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The City Boy Movement on Friday accused unknown organizers of staging a politically motivated picket at its Abuja headquarters. The group in a statement by its Deputy Director-General on Media, Communications and Public Affairs O’tega Ogra said the action was intended to intimidate members, provoke confrontation and advance a false narrative about the organization’s stance on insecurity. “Let us be plain: what took place at our office was not a genuine protest,” O’tega said. “It was a sponsored political action aimed at provoking confrontation, intimidating our members, and pinning a false narrative on the City Boy Movement.” Security has emerged…

By Tanimu Yakubu Introduction: The unsigned commentary under review presents itself as a forensic examination of Nigeria’s recent capital-importation figures. Its central thesis is that because a substantial proportion of recent inflows entered Treasury bills and other money-market instruments rather than factories and industrial enterprises, the inflows should not be interpreted as evidence of confidence in Nigeria’s economy. Instead, they are characterised as speculative, transient and symptomatic of deeper economic weakness. The argument is forcefully stated. Unfortunately, it rests upon a misunderstanding of how capital typically returns to economies emerging from periods of macroeconomic instability and undertaking major policy adjustment.…

A group of more than 50 editors and reporters will convene this weekend for the South‑East leg of a national media inspection tour organized by the Renewed Hope Ambassadors in partnership with the Presidential Media Team. Director of Media and Publicity of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Tunde Rahman in a statement said the five‑day tour, which begins in Ebonyi State on Saturday, June 13, will visit legacy and ongoing projects across Ebonyi, Enugu, Anambra, Abia and Imo states before concluding in Imo on June 17. According to him, the itinerary includes site inspections, stakeholder meetings, press briefings and roundtable discussions…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday renamed the Institute of Petroleum Studies in Kaduna after General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, elevating the facility to the General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua University of Geological Sciences and Engineering Technology. In a nationwide address marking this year’s Democracy Day, President Tinubu described General Yar’Adua as one of “the architects of modern democratic Nigeria” and said the renaming recognizes the late officer’s “vision of national partnership.” He said the government has approved a programme to revitalize the completed institute under its new name. “Among the architects of modern democratic Nigeria, we honour General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua for…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday used Nigeria’s Democracy Day address to deliver a stark ultimatum to armed groups operating across the country, saying those who do not surrender will face “the full force of the Nigerian State.” Speaking as the nation marked 27 years of uninterrupted civilian rule since 1999, President Tinubu in a nationwide address, described the security warning as part of a broader appeal for national unity and democratic resilience. “To bandits, kidnappers, and sponsors of terror: surrender or face the full force of the Nigerian State,” he said, according to a text of the speech released by…

The House of Representatives on Thursday advanced a constitutional amendment to create state police across Nigeria, a move that could reshape the country’s security architecture for the first time since the return to civilian rule in 1999. The measure, formally titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Provide for the Establishment of State Police and for Related Matters (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026,” passed the Committee of the Whole after wide support from lawmakers. A manual headcount recorded 289 votes in favour, one abstention and no votes against. Deputy Speaker…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday commissioned a six‑lane, 9‑kilometer stretch of the FCT Highway 105 (Kuje Road), a project his administration says will ease traffic into Abuja’s downtown and open up surrounding satellite towns to commerce and development. Speaking at the ribbon‑cutting for the dualized highway — which includes two river bridges and links the Airport Expressway with Kuje town junction — Vice President Kashim Shettima represented Tinubu. The President called the completed section a fulfillment of a campaign promise and described it as a direct response to long-standing bottlenecks that he said cost commuters, traders and civil servants hours…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday urged residents and businesses in the Federal Capital Territory to settle taxes, ground rents and other statutory charges, linking higher compliance to continued infrastructure investment by the government in Abuja. Speaking at the inauguration of a completed section of Arterial Road N5—connecting Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III in Abuja’s Dape district— President Tinubu, represented at the ceremony by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said government revenue is essential to sustaining projects that expand access to growing residential areas and to the Idu Industrial District. He said “To the residents and business owners enjoying this…

The House of Representatives said Wednesday it will vote Thursday on a constitutional amendment to allow State Police, intensifying a long-running national debate over how to respond to rising violence across the country. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, speaking on behalf of 37 caucus leaders, told reporters in Abuja that the measure was necessary to address “growing incidents of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes.” He described the amendment as a legislative step beyond oversight hearings—arguing lawmakers must rewrite parts of the constitution to improve security response times. “We have discovered that leaving the law as it is will not…

Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodimma said Wednesday that President Bola Tinubu’s performance in office will translate into victory in next year’s presidential election. Speaking at the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ National Mobilisation Retreat in Abuja, Governor Uzodimma—who also chairs the Progressives Governors’ Forum—called on members to ramp up grassroots efforts to publicize the administration’s accomplishments. The Governor who also serves as Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, urged organizers to carry the message of what he described as the Tinubu government’s achievements into communities across the country. His remarks come as the ruling party begins to marshal support ahead of…