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Kano approves N40.8bn for road construction, rehabilitation

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Contracts worth more than N40.8 billion have been granted by the Kano State Government to build and repair 17 township roads in the Kano metropolitan region. These projects cover important local government areas, such as Gwale, Nasarawa, Kumbotso, Fagge, Kano Municipal, Tarauni, Dala, and Ungogo, according to a statement. During a tour of finished and ongoing road projects with Alhassan Yahaya, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, on Tuesday, Ibrahim Waiya, the Commissioner for Information, made the revelation. Waiya emphasized that the contracts include the Tudun-Yola-Gwarzo Road…

Why Jonathan should not contest in 2027 — Shehu Sani

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Senator Shehu Sani, a former congressman from Kaduna Central, cautioned former President Goodluck Jonathan from running for president in 2027, stating that the political climate has changed. Political circles have been speculating about Jonathan’s return ever since the African Democratic Congress launched a new opposition coalition and discussions on a one-term Southern presidency have continued. On Sunday Politics on Channels Television, Sani made the case that the Peoples Democratic Party, which Jonathan led to victory in 2011, is today weak and dispersed. In the South-West, the PDP is supporting the…

‘How’s the market?’ Presidency taunts opposition parties

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Following the All Progressives Congress’s resounding victory in Saturday’s bye-elections, the Presidency took a scathing stab at opposition leaders Peter Obi, a past presidential candidate for the Labour Party, and Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress. “How is the market now?” was the caption for a picture of Atiku, Obi, and other ADC leaders that presidential spokeswoman Bayo Onanuga shared on X on Monday. —a blatant jab at the opposition’s poor polling results. He did not mention specific names, but the meaning was clear: it was a subliminal jab…

Workers compensation: FG backtracks as NLC holds ground

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In an effort to defuse tensions with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) after the union threatened to go on strike nationwide, the Federal Government has promised to reverse deductions from the Employees’ Compensation Scheme, which is run by the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund. The Federal Government was accused by the NLC last week of transferring 40% of NSITF donations to the government’s treasury. The NLC called for an immediate return and the complete reconstruction of the National Pension Commission board, claiming that the action compromised workers’ social protection. It…

Nigeria’s debt to World Bank IDA hits $18.2bn – Report

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As of June 30, 2025, Nigeria still owes $18.2 billion, making it the third-largest debtor to the World Bank’s International Development Association. This is an increase of $1.7 billion, or around 10.3 percent, in just one year from $16.5 billion in June 2024. According to the most recent data from the IDA’s financial statements, Nigeria moved up from its prior standing as the fourth-largest borrower in 2023 to third place in 2024, where it remained until 2025. The World Bank Group’s concessional lending arm, the IDA, provides grants and loans…

Awujale stool: Family kicks over exclusion from royal lineage

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The Anikilaya dynasty’s Adeyemi ruling family has criticised their exclusion from the Anikilaya ruling house, which is one of the governing houses that produces candidates for the position of Awujale of Ijebuland in Ogun State’s Ijebu Ode district. Remember how the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, joined his forefathers last month as a product of the Anikilaya reigning house? In a statement signed by Adedeji Ademola Adeyemi and made public to reporters on Sunday, the family claimed that some members of the Anikilaya ruling house purposefully misrepresented…

APC wins federal constituency by-election in Jigawa

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The Babura/Garki federal constituency bye-election, which took place in Jigawa State on Saturday, August 16, was won by the All Progressives Congress. The results were announced on Sunday at the INEC collation facility, which is housed within the INEC Babura Office, by Professor Salihu Ibrahim, the Returning Officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission. Ibrahim declared, “The APC candidate, Mukhtar Rabi’u Garki, scored a total of 38,449 votes, making him the winner of this bye-election,” as he presented the final count. He went on to say that the election was…

EFCC Recovers Billions in Refinery Fraud, Ex-NNPCL Officials Prosecuted

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Over N5 billion and $10 million have been retrieved by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from government officials and contractors implicated in the fraud involving the turnaround maintenance of the country’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri. According to reliable information obtained , the anti-graft agency was attempting to recoup an additional N10 billion and $13 million that were purportedly embezzled through maintenance contractors. According to information obtained by our correspondent, Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the EFCC, personally oversaw the probe because he was unhappy with the…

PHOTOS: Security operatives nab suspected vote buyer with N25.9m cash in Kaduna

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A suspected vote buyer in possession of N25,963,000 has been taken into custody by Kaduna security personnel. In several sections of the state, this arrest happened just hours before the bye-elections on Saturday. The suspect, identified as Shehu Aliyu Patangi, was apprehended around 3:30 a.m. by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the Department of State Services at a popular hotel along Turunku Road in Kaduna metropolis. Initial investigations showed that the large sum of money was meant to entice voters and jeopardize the integrity of the…

Netanyahu has become ‘a problem’, says Danish PM

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As her nation presently holds the EU chair, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated on Saturday that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has turned into a “problem” and that she will attempt to exert pressure on Israel regarding the Gaza war. In an interview with the daily Jyllands-Posten, Frederiksen declared that Netanyahu was now a problem in his own right and that the Israeli government was gone “too far.” The latest settlement project in the occupied West Bank and the “utterly appalling and catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza were denounced by…