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Akpabio Returns To Nigeria After A Short Vacation

Accurate ReportersAugust 19, 2025

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON, Monday morning returned to the country from a brief vacation in London. This has put an end to the speculation that the Senate President was critically ill and admitted in a London hospital. Recall that Akpabio had attended the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in...

Nigeria Faces Breakup Without True Federalism, Nwodo Warns

Accurate ReportersAugust 7, 2025

A former Minister of Information and past President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, has raised fresh concerns over Nigeria’s future, warning that the country could break apart before the 2027 general elections if sweeping constitutional reforms are not urgently implemented. Delivering a keynote address at the launch of two books authored by veteran journalist Ike...

Tinubu Assents To NIIRA Bill 2025

Accurate ReportersAugust 6, 2025

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday assented to the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Bill, 2025 — a landmark legislation to strengthen Nigeria’s financial sector and accelerate the nation’s march toward a $1 trillion economy. Accordingly, the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA) 2025, has repealed and consolidates several outdated insurance laws into a single, modern legal...

Tinubu To Govs: Invest More In Poverty Eradication, Power, Agriculture

Accurate ReportersAugust 2, 2025

.As NEC Endorses Ward Devt Programme To Hasten Social Protection At Grassroots President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged state governors to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians by investing more in their future, putting more money in rural electrification, agricultural mechanisation, poverty eradication and infrastructure. According to a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, spokesman for the Vice...

‘Nigerians Must Go’ Protests: Bianca Ojukwu Meets Ghanaian Authorities

Accurate ReportersAugust 1, 2025

The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has met with Ghanaian officials in a bid to ease diplomatic tensions that rose following the protest held by Ghanaians on Saturday at the popular Obra Spot in Accra. The protesters had demanded the immediate expulsion of Nigerians from their country over alleged involvement in crime and social vices....

Buhari Forged In The Furnace Of Battle, Tempered In The Trials Of Governance — Akpabio

Accurate ReportersJuly 18, 2025

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCFR, has described late former President Muhammadu Buhari, as a man forged in the furnace of battle and tempered in the trials of governance. In his tribute to the former president at the Special Session of the Expanded Special Federal Executive Council Meeting in honour of the Late...

Former Nigeria’s President, Muhammudu Buhari Buried In Daura

Accurate ReportersJuly 15, 2025

Former President Muhammudu Buhari was buried in Daura, Katsina State at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. He was buried in the premises of his private residence in Daura, Katsina State. Buhari was buried under the shade of trees where he usually sat to unwind and interact with friends and associates. Shortly after the burial, security operatives...

Gov Okpebholo Mourns Buhari

Accurate ReportersJuly 14, 2025

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, on behalf of the government and the people of Edo State, has mourned the demise of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in a private hospital in London, England Sunday. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Fred Itua, Governor Okpebholo described the late former...

Presidency Faults IMF Over Report On Nigeria

Accurate ReportersJuly 8, 2025

The Special Adviser to the President on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, has faulted the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) article that raised concerns over the Nigeria’s economic trajectory, saying the tone and timing of the message was faulty.He descried it as both discouraging and destabilising. Speaking on Channels Television’s “The Morning Brief on Tuesday,” Fasua...

Tinubu Proposes Visa Waivers For OECS Official Passport Holders As Nigeria, Saint Lucia Establish Diplomatic Relations

Accurate ReportersJune 30, 2025

President Bola Tinubu formally announced on Monday the establishment of diplomatic relations with Saint Lucia, describing it as a “symbolic bridge that will provide a gateway in fostering closer ties between us.” President Tinubu stated this while addressing a special joint session of the Senate and House of Assembly of Saint Lucia at the William...

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