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Nigeria and Brazil on Monday moved from diplomatic pledges to concrete market actions rolling out first operational elements of a bilateral agriculture and livestock partnership. Vice President Kashim Shettima who disclosed this while speaking at a high-level market-access meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, said the two countries had “moved with deliberate steps from dialogue to delivery, from agreements to implementation.” NewsQuest reports that technical teams and regulators from both countries prepared private-sector operators to begin trading commodities under the Nigeria‑Brazil Agro‑Trade Initiative. The meeting, co-chaired by Vice President Shettima and Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin under the Nigeria‑Brazil…

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday met with a World Bank delegation in Abuja where she stressed that investment in early childhood development (ECD) is essential both to expand opportunities for children and to strengthen the nation’s future workforce. Mrs. Tinubu said the Federal Government must pursue programmes that sharpen children’s “focus” and broaden growth prospects, and described Nigeria’s large population as a national advantage. “The population size of Nigeria alone is our advantage, because Nigeria is a great nation,” she said. She cited ongoing government efforts on environmental sanitation and a “Green Challenge” that she helped launch, and praised…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday inaugurated the start of work on a new access road linking Tungan Madaki with the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway at Zuba, describing the project as part of a broader drive to connect satellite towns to the capital and to spur economic activity along the corridor. Speaking at the ceremony where he was represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Honourable Tajudeen Abass, President Tinubu also described the road as an extension of the Bill Clinton Drive–Tungan Madaki route commissioned weeks earlier. “What began as one road is now growing into a network, and that…

The Independent National Electoral Commission pushed back the deadline for political parties to file candidate lists for Nigeria’s 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections, the commission said Sunday. Mohammed Kudu Haruna, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman of the information and voter‑education committee, said the new cutoff is midnight on Tuesday, July 14. NewsQuest reports that the move supersedes an earlier deadline set for Saturday, July 11 in the commission’s revised timetable for next year’s vote. INEC said the extension followed a request from the Inter‑Party Advisory Council, which had represented parties unable to upload candidate names and personal particulars within…

By Tunde Rahman When Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew walked into Phase III Section of the Federal Secretariat in Abuja with a forged letter and emerged with an office, signage, and a semblance of government legitimacy, he did not act alone. That is the uncomfortable truth of the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” saga. Adeyemi has been charged with eight counts of fraud and forgery. But the bigger scandal is not one man’s alleged audacity. It is how a non-existent agency got close to N1.3bn in the 2026 budget, secured office space in the heart of government, hosted top government functionaries…

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday urged prominent musicians including Burna Boy, Davido and Asake to channel part of their wealth into charitable foundations to help the country’s most vulnerable. The First Lady said the burden on government alone is ‘huge’. Speaking at the launch of a national community food bank in Lokoja, Mrs. Tinubu appealed to wealthy Nigerians—particularly figures in the entertainment industry—to back sustained philanthropic efforts. “We have a lot of wealthy people. But our priorities are different. And I think it’s high time we started helping those who need help in the country,” she said. Mrs. Tinubu…

Minister of Education on Saturday praised President Bola Tinubu and security agencies for the safe recovery of pupils and teachers abducted near Ogbomoso in Oyo State, describing the operation as evidence of the federal government’s commitment to protecting children. Dr. Tunji Alausa, commended the coordinated effort by the Armed Forces, the Department of State Services (DSS) the Nigeria Police Force and other agencies that, he said, freed the victims and arrested the perpetrators without harm to those held. Alausa spoke through his Special Adviser on media and communications Attah Ikharo. “The successful rescue of these innocent children and their teachers…

By Stanley Nkwocha In politics, the most powerful decisions are sometimes the ones that end speculation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to retain Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election is one of such decisions. It is a statement of trust, a signal of continuity, and a calculated move to keep the All Progressives Congress (APC) on familiar ground, as the party prepares for another national contest. By retaining VP Shettima, President Tinubu has done more than fill a space on the ballot. He has quelled a major source of needless political anxiety within…

President Bola Tinubu has said that new infrastructure serving the Wasa District informal sector will help transform the area into a commercial hub, raise Abuja’s internally generated revenue and reduce the cost of doing business for thousands of artisans and mechanics. Speaking at the commissioning of access roads to the Wasa Informal Sector Layout, President Tinubu, represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, described the project as the fulfillment of a long-standing promise to relocate traders from the congested Apo Mechanic Village. “This is an investment in human dignity and economic freedom,” he said, adding that…

Dr. Taiwo Olumide Fasoranti, a prominent elder and public figure in Ondo State, has praised the 11th anniversary of Oba (Dr.) Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi Ogunlade, CFR, Odundun II, the Deji of Akure, as a milestone that showcases stability, cultural renewal and pragmatic leadership in the kingdom. Dr. Fasoranti in a statement Friday said the monarch’s decade-plus on the throne has gone beyond ceremonial duties to become “a celebration of purposeful leadership,” crediting the palace with promoting unity, restoring the cultural stature of the Akure Kingdom and fostering ties with indigenes both at home and in the diaspora. “For eleven years, Your…