Bridging the gaps in budget implementation, by Tunde Rahman
To state that there are gaps in the implementation of the 2024 and 2025 budgets is actually stating the obvious. One does not need to be an economist or an…
In Lagos, NDLEA nabs female drug dealer, Ajoke Dauda, with 45.5kg of skunk
NDLEA operatives in Lagos on Christmas day Thursday 25th December arrested a female suspect Ajoke Dauda with 45.5kg skunk at Agbara, along Badagry expressway. Another suspect Oluwasegun Felix was nabbed…
Ex-convict, 3 others arrested over UK-bound cocaine hidden in liquid starch sachets
An ex-convict and notorious drug trafficker Nwobodo Chidiebere Basil has again been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the seizure of 75 parcels of…
GNI building fire: Three bodies found, search for more continues
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says three bodies have so far been recovered from the rubble of the Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) building in Lagos, gutted by fire…
Jakande, Otedola, Mogaji echo as Tinubu participates in Eyo festival
Lagos came alive in a kaleidoscope of colours on Saturday as President Bola Tinubu attended the Grand Finale of the week-long 2025 Eyo Festival during which four distinguished Lagos personalities…
Minding the Manger’s messages, by Monday Philips Ekpe
Key components and didactics of Christmas are too significant to be disregarded, writes MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE Jesus of Nazareth, that man of history and incomparable, unimpeachable worth whose entry…
Fintiri, my Man of the Year, by Ken Ugbechie
Ahmadu Fintiri is the governor of Adamawa State. At the twilight of 2025, he stole the hearts of many. He gave full pardon to Citizen Sunday Jackson, an Adamawa farmer,…
Gov Sule pardons 32 inmates
Dec. 27, 2025 Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has granted pardon to 32 inmates serving various jail terms in custodial centres across the state. The governor disclosed this on…
Military operatives killed 438 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in 7 months – Official
Dec. 27, 2025 The Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) has, in seven months of operations, killed 438 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, the…
Ogun governorship aspirant, Amusan, seeks support for Tinubu, security agencies
Amid the Christmas eve’s suicide bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, which claimed five lives and injured 35 other victims, a governorship aspirant in Ogun State,…
