ODODO RALLIES DIASPORA TO REBRAND NIGERIA, BACK TINUBU’S REFORMS, INVEST IN KOGI

Tinubu Dissolves Committee Overseeing Sale of Federal Government Properties

Tinubu Dissolves FG Property Sale Committee Amid Mounting Legal Disputes President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties, bringing to an end a body established more than two decades ago to oversee the sale and lease of federal assets. The President also... Read More

NAICOM Recapitalisation Deadline Expires Today, Non-Compliant Insurers Risk Licence Revocation

Insurers Face Licence Revocation as NAICOM Recapitalisation Deadline Expires Nigerian insurance companies that have failed to meet the new minimum capital requirements face the risk of losing their operating licences as the July 31, 2026 recapitalisation deadline set by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) expires today. The Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive Officer of... Read More

INEC Opposes Military Deployment During Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed that the deployment of the Armed Forces during elections should remain an exceptional measure, insisting that the Nigeria Police Force remains the constitutionally designated lead agency for election security. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the position known on Thursday in a keynote address delivered on his... Read More

Ghana Approves Five-Year Presidential Term, Lowers Presidential Age Requirement

Ghana Backs Five-Year Presidential Term, Lowers Eligibility Age to 35 Ghana’s government has approved key constitutional reform proposals that would extend the presidential term from four to five years and lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 35, marking a major step in the country’s ongoing constitutional review process. The reforms were... Read More

Tinubu: We Won’t Pay Ransom or Negotiate with Terrorists, Kidnappers, Says Rescue Shows New Security Strategy

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday reaffirmed his administration’s hardline position against negotiating with kidnappers, terrorists and other violent criminal groups, declaring that the federal government would neither pay ransom nor release detained suspects in exchange for abducted victims. The President disclosed that kidnappers who abducted schoolchildren and teachers in communities in Oriire Local Government... Read More

Alausa Adopts Kaduna Model to End Estimate-Based Planning on Out-of-School Children

The Federal Government has adopted Kaduna State’s household mapping model as the national framework for identifying out-of-school children, marking a major shift from estimate-based planning to data-driven interventions across the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, announced the decision during a meeting with Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, saying the new approach... Read More

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JUST IN: DSS, Forest Guards Rescue Nine Kidnap Victims, Kill Three Bandits in Kwara

JUST IN: DSS, Forest Guards Rescue Nine Kidnap Victims, Kill Three Bandits in Kwara Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), working alongside the Kwara State Forest Guards, local hunters and vigilantes, have killed three suspected bandits and rescued nine abducted victims during a coordinated intelligence-led operation in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara... Read More

Cherubim and Seraphim Spiritual Leader Emmanuel Alogbo Dies at 93

The spiritual father and leader of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Ayo Ni O, His Grace, Most Reverend Prophet Emmanuel Alogbo, has died at the age of 93. The church announced his passing in a statement on Thursday, saying the revered cleric died peacefully in the early hours of July 30, 2026, at... Read More