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KEY TAKEAWAYS Atiku Abubakar attacked the Tinubu government for putting N22.15bn in the 2026 Appropriation Act to build and renovate 106 palaces nationwide. In a Thursday statement signed by his aide, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the 1999 Constitution leaves traditional institutions to states and councils, not Abuja. Atiku asked the Presidency, Budget Office and MDAs to publish the 106 palaces, locations, allocations, procurement details and constitutional basis. Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government’s decision to allocate ₦22.15 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act for the construction…

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO”) has today announced full plans for its 16th Annual Autism Conference scheduled to hold on Monday, July 27th and Tuesday, July 28th, at the Muson Centre, Lagos. Themed “Acceptance in Action: From Family to Classroom to Workplace to Public Spaces,” the Conference, which will be followed by one-on-one family consultations by specialists, continues the Group’s commitment to advocating for Autism through access to developmental support, professional guidance, and learning opportunities for individuals on the autism spectrum and their families. Over the years, the GTCO Autism Programme has become a leading platform for Autism advocacy…

Zenith Bank Plc has been named “Africa’s Best Bank” and “Nigeria’s Best Bank”, the latter for the second consecutive year, at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026, clinching the biggest and most coveted national and continental awards in banking. The awards were presented to the Bank on Thursday, 16 July 2026, at The Peninsula London Hotel, London. This dual recognition is a testament to the Bank’s sustained excellence in financial performance, customer service, digital innovation, and its contribution to economic development across Nigeria and the wider African continent.   The Euromoney Awards for Excellence are among the most respected…

An American lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has questioned the authenticity of the purported letter from United States President Donald Trump to President Bola Tinubu, arguing that the document released by the Presidency raises serious concerns. The firm made the remarks in a post on X after comparing what it described as an authentic letter sent by Trump to Argentine President Javier Milei with the version released by an account linked to President Tinubu, using the Facebook handle PBATMediaCentre. According to the lobbyist, the format of the document circulated by the Nigerian Presidency differs significantly from the original style of correspondence…

Social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, has challenged Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Moshood Jimoh, to publicly respond to allegations that he conspired to frame a businessman, Ahmed Tajudeen Akanbi, in a murder case. VeryDarkMan had made the allegation in a video shared on his official social media page, where he questioned the handling of the investigation into the death of Sheriff Salami and accused the officer of compromising the integrity of the criminal justice process. According to the activist, the AIG allegedly worked with Aare Bashiru Fakorede to implicate Akanbi in the murder despite earlier confessions by…

The dream that a private sector-led oil exploration drive will return to northern Nigeria and other frontier basins where taxpayers’ money has been invested in recent years suffered a major setback yesterday after investors outrightly refused to bid for oil blocks in most inland basins. This is coming four years after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) led former President Muhammadu Buhari to Kolmani, announcing a one billion-barrel oil discovery, 500 billion standard cubic feet of gas, a proposed $3 billion investment, a refinery, fertiliser plant as well as gas-fired power plants. Unlike previous bid rounds, 13 of the…

Ogechi, an alleged former pedicurist of singer Wasiu Ayinde, aka K1 De Ultimate/ Kwam1, has called him out for denying the paternity of their teenage daughter. The beautician called out the singer in an interview with Feel Rightnews on Tuesday. Accusing the singer of telling her to abort the pregnancy, Ogechi explained that she dated Kwam1 for seven years before she got pregnant for him. While urging the singer to take responsibility for his daughter, she said, “So when the girl was about a year plus, I now decided to go to Kabiru Agbabiaka, then he was still alive. We went…

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said the 1999 Constitution does not compel political parties or governments to balance appointments and electoral tickets along religious lines. CityNews reports that Sule said the Constitution instead emphasised federal character, ethnic representation and inclusiveness in public appointments. The governor spoke on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Sule was responding to comments by the 2027 vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over representation and political inclusion. The governor described Kwankwaso’s position as a normal feature of opposition politics. Sule said, “I think it is normal for Senator Kwankwaso, whom…

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has summoned the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to explain what his office did after it was alerted to the activities of the organisation in October 2025. The committee also insisted that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, must appear personally before it to explain issues arising from the ministry’s submissions concerning the council. CityNews reports that the decisions were taken during the committee’s sitting on Tuesday. The committee, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, is investigating how the council, which the Presidency has said was not established by…

Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi reported one-term agreement with Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has ignited reactions across the Southeast, with several prominent Igbo leaders distancing the region from the arrangement. CityNews Nigeria earlier reported that NDC Vice Presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso disclosed that Obi had agreed to serve only one term if elected president in 2027 before handing over power to the North. However, influential voices from the Southeast have rejected any suggestion that the agreement represents the position of the Igbo people, describing it as a personal political commitment that cannot be imposed on an entire region. Speaking on…