Author: Tahir Ahmed

By Abu Yunus,Abuja The Police Service Commission has begun a crucial training for its staff as part of moves to implement the Federal Government’s directive to recruit 50,000 additional personnel into the Nigeria Police Force. The Commission’s Head of Protocol and Public Affairs, Torty Njoku Kalu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. The workshop, which opened in Abuja, is aimed at equipping staff with the skills and procedural knowledge required to handle what officials described as a landmark recruitment exercise. Declaring the session open on behalf of the PSC Chairman, Justice Paul Adamu Galumje (retd.) said the exercise…

By NEXTER President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Anite-Uzoka. According to a release issued on Tuesday by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, Anite-Uzoka will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration. The president has conveyed the nomination of Oyedele to the Senate for confirmation in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Until Tinubu nominated him as a minister, Oyedele from Ikaram Akoko, Ondo State, was the chairman of the Presidential Committee on…

By Linus Lucrative The Nasarawa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has again, through consensus, returned Dr Aliyu Bello as the party chairman. Bello, who earlier served a term as the Party Chairman, was returned through affirmation alongside 80 per cent of the state working committee for another term. Speaking shortly after the affirmation on Tuesday in Lafia, Dr Aliyu Bello expressed appreciation to the members of the party for the confidence reposed in his leadership. He said that the newly inaugurated state working committee would work with all organs of the party, ty including Local Government officials across…

By NEXTER Development advocate and All Progresses Congress (APC) governorship aspirant for Yobe state in the coming 2027 general elections, Kashim Musa Tumsah MFR, has completed the full JAMB 2026 examination registration of over 500 students drawn from the state. This is in fulfilment of the routine annual sponsorship of eligible students preparing for the examination initiated and executed by KMT JAMB Sponsorship Programme that has been running over the years. Under the scheme, eligible students, mostly from poor backgrounds, are randomly selected from each of the 178 wards across the 17 local government areas of the state with their…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has assured Nigerians that the commission has the capacity to electronically transmit election results in 2027, but cautioned that it may not be able to guarantee a “100 per cent perfect election.” Amupitan spoke at the Citizens’ Town Hall programme aired live on major television networks and tagged, ‘Electoral Act 2026: What it means for your votes and the 2027 elections.’ The live electoral debate was anchored by popular presenter Seun Okinbaloye and the Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo. In attendance were the All Progressives Congress…

By NEXTER The Nigeria Police Force has vowed to respond to evolving threats associated with explosives, improvised explosive devices, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear hazards. To this ens, it said it has been building the capacity of its Explosive Ordnance Disposal-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear(EOD-CBRN) units across the country to deal with any situation. The Commissioner of Police in charge of EOD-CBRN, CP Hauwa Jibrin Ibrahim, disclosed this at the closing of an expanded training for the personnel at the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ende Hills in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. LEADERSHIP reports that the…

By NEXTER Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed at his office in the Israeli-US attack. A 40-day mourning period for the longtime Iranian leader has been announced. US President Donald Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform earlier in the day that 86-year-old Khamenei was killed in the joint US-Israeli strikes, which began early on Saturday. “He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do,” Trump wrote.…

By NEXTER Nasarawa Investment and Development Agency (NASIDA) has secured domestic and foreign direct investments worth $ 1,008,529,220 for the state from January to December, 2025. This is outside other investments sourced by other agencies, Ministries and Departments within the period under review. A report of the NASIDA’s investments portfolio for the year obtained by LEADERSHIP shows that the amount is made up of $505.7 million actualised, representing 50.14% and $502.8 million announced, constituting 49.86% respectively. Investment announced is a public declaration or commitments inform of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and Letters of Intent by an investor, company, or institution…

By NEXTER With the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fast, Yobe’s popular governorship aspirant, Kashim Musa Tumsah has set up feeding points in selected areas across the state where thousands of those fasting can go and break their fast daily. The feeding points have been strategically situated in all the three Senatorial zones of the state with those of Zone ‘A’ in Damaturu, Gujba, Gaidam and Dapchi. In Zone ‘B’, people are fed in Potiskum, Fika and Nangere while Zone ‘C’ has Gashua and Nguru serving as the feeding centres. The development advocate who is now a household name as…

Minister of defence Bello Matawalle demands better healthcare protection for troops By Abubakar Yunusa Ojima-ojo The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has declared that the health of Nigerian service members must remain a top priority, stressing that access to comprehensive healthcare for troops and their families is non-negotiable. He described health insurance as a critical pillar in reducing the financial burden of medical care on personnel, noting that it is a strategic tool to guarantee financial protection and expand coverage within the Armed Forces. Matawalle spoke in Abuja while receiving the Director-General of the National Health Insurance…