President Bola Tinubu has approved additional train coaches and security equipment to boost railway services and tackle banditry, kidnapping and vandalism. The items approved include more coaches to increase passenger and freight capacity, and surveillance systems to secure rail infrastructure and protect passengers, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Funso Adebiyi, disclosed over the weekend. […]
Two weeks after the military jet crash, The Guardian can report that the black box has not been located. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft ATR-42with the registration number NGR 931 had crashed into a swampy area in Igbokoda, Ondo State on Monday, October 5, 2026, killing all 25 persons on board. A few days after […]
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has urged Nigerians to carefully assess the programmes and promises of political aspirants ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning them against voting for politicians without clear and realistic plans for the people. Makinde gave the charge on Sunday while speaking with journalists after a wreath-laying ceremony and memorial service […]
Tope Fasua, Special Adviser to the President on Economic Affairs, (Vice President’s Office), has said a prosperous nation cannot be built within three or four years. Speaking with NAN on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Thailand, Fasua said Nigerians will begin to feel greater benefits of ongoing economic reforms as it […]
Rabiu Kwankwaso, vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), says the party will not withdraw from the 2027 presidential race in favour of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) or any other party. In a statement on Sunday, Kwankwaso said himself and Peter Obi, NDC’s presidential candidate, remained committed to contesting the election. “We will […]
The Presidency on Sunday described as false the claim by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, that the Federal Government is withholding N250bn in Nigeria LNG Limited dividends for each state until after the 2027 elections. It said the sum, as Makinde claimed, would exceed the company’s entire lifetime payout to the Federation. In a […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and local government chairmen in the state on Sunday met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara at his private residence in Port Harcourt. The meeting comes about a fortnight after Wike led members of the Rainbow Coalition in the state, […]
Two people have died while two others sustained serious injuries in a road accident involving a commercial bus and a pickup van along the Adekunle corridor, inward Iyana Oworo, Lagos. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed that the crash involved a Suzuki commercial bus with registration number KTU 333 YF and a pickup van. The […]
Rabiu Kwankwaso, vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), says the party will not withdraw from the 2027 presidential race in favour of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) or any other party. In a statement on Sunday, Kwankwaso said himself and Peter Obi, NDC’s presidential candidate, remained committed to contesting the election. “We will […]
Noni Madueke scored the only goal as Arsenal secured a scrappy 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest in their English Premier League (EPL) encounter at the City Ground on Sunday. The EPL champions were far from their best and had to dig deep for the umpteenth time to put together a performance that earned them all […]