By Obinna Uballa The Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation has uncovered more than N61 billion in questionable transactions involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), revealing a sweeping pattern of financial breaches, unverified expenditures and violations of federal regulations across the national oil company and its subsidiaries. The concerning findings are contained…
By Obinna Uballa Nigeria’s subnational governments are facing deepening fiscal distress as 30 states piled up a combined N1.06 trillion in unpaid obligations to contractors and retirees in 2024, despite receiving the highest federal allocations in the country’s history. The troubling figures were contained in BudgIT’s newly released 2025 State of States report. The civic…
By Abiola Olawale The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State has confirmed that 50 students abducted from St. Mary's Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools have escaped their captors and have been reunited with their families. The students, part of a group of over 300 pupils, students, and teachers seized during a mass…
By Abiola Olawale Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners' Chapel), David Oyedepo, has issued a spiritual rallying cry, instructing Christians nationwide to engage in a coordinated one-hour midnight 'prayer raid' to counter the escalating violence and deadly attacks on churches and worshippers across Nigeria. The announcement, delivered during a Sunday's pre-Shiloh encounter service,…
By Abiola Olawale The Federal Government (FG) has dismissed viral reports of a nationwide school shutdown This is as the government assured parents, students, and educators that it has not issued a directive to shut down schools nationwide. This development comes as there has been a surge in mass abduction of schoolchildren across the north-west…
By Abiola Olawale The Kaduna State government has denied a claim made by former Governor Nasir El-Rufai that the current administration paid ₦1 billion to bandits. In a statement released, the Kaduna State Government, under Governor Uba Sani, described the allegation as "astonishing," "fabricated," and "absolute rubbish from a man who founded the culture of…
By Obinna Uballa A fresh surge of mass abductions across northern Nigeria has triggered nationwide fear, as parents, teachers and school owners express deep anxiety over the fate of 327 pupils kidnapped in Kebbi and Niger states. The incidents, the latest in a disturbing pattern of attacks on educational institutions, have heightened concerns that no…
By Obinna Uballa The Kebbi State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private secondary schools across the state, citing worsening security threats and rising attacks on communities. The New Diplomat had reported that terrorists stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the…
By Abiola Olawale A wave of relief has swept across Kwara State as Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq announced the successful release of all 38 worshippers abducted from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke-Isegun, Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area. The freed individuals, who were taken during a brutal mid-week prayer service, regained their freedom on Sunday,…
