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Insecurity: It Is Wrong To Say Buhari Has Failed – Adesina
The presidency has cautioned Nigerians against criticising President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to address the security challenges in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said it is wrong and uncharitable to accuse his principal of failure. “Government is working at it and it is...
TikTok Removes Over 3.6 Million Nigerian Videos In Q1 2025 For Policy Violations
TikTok, the popular short-form video platform owned by ByteDance, took down more than 3.6 million videos uploaded by Nigerian users in the first quarter of 2025 for breaching its content guidelines. The figure was revealed in TikTok’s Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for Q1 2025 and marks a significant 50% increase compared to the 2.4 million videos removed in the final...
ABN TV Director, Okali Urges Online Publishers To Shun Fake News, Envy, Gossip
The Director ABN TV and the National Editor in chief Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Mr Ifeanyi Okali, has enjoined all members of the association in Abia State to shun Fake News, envy, gossip as well as other activities that would negatively affect the image and progress of the association. He stated this in Umuahia at an election...
VAT Revenue Increased By 37% To N4.12trn In H1’25
Revenue generated through Value Added Tax (VAT) rose by 37.7 percent year-on-year to N4.12 trillion in the first half of 2025 (H1’25), up from N2.99 trillion in H1’24, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The figure, contained in the Q2’25 VAT report released in Abuja, also showed a marginal quarter-on-quarter decline of 0.03 percent from the N2.06 trillion...
Police, PSC Set Up Committee To Resolve Differences
The Police Service Commission, PSC, and the Nigeria Police Force have agreed to set up Joint Committees to resolve operational differences between the two agencies. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC in Abuja. He said the agreement was reached when the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode...
FG Begins Disbursement Of ₦44,000 Minimum Wage Arrears To Ex-Corps Members
The Federal Government has officially begun the payment of ₦44,000 minimum wage arrears to former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), fulfilling its promise following the recent upward review of corps members’ monthly allowance from ₦33,000 to ₦77,000. This arrears payment applies to ex-corps members who completed their service before the new allowance structure took effect earlier in...
Save Umunwanwa Road From Further Devastation, Abia Assembly Begs NDDC
Abia State House of Assembly members have expressed dissatisfaction with the state of Umunwanwa Road in Umuahia, the state capital, seeking the return of Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to site. ABN TV reports at the resumed plenary on Wednesday, the Member Representing Umuahia South State Constituency, Hon Barr Jerry Uzosike, who brought the issue as a matter of Urgent...
Buhari Speaks On What He’ll Be Doing After Office, Says He’s Eager To Quit
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed his desire to leave power. On several occasions in the past, Buhari had said he was counting down to the May 29 handover date. While speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, the Nigerian leader said, “I am...
Gov. Abiodun Approves Ad Hoc Committee For 2023 Hajj Operations
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the constitution of an Ad hoc Committee for the state’s Muslim Pilgrims to 2023 Hajj Operations. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, in Abeokuta on Monday named: 1. Prof Kamaldeen Balogun – Amirul Hajj 2. Imam Dr. Tajudeen Ashaye – Chairman 3. Sheikh Iskeel Lawal (Consultant to the Governor...
Soldier, Others Who Kidnapped & Killed Imo Undergraduate Over N800k Arrested, Paraded
A soldier and other suspects have confessed to killing a 22-year-old undergraduate, Micah Isiah, after collecting N800,000 in his account, so that “our image will not be dented.” Our correspondent learnt that Isiah was an undergraduate student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. One of the suspects, Ifeanyi Nwaiwu of the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering, Makurdi, Benue State,...
