Day: August 16, 2025

POLICY MEASURES BEGINS. The Country headline inflation rate slowed for the fourth consecutive month in July 2025, settling at 21.88 per cent compared to 22.22 per cent in June, according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The 0.34 percentage point decline marks a modest relief for households and businesses, as both monetary and fiscal authorities continue aggressive measures to stabilise prices, strengthen the naira, and restore consumer purchasing power. The drop follows a series of coordinated interventions, including the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN)…

The head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has announced that the federal government is on track to fully digitise all core civil service processes by December 31, 2025, as part of ongoing reforms to enhance efficiency and transparency. She made this known on Friday in Abuja during her office’s inaugural Quarterly Stakeholders and Citizens Engagement Forum, themed “Strengthening Civil Service Delivery Through Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement.” Walson-Jack, further emphasised that the digitalisation drive will eliminate bureaucratic bottlenecks, reduce lost files, and enable citizens…

Public nterest Lawyer, Ayodele Ademiluyi, has dragged the Federal Government, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and several other parties before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, demanding N500 billion in damages over what he described as a blatant breach of the rule of law in handling two aviation infractions involving popular musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, and passenger, Ms. Comfort Emmanson. The suit, filed under the number FHC/L/CS/1632/25, lists as respondents: the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cried loud by asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the by-election for the Shanono/Bagwai state constituency and the rerun for the Ghari constituency in Kano State. In a statement issued saturday by the party’s national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, said the elections were “marred by extreme violence and disruption caused by armed gangs at several polling units”. Morka, said reports from Shanono, Bagwai and Ghari showed that voters fled polling areas as security operatives struggled to contain the situation. “Verifiable reports…

The Ogun State Police command says two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others have been arrested for alleged electoral offences in Iperu Remo of the state. In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the State Police Command Omolola Odutola, said the officials were arrested on Saturday during the federal constituency by-election. Odutola, said a police patrol team stopped a Mitsubishi Space Waggon with registration number LAGOS AKD 887 HT in Iperu Remo. “The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two individuals identified as officials of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 100 suspected political thugs were arrested in Bagwai Local Government Area in Kano State during the ongoing by-election in the state. According to the NAN reports, the resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Kano, Abdu Zango, spoke to journalists on Saturday after inspecting polling units in Bagwai town. Zango, stated that security operatives apprehended the suspects, who were armed, as they attempted to disrupt the voting process in the Bagwai/Shanono federal constituency. He added that the presence of security operatives in the area…

The Police in Kaduna State Command has confirmed that its operatives have arrested a man with N25.9 Million cash allegedly for vote-buying during the state’s by-election. In a statement issued on Saturday, by the command’s spokesman, Mansir Hassan, said the arrest was made in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS). Hassan, said the suspect, identified as Shehu Aliyu Patangi, was picked up at about 3:30am at a hotel along Turunku Road in Kaduna metropolis. He said cash totalling N25,963,000 was recovered from Patangi and is believed to have…

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) have agreed to work together toward obviating surreptitious human trafficking menace through the country’s waterways corridors. Speaking recently in Abuja while receiving a delegation from NATPTIP and WoFHoF, the Executive Secretary/CEO of NSC, Akutah Pius Ukeyima, Esq, MON, FCILT, Ph.D. stated that human trafficking was an economic crime which needed to be prevented. He explained that human trafficking is a kind of crime that gives our…