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Governor Dapo Abiodun has placed Ogun State on high alert amid rising security threats across the country. The governor made this known during an All Progressives Congress (APC) strategic meeting held at the Presidential Lodge…

B6 Festus Adedayo It was the year 2000 or 2001. We were seated almost in a circumference. The venue was the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja. We awaited the arrival of President OIusegun Obasanjo. The event was the monthly…

By Festus Adedayo President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day broadcast of 12 June did Ibadan incalculable dishonour. The speech celebrated heroes of Nigeria’s 25 years of civil rule with very scant mention of Ibadan’s fight against…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named 18 Nigerians as Soldier-Democrats of the June 12 struggle in recognition of their roles in the fight for democracy. The honorees are: •Major General MA Garba •Brigadier General Lawal…

President Bola Tinubu has conferred national awards on thirty-four Nigerians, living and posthumously. President Tinubu says "they suffered persecution, endured indignities, exile, incarceration, and, at times, solitary confinement, so that…

.....APPROVES N10 BILLION FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats. …

The Federal Government has welcomed a positive assessment of Nigeria's economy by the International Monetary Fund, saying the report validates the reform programme of President Bola Tinubu. In its 2026 Article IV report, the…

New minister of power and minister of state foreign affairs have been inaugurated into the Federal Executive Council. Joseph Tegbe is the new power minister while a former permanent secretary, ministry of foreign affairs, Sola…

The Nigeria Police Force has rescued Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, during a late-night operation in Oyo State. …

By abiodun KOMOLAFE We are all now in peril, and there’s no longer an acceptable definition of where the frontline is. The abduction of dozens of pupils across three schools spanning Ahoro-Esinele, Yawota and Oko communities in…