President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with global investors in Paris, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to transparency, fiscal discipline, and sustained economic reforms. At the high-level meeting, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, highlighted the country’s economic performance, noting that Nigeria recorded an 11.2 percent GDP growth in dollar terms in 2025. He said the performance strengthens Nigeria’s ambition of becoming a $1 trillion economy by 2030. Oyedele emphasized that the government’s immediate priority is to translate ongoing reforms into tangible benefits for citizens, while also committing to the publication of quarterly financial data…
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The Kaduna State Bureau of Statistics (KDBS) has partnered with Pathfinder Impact Catalyst to launch a comprehensive mapping and landscape analysis aimed at strengthening community healthcare delivery in Kaduna State. The initiative, titled Community Access to RMNCAH+N Innovations Service, focuses on improving access to Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health, and Nutrition services across the state. The engagement, held at the KDBS headquarters, brought together senior officials from both organisations to finalise the framework for the study, which will be conducted in three selected Local Government Areas. Strengthening Healthcare Delivery The study is expected to provide detailed insights into the…
Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has commended the Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Innocent Barikor, for what he described as remarkable achievements in strengthening environmental protection across the country. The Minister gave the commendation during a briefing at the ministry, where the NESREA boss presented a report of the agency’s activities over the past year. “I have been commending you because you have made a lot of impact. You have shown NESREA to be truly the police of the environment,” Lawal said. He also called for stronger collaboration among departments and agencies…
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has intensified its grassroots environmental education campaign with sensitisation programmes in secondary schools in Osogbo. The Osun State Field Office of the agency carried out environmental awareness sessions at GOF International Schools, Ogo Oluwa, and St. James Grammar School, Aiyetoro, both located in Osogbo. The programmes recorded strong participation and support from school authorities, with students and staff demonstrating high levels of enthusiasm throughout the sessions. According to the agency, the sensitisation engagements were designed to promote environmental consciousness, encourage proper sanitation practices, and instill a culture of sustainable environmental stewardship…
The Nigeria Police Force has recorded a significant breakthrough in its fight against kidnapping with the arrest of six suspected members of a criminal syndicate and the rescue of victims in Kaduna State. The operation was carried out by operatives of the Force Intelligence Department Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS), leading to the arrest of Yusuf Shuaibu (23), Abubakar Bature (19), Yau Murtala, Bello Suleiman (19), Abdul Kareem Nuhu (36), and Ahmed Musa (28) on April 3, 2026. Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects are part of a kidnapping network operating within Kaduna State and surrounding areas, with established links to…
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Tuesday convened an emergency conference with senior leadership of the Nigeria Police Force at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, announcing sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening accountability and operational efficiency. The high-level meeting brought together members of the Force Management Team, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Commissioners of Police, and representatives of the media. It was convened to address pressing national security concerns and outline strategic directives for police commands and formations across the country. In his address, the IGP stressed the need for transparency, discipline, and responsible leadership, noting that Nigeria’s evolving security…
Sani Dutsinma The Critical Stakeholders Investigation Panel established by the Kebbi State Government to address the persistent electricity challenges in the state has commenced a series of town hall meetings aimed at identifying sustainable solutions to the problem. Chairman of the panel, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi Gwandu, who led the delegation, disclosed that the committee had already visited three emirates across the state. According to him, the visits were to seek guidance from traditional rulers and gather firsthand input from residents, as well as officials of the Kaduna Electric Distribution Company (KEDCO). Gwandu explained that Governor Nasir Idris mandated the panel…
Zekari Umoru, one of the defendants in the ongoing trial of six persons allegedly involved in the plotting of a coup against President Bola Tinubu’s government, on Tuesday said he was deceived by co-suspects. Mr Umoru, a Julius Berger Nigeria Plc employee in the Maintenance Department, Presidential Villa, Abuja, spoke in a video evidence played before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Mr Umoru is the 4th defendant in the alleged treasonable charge. In the video recordings of his extra-judicial statement, Umoru narrated how his contact with individuals later identified as key figures in the case…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a legal practitioner, Mike Ikegbunam, before the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu over an alleged N91 million land fraud. Ikegbunam was arraigned on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering and obtaining by false pretence before Justice M. T. Segun-Bello. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. The defendant had earlier been arraigned on January 31, 2024, before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the same court, who has since been transferred. At the time, he was granted bail on self-recognition, with a condition that he deposit his Call to Bar…
A British couple is facing 30 years behind bars after allegedly attempting to smuggle two suitcases worth of cannabis into the UK. Holly Cooper and her boyfriend Taylor Johnson, both 20, were arrested in Istanbul, Turkey, on a flight from Thailand. Officers apprehended the pair as they were heading toward their connecting flight to London, at the end of last month. Following questioning they were thrown into an overcrowded holding cell where Taylor was reportedly beaten up by Turkish thugs, sources in his family claimed. The couple, both from Wednesbury in the West Midlands, were later moved to another jail,…