GOVERNOR Uba Sani has advised states seeking to replicate the Kaduna Peace Model to first identify the root causes of their security challenges before adopting similar strategies. Sani said communities must own the peace process, believe in it and drive implementation for sustainable success. The governor gave the advice on Tuesday while receiving the National Economic Council Implementation Monitoring Committee at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. He said his administration inherited a wide trust deficit between government and citizens, making confidence-building its first priority. According to him, justice, equity and fairness were also prioritised to prevent exploitation by politicians and…
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THE NEW Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has uploaded details of its 2027 presidential placeholder candidate and 355 National Assembly candidates onto the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal in spite of tight deadlines. The party National Chairman, Dr Agbo Major, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Major described the achievement as historic, given the time constraints that followed the delayed compliance with court orders by INEC in recognising the authentic leadership of the party led by its founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam. He also confirmed that INEC had fully restored the original NNPP identity and logo made…
THE MINISTER of Defence, Retired Gen. Christopher Musa, has dismissed reports linking him with resignation, warning that legal action would be taken against those behind the false claim. Musa spoke on Tuesday with State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Bola Tinubu on the country’s security situation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He described the report as baseless, insisting he had never discussed resigning from office. “I’m not going anywhere. I have never discussed resignation. I don’t even know the person who brought that information. Whoever is behind it will face legal action and explain where such information came from,”…
THE FIRST Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has donated N2 billion to the Abia Government to support the development of Akwete fabric, a prestigious hand-woven textile indigenous to Akwete community in Abia. The first lady made the donation in Aba on Tuesday, during her visit to the state to celebrate and promote the historic Akwete weaving heritage, in Ukwa East Local Government Area of the state. She explained that the gesture was to support the development of the Akwete production site, with a view to create more jobs and boost the economy of the state. She added that the donation would…
CHARTMASTERS, global music data platform, has ranked Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy as Africa’s best-selling artiste for recording a whopping 14.46 million Equivalent Album Units (EAS). Nigerian music news platform, The Debut Hub, announced the development in a post on its official X handle, @thedebuthub, citing data from Chartmasters. The post reads:“JUST IN! Burna Boy returns as the #1 best-selling African artist of all time with 14.46 MILLION Equivalent Album Sales globally! “It covers studio albums, other LPs (incl. compilations), physical singles, digital singles & streaming (album track equivalents).” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EAS is a…
HOUSE of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the circumstances surrounding `Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) ‘on Tuesday invited the Foreign Affairs Minister and the National Security Adviser (NSA) for clarifications on the existence of the fake Agency. The Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi handed down the invitations during an investigative session on the matter at the National Assembly, Abuja. Gagdi who interrogated the existence of the fake Agency, said that its diplomatic engagement with some embassies was embarrassment to Nigeria. He expressed dismay over the inability of the foreign Affairs Ministry to effectively detect the existence of…
THE FEDERAL Government has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with Dangote Cement Plc and other key industry stakeholders to accelerate the delivery of affordable and inclusive housing across Nigeria, as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the country’s housing deficit and improve access to decent homes for low-income earners and workers in the informal sector. The renewed commitment was highlighted at the 2026 Abuja International Housing Show (AIHS), where government officials, policymakers, industry leaders and housing experts commended Dangote Cement for its sustained contribution to affordable housing and infrastructure development in Nigeria. Stakeholders at the event described the company as…
THE FEDERAL High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned until October 14 a suit challenging the emergence of Senator Ireti Kingibe as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senatorial District in the 2027 general election. Justice Salim Ibrahim fixed the new date after counsel to the parties agreed to an adjournment. At the resumed proceedings, counsel to Kingibe, Marshal Abubakar, told the court he was appearing under protest, arguing that his client had not been served with the originating court processes. Counsel to the plaintiff, Moses Awuru, acknowledged that the court bailiff had yet…
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has revealed that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, signed two written agreements committing to serving only one four-year term if elected president in 2027. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Monday, Mr Kwankwaso said one agreement was executed by the party, while the other was a personal accord between himself and Mr Obi. He said the arrangement provides for the presidency to return to Northern Nigeria in 2031 after the completion of a one-term Obi administration. “We have agreed to formalise it in writing. We have executed…
BRITISH Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday he would cut taxes on electricity bills, the first of several early moves to signal his intent to ease a cost-of-living crisis and quell anger over successive governments’ failure to bring change. In his second day in his new job, Burnham said his government would remove the value-added tax from domestic electricity bills from October 1, cutting around £45 from the average annual bill of around £1,862 that households pay. With bond investors watching closely for how any fiscal support would be paid for, he said the move would be funded by…