Times] According to a statement by the task force spokesperson, Mohammed Goni, the operation was carried out at about 11.48 am on 19 July as part of ongoing efforts to disrupt terrorist activities in the North-east.
[Premium Times] Only two companies, Petrobas and Oranto, submitted bids, leaving the authorities without sufficient competition to determine the true market value of the assets.
[Premium Times] The bill, sponsored by Delta North Senator, Ned Nwoko, passed second reading in the Senate in March 2025 and was referred to the Senate Committee on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Cyber Security for further legislative work and a public hearing.
[Premium Times] Rabiu Kwankwaso says two written agreements commit Mr Obi to serving only one four-year term if elected president, after which the NDC would support returning the presidency to Northern Nigeria in 2031.
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, is not under investigation over alleged visa racketeering, contrary to media reports linking her to the ongoing visa fraud probe.
[Vanguard] OSOGBO -- WITH just over four weeks to the governorship election in Osun State and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, confirming that 2,339, 233 residents registered to participate in the polls, candidates and political parties are intensifying moves to warm themselves into the hearts of the people with a view to winning their support to emerge as the next Governor of the state.
[Vanguard] The vice-presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed that he and the party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have a written agreement that Obi will serve only one four-year term if elected president in 2027.
[Vanguard] For empowering the Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, to undertake critical projects that have improved their lives, the Kogi people have decided to re-elect President Ahmed Tinubu and the governor of the state in the next election.
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[This Day] Abuja -- ActionAid Nigeria has raised the alarm over the worsening conditions confronting millions of Nigerians, warning that rising poverty, insecurity, debt servicing, food inflation and climate-related disasters are placing the country's poorest and most vulnerable citizens under unprecedented pressure.
[This Day] Abuja -- Egypt has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening its partnership with Nigeria to develop African-led solutions to the continent's challenges and promote a fairer global order that reflects Africa's aspirations.
[This Day] Abuja -- Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the National Assembly to rise above partisan considerations and immediately commence a comprehensive, line-by-line investigation into every allocation under the Service-Wide Vote, particularly the N2.19 trillion personnel provision.
[This Day] · Bago asks members to work for success of party in 2027
[Premium Times] The fire broke out at about 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).
[Vanguard] Abuja -- THE Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, yesterday, refuted media report of allocating ₦140 million in its 2026 budget for rehabilitation of emir palaces and mosques in Kaduna State.
[Vanguard] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the appointment of new persons to fill its strategic statutory positions and specialised institutions from 2026 to 2030.
[Vanguard] Calabar -- Despite repeated public warnings and previous enforcement actions, residents of Cross River State have continued to fall victim to a recurring wave of Ponzi scheme operators, the latest being TAG Investment Platform, which reportedly collapsed after operating for only three weeks in Calabar, the capital.
[This Day] Abuja -- The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has dismissed as false a trending report alleging that he threatened to resign from President Bola Tinubu's cabinet, describing the claim as baseless and urging the public to disregard it.
[Vanguard] For the past three years, the family of Fidelis Omhonria, from Ubiaja in Esan South-East Local Government Area, Edo State but based in Asaba, Delta State has been trapped in a nightmare that began on July 13, 2023.
[Premium Times] The party said the panel would investigate the root causes of the dispute, engage stakeholders and restore unity, while urging aggrieved members to embrace internal dispute resolution mechanisms instead of litigation.
[Vanguard] Nigeria is undermining its drive for food security, job creation and foreign exchange conservation through inconsistent fish import policies that continue to favour imported fish over locally farmed varieties, a fisheries expert, Dr. OlukayodeOlubiyi, has warned.
[Vanguard] Nigeria's growing exposure to drug trafficking through its seaports is posing a serious threat to the country's international trade reputation, economic competitiveness and investment prospects, the Sea Empowerment & Research Center (SEREC) has warned.