Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has defended the commission’s N126 billion budget request for 2025. Yakubu clarified that N85 billion is earmarked for personnel costs while the remainder will be used to fund electoral activities. The INEC chairman, while defending the 2025 budget proposal before the Joint Committee on…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has confirmed the killing of two notorious terrorist kingpins, Kachalla Gwammade and Kachalla Shehu. The CDS gave the confirmation at the closing ceremony of the CDS Joint Task Force Commanders Conference on Friday, adding that the duo were neutralised last night. The Army troops of Operation…

Mr Bola Oyebamiji, Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), on Friday warned staff against indolence and any act of sabotage to the revenue drive of the authority. Oyebamiji gave the warning during the authority’s 2025 2-Day Management Retreat at NIWA headquarters in Lokoja. He said that the warning became necessary in view of the…

The Transparency and Accountability Network (TAN) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, to plunge the state into another round of crisis. TAN's National Coordinator, Michael Briggs, in a statement on Friday, noted that it stands firmly against any attempt to plunge Kaduna back into…

The Joint Action Movement of Nigeria (JAMN), on Friday, criticised former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for his intervention in the ongoing dispute between National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and Hajiya Najatu Mohammed. The group further accused El-Rufai of attempting to rewrite history, saying that after inflicting hardship and humiliation on a large section…