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It promises to be a break from work for many persons next Monday and Tuesday, March 31 and April 1 respectively, as the Federal Government (FG) declared those two days public holidays. Government said the holidays are to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration, which comes after the Muslim month-long Ramadan fast. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Interior, Magdalene Ajani, announced the holidays in a statement issued on Wednesday. Nigeria's Minister of Interior is Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. Muslims kicked off the fast on March 1, 2025 and the holy obligation, which also featured acts of charity to the less privileged and heightened…

By Ahmed Kingimi and Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Reuters Suspected Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram fighters launched coordinated attacks on an army base and a military outpost in Borno State, North-East Nigeria, killing at least 15 people, security sources told Reuters in a report on Wednesday, March 26. Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters have mainly operated in the North-East, attacking security forces and civilians and killing and displacing tens of thousands of people,the report said. It added that in the latest assault, Boko Haram insurgents and ISWAP fighters attacked an army base in the Wajiroko area…

By Felix Durumbah,Abuja The political animosity between Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, and the 2023 presidential candidate of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has shown no signs of abating. Abubakar, popularly known nationwide simply as Atiku, had in an interview, which is yet to be aired, with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie on the programme, Untold Stories, said he had "no regrets" for not picking Wike as his party's Vice Presidential candidate for the 2023 poll. Wike was, at the time, rounding off his second term as governor of Rivers State and though he ran for…

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly criticized the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, over what it described as incompetence, failed leadership, and unnecessary foreign trips while the country grapples with a worsening electricity crisis. In a statement, HURIWA expressed disappointment that despite President Bola Tinubu’s campaign promise to improve electricity supply, the situation has continued to deteriorate. The rights group highlighted the frequent collapse of the national grid, erratic power supply, and increasing electricity tariffs that have negatively impacted businesses and the economy. In the statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA deplored…

First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has directed the Mandate Secretary of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), Dr. Dolapo Fasawe, to facilitate the establishment of a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Sauka village, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the territory. The initiative aims to strengthen healthcare services and combat tuberculosis (TB) in the region through the support of FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike. A statement by Special Assistant (Media) to Mandate Secretary, FCT HSES, Bola Ajao, which disclosed these, added that Mrs. Tinubu, who also serves as the Global and National Stop TB Champion, made…

Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, representing Bayelsa West, on Tuesday, March 25, called for an end to "flagrant breaches" of the principle of federal character as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution (as amended). He said the breaches were divisive and violated the Constitution. He made the remarks while supporting the motion by Senator Sunday Ngwu from Enugu State for the Senate to investigate how Ministries and different government agencies were implementing the constitutional provisions. "The founding fathers of this country knew that Nigeria is a nation of nationalities and that there was a need to entrench an in-built constitutional mechanism for…

By Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Leader of Islamic Movement In Nigeria (IMN), also known as the Shiites, Sheikh Ibrahim Yakub El-Zakzaky, has distributed foodstuffs to Christian widows. The internationally renowned Muslim leader showed his milk of human kindness and commendable example of religious tolerance by distributing numerous bags of foodstuff items ahead of the forthcoming Sallah celebration which marks the end of the ongoing Ramadan. The distribution was facilitated through the General Overseer (GO), Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Kaduna, Pastor (Dr) Yohanna Buru. Sheikh El-Zakzaky has a tradition of extending food assistance to both Muslims and Christians before and…

By Emma Ogoigbe, Warri Elder statesman and former Military Administrator of Abia State, Air Vice Marshal Frank O. Ajobena (rtd), said Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has kept his election campaign promises by embarking on legacy projects in the Niger Delta state. Marshal Ajobena proffered the position in a chat with newsmen at his country home in Mereje, Okpe Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State. He said in less than two years in office, the governor has "embarked and still embarking on infrastructural projects across the state", listing the flyover bridge projects in Warri and environs as typical examples.…