Category: Government

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has deployed Commissioner of Police (CP) Abayomi Shogunle to take charge of security operations in Anambra State ahead of the November 8, 2025, governorship election.   This development was announced in a statement released on Tuesday by the spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu READ MORE

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared that his administration is committed to providing a credible, secure, verifiable, and usable identity management system across the board, asserting that such a system is fundamental to the nation’s developmental goals.   President Tinubu spoke at the State House during the launch of the NINAUTH APP, a digital, mobile-based READ MORE

President Bola Tinubu has made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs in furtherance of the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria to strengthen the national security architecture.   The President appointed General Olufemi Oluyede to replace General Christopher Musa as the new Chief of Defence Staff. The new Chief of Army Staff READ MORE

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, swore in the sixth substantive chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN).   At the ceremony held at the State House Council Chamber, President Tinubu urged the new INEC Chairman to serve with integrity and beyond reproach.   “Your nomination and the READ MORE

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the immediate past Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, to lead its Election Observation Mission to the upcoming presidential election in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire scheduled for 25 October 2025.   The Mission will be deployed from READ MORE

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has firmly refuted claims circulating online that Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary parade was cancelled due to an alleged attempted military coup.   In an official statement signed by Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, Director of Defence Information, the DHQ described the reports as “false, malicious, and intended to cause unnecessary tension and READ MORE

President Bola Tinubu returns to Abuja today after participating in the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government-level Meeting in Rome, Italy.   The Aqaba Process is a counter-terrorism initiative launched by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan in 2015. It is co-chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Government of Italy. READ MORE

The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   His confirmation followed a voice vote conducted by Senate President Godswill Akpabio after Amupitan was screened and responded to questions from lawmakers.   Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Dean of the Faculty of READ MORE

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to overhaul the country’s decades-old revenue allocation formula, aiming to create a more equitable, responsive, and inclusive system that reflects current realities.   Dr. Mohammed Shehu, Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), made this known during a panel discussion on the review of READ MORE

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday, October 12, for Rome, the capital of Italy, to participate in the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Level Meeting, with special focus on the security crisis in West Africa.   The meeting, which will begin on October 14, will bring together Heads of State and READ MORE

The National Council of State has approved the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday.   He said that President Bola Tinubu READ MORE