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Admin - December 3, 2025

NIGERIA: Abiodun Presents N1.669trn ‘Budget Of Sustainable Legacy’ To Ogun Assembly

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria    Governor Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday presented a N1.669 trillion Appropriation Bill for the 2026 fiscal year to the Ogun State House of Assembly, naming it the Budget of Sustainable Legacy. The proposal marks a sixty-three per cent increase over the 2025 budget and places strong emphasis on capital […]
Admin - December 3, 2025

NIGERIA: Algerian Customs Chief Pledges Deeper Collaboration With Nigeria Customs Service

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria    The Director-General of Algerian Customs, Major General Abdulhafid Bakhouche, has pledged stronger bilateral cooperation with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the areas of training, customs modernisation, and trade facilitation.   The commitment was made on 1 December 2025 when Major General Bakhouche received the delegation of Senior […]
Admin - December 3, 2025

NIGERIA: Senate To Screen Defence Minister Nominee Gen. Christopher Musa On Wednesday

      By Onoja Baba, Nigeria      The Nigerian Senate will on Wednesday screen and confirm General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence, following a formal request from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   Senate Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, disclosed this in a statement issued Tuesday, confirming that the President’s […]
Admin - December 3, 2025

NIGERIA: Lawyer Petitions EFCC, ICPC Over Alleged Procurement Fraud In BPP

      By Onoja Baba, Nigeria     An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Barrister Fatai Amokeoja, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to immediately investigate alleged procurement fraud and abuse of office at the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).   Copies […]
Admin - December 2, 2025

NIGERIA: Kukah Centre Rejects “Mischaracterisation” Of Bishop Kukah’s Remarks On Christian Persecution

      By Onoja Baba, Nigeria     The Kukah Centre (TKC) has strongly refuted media reports that its founder, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, downplayed or denied the persecution of Christians in parts of Northern Nigeria.     In a press statement issued by Executive Director, Fr. Atta Barkindo, the Centre described recent headlines […]
Admin - December 2, 2025

SOUTH SUDAN: Ministry Of Mining Probes Jebel Iraq Deaths

    By Debora Akur Chol, South Sudan   The Ministry of Mining has launched a full investigation into the deadly incident at Jebel Iraq in Central Equatoria State, where four miners lost their lives earlier in November amid what officials describe as widespread illegal mining activities. Undersecretary Matiok Santino confirmed on Tuesday that a […]
Admin - December 2, 2025

NIGERIA: Lagos Set to Host Inaugural Foods And Culture Festival

    By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria    Lagos State is set to welcome its very first Foods and Culture Festival, Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa-Musawa.   Scheduled to take place on 16th and 17th December 2025 at the Cricket Pitch, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, the festival aims to celebrate […]
Admin - December 2, 2025

NIGERIA: Nigerian Journalists Are Democracy’s Last Line Of Defence – Shettima 

    By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria    Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has reaffirmed the Tinubu administration’s commitment to protecting press freedom, describing journalists as the nation’s strongest barrier against authoritarian drift.   Speaking at the 2025 Conference and Annual General Meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria in Abuja, Shettima said journalists […]
Admin - December 2, 2025

JUST IN: President Tinubu Nominates General Christopher Musa As New Defence Minister

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria    Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence.   The nomination was contained in a letter sent Tuesday to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, requesting the upper chamber to screen and confirm General […]
Admin - December 2, 2025

MALAWI: Former Flames Striker Esau Kanyenda Dies In UK

    By Smile Hamilton, Malawi   Former Flames striker Esau Kanyenda has died after being diagnosed with liver cancer while in the United Kingdom.   Earlier on Monday, December 1, 2025, Kanyenda posted on his Facebook page, saying he was fighting the disease and asked the public to pray for him.       […]
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