Real Reason APC Changed Venue Of NEC Meeting The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has changed the venue of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday. The party’s national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, announced this in a terse statement on Wednesday. Mr Morka said the meeting, earlier planned to hold at the party’s national secretariat on Blantyre Street, Wuse 2, Abuja, would now be held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa. According to him, the change of the meeting venue was occasioned by some logistics reasons. The nomination and ratification of…
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Naira Falls Massively. The Naira on Wednesday depreciated to N1,537 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), surpassing the parallel market by N2. Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the exchange rate for the Naira rose to N1,537 per dollar from N1,536 per dollar on Tuesday, indicating a N1 depreciation for the Naira. However, the Naira appreciated to N1,535 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,555 per dollar on Tuesday.
Tears As Teenager Children Die Swimming In River There was panic as three teenagers identified as Habibu Mohammed, 16, Abubakar Mohammed, 16, and Zailani Sule 14, have lost their lives while swimming in a river at Jinkiri Village, in Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The teenagers drowned in the River around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Bauchi Police Command spokesperson, CSP Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Bauchi on Wednesday. The Police spokesperson said that preliminary investigations revealed that the teenagers were carrying out mining activities in the area before they decided to go and swim in…
Real Reason Kwankwaso Visited Tinubu Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), was sighted at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. The opposition leader attended the Nigeria Forest Economy Summit 2025, organised by the Presidential Committee on Economic and Financial Inclusion(PreCEFI). Kwamlwaso neither delivered a speech at the programme nor spoke with reporters at the event. Speaking at the summit, the Vice President, who was represented by Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Hadejia, warned about the critical state of Nigeria’s forests and its economic implications if not…
Trump Releases Assassination Files Of Martin Luther King Jr. United States President, Donald Trump’s administration released thousands of pages of records on Monday about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. despite concerns from the civil rights leader’s family. “The American people have waited nearly sixty years to see the full scope of the federal government’s investigation into Dr King’s assassination,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in a statement. “We are ensuring that no stone is left unturned in our mission to deliver complete transparency on this pivotal and tragic event in our nation’s history.” Gabbard said more…
Nigerian Govt Prosecutes Over 730 Terrorism-Linked Cases, Secures 90 Convictions The Nigerian government has said it has secured the conviction of 90 persons after prosecuting more than 730 terrorism-related offences in the country. The govenrment noted that this was a significant milestone in Nigeria’s fight against violent extremism and financial crimes. This was disclosed by Major General Adamu Laka, the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), during an on-site meeting with officials of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Abuja on Monday. According to Laka, a core element of Nigeria’s counterterrorism strategy is the targeted disruption…
Israel Killed Countless Palestinians A large number of starving people in the Gaza Strip have been killed by Israeli fire while waiting for UN aid trucks, the Rome-based World Food Programme said on Sunday. Shortly after crossing through the northern Zikim crossing into Gaza, a 25 WFP truck convoy encountered large crowds of civilians waiting to access food supplies, the UN agency said on X. “As the convoy approached, the surrounding crowd came under fire from Israeli tanks, snipers, and other gunfire,” it said. The incident resulted in the loss of “countless lives” with many more suffering critical injuries, WFP…
BREAKING: Binani Finally Dumps APC The 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Ahmed, popularly known as Binani, has officially defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Binani’s media aide, Maulud Usman, confirmed that she arrived in Yola over the weekend and announced her switch to the ADC in the company of her close political allies and associates. “It wasn’t planned as an elaborate event, and there was no media invite, but the declaration has been made,” Usman said, adding that a more formal event to officially announce her new political affiliation is…
BREAKING: Gov Radda Involved In Road Accident The Katsina state Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda was involved in a road accident, on Sunday evening. The development which created stir on social media, occurred along the Daura-Katsina Road. Mohammed Jammal, a Social Media user known as White Nigerian, had tweeted about the incident, on Sunday evening. “Reports indicate that Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State was involved in a car accident while traveling from Daura to Katsina. He sustained a fracture and is currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Daura. Thankfully, he has been stabilised.” Many had…
FULL LIST: Over 150 Senior Police Officers Face Disciplinary Committee The Nigeria Police Force has taken a significant step towards reinforcing internal accountability and professional standards by bringing 151 senior police officers before the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) over various pending disciplinary matters. This is according to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi. He said the exercise which commenced on July 14, 2025, will run until July 25, 2025. The statement read: “In a decisive step towards reinforcing internal accountability and professional standards, one hundred and fifty-one (151) senior police officers are currently facing the Force…