December 2025 – Page 59

We Are Actively Probing Ministers, Top Govt Official

14.12.2025

On Sunday, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CBB), Dr Abubakar Bello, said the agency is currently probing corruption cases involving former ministers, current top government officials and senior public office holders at both the federal and state levels. Dr Bello, who made this disclosure while speaking in an interview with the News...

Otti Opens Door Of Partnership To Delaware, USA Counterpart

14.12.2025

Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has reaffirmed his administration’s open-door policy for partnership in various areas of the economy. Governor Otti told his counterpart from the State of Delaware, USA, Governor Bethany Hall-Long who came to seek possible areas of partnership, that the government had made remarkable footprints in several sectors, including education, health, sanitation,...

Oyebamiji Emergence, Right Step Towards APC’s Victory

14.12.2025

Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has said that the emergence of Bola Oyebamiji as the party’s candidate in the August 8,  2026, governorship poll is a sign of victory. Oyintiloye, while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that Oyebamiji’s election through a consensus arrangement should be dedicated...

FEC Approves N6.43tn PPP Projects for Nigerian Infrastructur

14.12.2025

The Federal Executive Council has approved three major Public-Private Partnership projects valued at over N6.43tn, signalling another significant wave of private-sector investment into Nigeria’s infrastructure landscape. The projects, two deep seaports and a massive 460-megawatt hydropower plant, form the second batch of PPP initiatives cleared by the Council within one month, underscoring President Bola Tinubu’s...

Osun Guber APC Primary: Be Magnanimous In Victory, Tinubu Tells Oyebamiji

14.12.2025

President Bola Tinubu has urged Asiwaju Munirudeen Oyebamiji to be magnanimous in victory and embrace party leaders as he emerged the consensus candidate for the governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2026 Osun state gubernatorial election 2026. Oyebamiji had emerged as the consensus candidate of the APC in...

Army Chief Charges New Recruits On Loyalty, Discipline

14.12.2025

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu (NAM), has charged 3,439 newly trained recruits of the Nigerian Army to uphold the highest standards of loyalty, discipline, and professionalism as they formally join the service. “The recruits, who are members of the 89 Regular Intake of the Nigerian Army, have completed six months...

Real Estate Developer, Adebayo Emerges APM Gubernatorial Flag-Bearer

14.12.2025

Real estate developer, Adewale Adebayo, has emerged as the Osun State governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) for the 2026 general election. Adebayo’s emergence was ratified by the Chairman of the APM Gubernatorial Primary Election Committee, Idowu Babarinde, after party members presented him as the sole aspirant at the party’s state secretariat in...

Abbas Greets Uzodinma At 67

14.12.2025

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has congratulated the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, for attaining the age of 67, saying his life has been one of service to the people. Speaker Abbas, in a congratulatory message issued through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi,...

Senator, Reps Member Laud Peaceful LG Poll In Borno

14.12.2025

The Senator representing Borno Central Senatorial District, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, has commended the peaceful conduct of the local government elections held on Saturday in the state, describing the exercise as credible, transparent, and well-organised. Also speaking, the member of the House of Representatives representing Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Abdulkadir Rahis, echoed the senator’s remarks, noting that the...

Archbishop Calls For Action On Nationwide Violence

14.12.2025

Bishop and Archbishop of the Diocese and Archdiocese of Lagos, Methodist Church Nigeria, The Most Reverend Dr Isaac Ayobami Olawuyi, has issued a pressing appeal to the federal government to take decisive and immediate action to end the persistent killings and insecurity plaguing the nation. The Archbishop made his statement recently during a ceremony marking...