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The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed into second reading the Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N92,150,231,374.88 only for the 2025 fiscal year. The Speaker of the House, Dr Danladi Jatau, announced this during the House proceedings in Lafia, the state capital. Speaker Jatau said that the passage of the bill into law would enable the state government to meet the emerging demands and challenges arising from changes in national macroeconomic variables. The Speaker then committed the bill to the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation to work on it and report back to the House on 24th Nov. 2025.“A…

Morocco’s Ghizlane Chebbak has been named the CAF Women’s Player of the Year for 2025, beating Super Falcons attacker Rasheedat Ajibade and compatriot Sanaa Mssoudy, Soccernet.ng reports.  Last month, the Confederation of African Football revealed ten-woman shortlist for the CAF Women’s Player of the Year Award, and Super Falcons stars Esther Okoronkwo and Ajibade made the cut. The rest were Portia Boakye, Tabitha Chawinga, Temwa Chawinga, Ghizlane Chebbak, Mama Diop, Sanaa Mssoudy, Barbra Banda, and Racheal Kundananji. Then, on Sunday, they cut the list down to three finalists－ Ajibade, Chebbak, and Mssoudy. This caused quite an uproar because Okoronkwo, who was…

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) on Wednesday condemned the newly elected factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki, over his call for foreign intervention in Nigeria’s current political tensions. The party described the comment as unpatriotic, reckless, and driven by an inferiority complex.Turaki had reportedly urged the U.S. President Donald Trump and other advanced democracies to intervene in Nigeria’s political situation after events that played out at the PDP secretariat on Tuesday. National Chairman of the PRP, Falalu Bello, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said such appeals to foreign powers reveal a troubling lack of…

Eruku youths in Ekiti local government, Kwara State, on Wednesday took to major streets in the town, protesting the Tuesday late-night attack on the community by armed bandits. The bandits had stormed a church in the middle of worship, killing five people, injuring many and taking away several worshippers. According to information, the protesters blocked the Ilorin–Kabba highway, causing traffic disruption. Our reporter at the scene discovered several articulated vehicles inbound to the neighbouring Kogi State stranded. Speaking with our reporter, some of the youths alleged that the Tuesday attack lasted about an hour, without any daring challenge. One of…

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, on Wednesday said over 45 million Nigerians still practice open defecation and only about 25 per cent of the population have access to safely managed sanitation facilities. Lawal said this in Abuja at a press briefing to commemorate the 2025 World Toilet Day, themed “Sanitation in a Changing World,” with the tagline “We’ll Always Need the Toilet.” Lawal, represented by the Permanent Secretary at the ministry, Mahmud Kambari, noted that this year’s theme reflects the growing impacts of climate change, rapid urbanisation, and widening inequalities that weaken sanitation systems. The United Nations General Assembly,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, Hussaini Ismaila, to 20 years’ imprisonment on terrorism charges brought against him by the Department of State Services. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the judgment on Tuesday following Ismaila’s decision to change his plea from not guilty to guilty on the four-count charge filed under the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2013. Ismaila, also known as Mai Tangaran, was accused of coordinating multiple attacks on police formations in Kano State in 2012. According to the prosecution, Ismaila masterminded attacks on the Police Headquarters…

Nigeria’s group-stage opponents at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) experienced sharply contrasting outcomes on Tuesday as Tunisia held Brazil to an impressive 1–1 draw while Uganda were comfortably swept aside 4–0 by hosts Morocco in Tangier, Soccernet.ng reports. The Super Eagles will face Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania in Group C at next month’s AFCON in Morocco. While Nigeria were locked into crucial World Cup playoff action in Rabat against Gabon and DR Congo, their group rivals used the window to fine-tune preparations through friendlies. Photo Credit: CAF official website Tunisia have already sealed World Cup qualification, whereas…

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, said the abduction of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the killing of Brigadier General Musa Uba and other soldiers in Borno State have left him depressed. “Their families, and the families of the kidnapped schoolgirls, are in my prayers,” Tinubu said in a post on X. “As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I am depressed with the tragic death of our soldiers and officers on active duty. May God comfort the families of Brigadier General Musa Uba and other fallen heroes.” Gunmen kidnapped 25 people and killed a staff member in an early…

• Makinde-Bala Mohammed camp storms secretariat to reclaim control• Wike-backed faction expels three govs, senior leaders in sweeping purge• Turaki alleges assault on democracy, says police prevented further bloodshed• ADC, MCE accuse APC of destabilising opposition, warn of one-party drift• NEC affirms Abdulrahman as acting chair, orders recovery of defectors’ seats THE chaotic siege at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat yesterday, marked by thugs, tear gas and violent clashes between rival power blocs, deepened fears that the party’s crisis has become a political war on democracy, threatening opposition strength and electoral competition before 2027. It was a day…

The 4 Brigade Command of the Nigerian Army, Benin City, Edo State, has arrested four suspected kidnappers in a coordinated operation. The crackdown on suspects took place along the Ahor and Uselu-Nahor axis of the Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of the state. Speaking to journalists while parading the suspects at the Brigade Headquarters in Benin City on Wednesday, the Operation Officer, Captain Victor Omotosho, said the troops conducted a “cordon and search operation” in both communities following rising concerns about persistent kidnapping incidents in the area. According to Omotosho, the operation, carried out in the early hours of Sunday, November…