The Osun State House of Assembly has today (Friday) passed the Osun State Local Government Accounts Administration Bill, 2025, marking a significant step towards strengthening financial governance and transparency across the state’s 30 local government areas and area councils. The legislation is designed to regulate the opening, management, and operation of Local Government Accounts in…
Elder statesman, renowned philanthropist and business magnate, Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, has announced plans to usher in a new wave of private investment into Borno State. The pledge was made during a high-profile visit led by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to Indimi’s residence in Maiduguri on Tuesday. The visit was to express gratitude for Indimi’s generous…
The House of Representatives has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, after he failed to appear before its Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to address audit queries involving over N26 billion. The Committee Chaired by Representative Bamidele Salam has now given him a 72-hour…
Amid alleged plans by terrorists to attack the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and its environs anytime soon, the Military High Command on Thursday dismissed the threat and reassured residents that the nation’s capital city “is safe and secure”. Fielding questions from Defence Correspondents in Abuja at the bi-weekly briefing on ongoing military operations across…
The Defence Headquarters, on Thursday, said troops deployed across the country rescued 318 kidnapped victims and arrested 74 suspects involved in terrorism, oil theft and other criminal activities in November. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Michael Onoja, who released the figures in Abuja during a briefing on military operations, said 69 terrorists and…
The lawmaker representing Yagba East, Yagba West and Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Leke Abejide, had raised a motion of urgent public importance at the House of Representatives following the abduction of worshippers in Ejiba, Kogi State. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, November 30, 2025, saw terrorists abduct several residents, including a presiding pastor, a two-week-old…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Wale Oriade, has been abducted by armed men in Ibadan, the state capital. It was gathered that the incident occurred around 7:06 pm on Wednesday at his office located at PJ Square Shopping Complex, beside the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited station, Elewure, along Iyana…
Minister of Defence-designate, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has assured Nigerians that the country has the capacity to win the war against insurgency, kidnapping and banditry in so far as there is holistic collaboration by all. Musa stated that with the right number of boots on the ground, what was required was for Nigeria to work…
The Osun State Government has cautioned the Nigeria Police against the unwholesome practice of witch-hunting its officials to serve political purpose, noting that the core responsibility of the Police is to secure Nigerians, irrespective of political persuasions, not a tool of oppression. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced a comprehensive revision of cash-related policies, introducing new nationwide withdrawal limits and scrapping the cumulative deposit cap for bank customers. In the circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy & Regulation Department, Dr. Rita I. Sike, on December 2nd, 2025, the apex bank said the policy overhaul was…
