The Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the bail application filed by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to Wednesday. The adjournment was confirmed by his legal counsel, Ukpong Abang (SAN), who spoke briefly with journalists after the session. While he acknowledged the rescheduling, Abang declined to provide further details, noting that his team was in the process of filing responses related to the […]

  The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reported the seizure of illicit drugs valued at ₦1.8 billion during the first quarter of the year. The announcement was made by the command’s head, Mitchell Ofoyeju, while presenting the agency’s operational scorecard for the period. According to him, 18,380 kilograms of narcotics were recovered from 104 suspected drug traffickers, including 71 males and 33 females, […]

President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to approve an upward review of the 2026 Appropriation Bill by ₦9 trillion, increasing the proposed budget from ₦58.4 trillion to ₦67.4 trillion. The request was conveyed in a letter read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary. In the letter, President Tinubu explained that the proposed increase is aimed at […]

  President Bola Tinubu has formally written to the Senate, seeking approval for fresh external borrowing totaling $6 billion to support key areas of the nation’s economy, including budget financing and major infrastructure rehabilitation. The requests were conveyed in separate letters addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and were read during Tuesday’s plenary session. In the first request, President Tinubu asked the Senate to approve a […]