The Federal Government says the 2025–2035 National Livestock Growth Acceleration Strategy (NL-GAS) is projected to raise the livestock sector’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP from $32 billion to $74 billion within a decade. The Minister of Livestock Development, Dr. Idi Maiha, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the Donor and Partnership Workshop on Livestock Development…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reversed the presidential pardon earlier granted to Maryam Sanda, who was convicted of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in Abuja. According to an official gazette released on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Sanda’s death sentence has been reduced to 12 years imprisonment instead….
The National Assembly on Wednesday approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to secure a total of $2.347 billion from the international capital market to part-finance the 2025 budget deficit and refinance maturing Eurobonds. Lawmakers also granted approval for the President’s plan to issue a $500 million debut sovereign sukuk in the international capital market to…
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nominees for the positions of service chiefs. Those confirmed include Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Wahidi Shaibu as Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral Idi Abbas as Chief of Naval Staff, and Air Vice Marshal Kennedy Aneke as Chief of Air Staff….
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has announced plans to commence mass prepaid meter installations across its franchise areas under the Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP) — a $500 million World Bank-supported initiative. In a statement on Wednesday, KEDCO’s Head of Corporate Communications, Sani Bala Sani, said the company will distribute 128,000 prepaid meters free…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has handed over three properties, two vehicles, and ₦1.1 million recovered from a convicted fake spiritualist and fraudster, Fatai Olalere Alli, to his victim, Daniel Babatunde Attiogbe. The handover, conducted by the Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC’s Ibadan Directorate, Assistant Commander…
There was mild drama at the National Assembly on Wednesday when representatives of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staged a walkout during an investigative session with the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, was absent and sent Director Mufutau Bello to represent him….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the instruments of clemency and pardon, formally exercising his constitutional powers of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon and commutation of sentences to selected individuals convicted of various offences. According to a statement from the Presidency, the action follows consultations with the Council of State and a review of…
The Federal Ministry of Steel Development has signed a $400 million joint strategic cooperation agreement with Inner Galaxy Group’s Stellar Steel Company Limited for the establishment of a modern integrated steel plant in Ewekoro, Ogun State. The agreement, signed in Abuja on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, is part of the Federal Government’s efforts to accelerate…
The Senate on Wednesday suspended consideration of the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts’ report to begin the screening of newly appointed service chiefs. The session, which began with the scheduled presentation of the report on New External Borrowing in the 2025 Appropriation Act, refinancing of maturing Eurobonds, and the issuance of a debut Sovereign…
