On Thursday, June 26, 2025, the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, chaired by Senator Aliyu Wadada (SDP, Nasarawa West), issued a 10-day ultimatum to the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, to appear before it on July 10, 2025, to address discrepancies amounting to over N210 trillion […]
On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at approximately 2:30 PM, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated at Eke Ubaheze Market Square in Awo-Idemili, Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, resulting in the death of one woman, Ngozi Umeh, and injuries to five others. The Imo State Police Command, through spokesperson DSP Henry Okoye, confirmed that […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is embroiled in a deepening internal crisis following Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum’s decision on June 25, 2025, to reinstate Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary and cancel the 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for June 30, 2025, replacing it with an expanded caucus meeting. The move, announced […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) announced on Thursday, June 26, 2025, that 27,316 of the 41,668 Nigerian pilgrims who participated in the 2025 Hajj have been transported back to Nigeria, with the final inbound airlift now extended to July 2, 2025, due to unforeseen disruptions. In a statement by Assistant Director of Information […]
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed four landmark tax reform bills into law at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, a move described as a bold step toward Nigeria’s economic independence. The bills—the Nigeria Tax Bill, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill—aim to […]
Retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), led by the Kaduna State chapter of the Union of Retired Police Officers, have announced a nationwide “Mother of All Peaceful Protests” scheduled for July 21, 2025, to demand the Nigeria Police Force’s exit from the CPS. In a statement issued on June 25, 2025, by […]
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, announced an end to their prolonged political feud, declaring peace restored in Rivers State following a reconciliation meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after the […]
On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, a violent clash broke out at the Social Democratic Party (SDP) national secretariat in Abuja’s Wuse 2, at 16 Nairobi Street, during a National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, pitting supporters of National Chairman Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam against those loyal to the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo. The conflict, […]
On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, President Bola Tinubu extended congratulations to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his 60th birthday, praising his alignment with the transformative master plan initiated during Tinubu’s governorship from 1999 to 2007. In a statement issued by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga in Abuja, Tinubu commended Sanwo-Olu, the sixth democratically elected […]
In an interview on June 25, 2025, Adewole Adebayo, a lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader, attributed Nigeria’s wave of political defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to a lack of good governance, arguing that addressing poverty, insecurity, and corruption would eliminate the incentive for politicians to “jump ship.” He described […]