NLC storms Abuja DisCo, issues 48-hour shutdown threat over sack of 900 workers
Tension gripped the headquarters of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, yesterday as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, staged a dramatic picketing of the facility, protesting the controversial disengagement of nearly 900 workers.It equally issued a 48-hour ultimatum to management to resolve the crisis or face a total shutdown of operations. Led by its President, […]
Nigerian defrauds American lady of $550,000
Police has nabbed a suspect in Uselu, Edo State, over a case reported by an American female citizen who said she was defrauded of $550,000 between October 2025 and January 2026. According to a Police statement, the suspect impersonated prominent government officials and other notable public figures to gain the trust of the victim, who […]
Atiku slams Tinubu, Senate over fresh $6bn loan
Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the Senate’s swift approval of President Bola Tinubu’s request for a fresh $6 billion external loan. PUNCH Online had reported that the Senate approved Tinubu’s request to secure fresh external loans totalling $6 billion, in a move aimed at plugging fiscal gaps and financing key infrastructure […]
Akpabio declares three Senate seats vacant
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday declared three senatorial seats vacant following the deaths of members of the 10th Senate. The vacancies affect Enugu North Senatorial District, Nasarawa North Senatorial District, and Rivers South-East Senatorial District. Akpabio made the announcement during plenary, noting that the development was necessitated by the demise of […]
Senate approves Tinubu’s $6bn loan request
The Senate has expeditiously approved the request of President Bola Tinubu to go for external loans totalling $6 billion.The approval came barely three and a half hours after the senate president, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter from the president, seeking the approval. The Senate approved the loans following the presentation and consideration of the report […]
Senate orders IG to probe into Plateau killings
The Senate has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to launch a full investigation into the recent killings in Anguwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, which claimed the lives of at least 28 people. While the lawmakers called for the perpetrators to be apprehended and prosecuted, the upper chamber resolved […]
NDLEA seizes N1.8bn drugs over three months in Edo
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday said it has seized illicit drugs worth N1.8 billion in the first three months of the year. The commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who stated this while presenting the command’s first-quarter operational scorecard in Benin, said the 18,380 kilogrammes of drugs were seized from […]
Tinubu seeks N’Assembly approval to increase 2026 budget by ₦9tn
President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly of Nigeria to approve an upward review of the 2026 Appropriation Bill by ₦9 trillion, raising the proposed budget from ₦58.4 trillion to ₦67.4 trillion. The request was contained in a letter read on the Senate floor on Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, […]
El-Rufai drops magistrate from N1bn rights suit
A former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday withdrew his fundamental rights enforcement suit against a magistrate in his N1bn claim pending before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The withdrawal followed concerns raised by the trial judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, over the failure of the plaintiff to properly identify the magistrate sued […]
Kebbi PDP federal lawmaker dumps PDP for APC
House of Representatives member representing Birnin Kebbi, Kalgo and Bunza Federal Constituency, Ibrahim Mohammed, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing persistent leadership crises and internal conflicts within the party. In a statement announcing his decision, the lawmaker said the PDP has been grappling with unresolved leadership challenges and prolonged litigations, which […]
