Author: Standard Focus

By Kingsley Ojeme Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu; and former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, have secured the All Progressives Congress, APC, tickets to contest the 2027 House of Representatives elections in Abia State. Both political heavyweights emerged unopposed during the APC House of Representatives primary elections conducted across the eight... Read more

By Adeyemi Ajasi ABUJA: A female House of Representatives aspirant in Ondo State, Hon. Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi has called on President Bola Tinubu and the APC national leadership to protect the outcome of Saturday's primary election in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo and Odigbo Federal Constituency. She alleged that intimidation, disruption of voting lines and attempts to compromise results had marred an exercise in... Read more

By Vincent Ekpo Nigeria’s battle against Lassa fever has worsened, with the death toll rising to 191 as confirmed infections continue to spread across the country, prompting fresh concerns from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention over the country’s growing fatality rate. The latest situation report released by the agency showed that 23 states and 106 Local Government... Read more

By Linda Anayo ABUJA — The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party intensified on Thursday as the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, disclosed that security agencies had invited former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, senior lawyer Kabiru Turaki and others over alleged impersonation linked to the formation of a rival interim National Working Committee. The development marks a fresh twist... Read more

By Joshua Anthony The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has called for stronger collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to drive technology-based policing reforms and strengthen security training institutions across the country. Disu made the appeal on Thursday during a visit by a high-powered police delegation to the TETFund headquarters in Abuja, where discussions... Read more

By Clement John ABUJA — Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed reports of an alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement, describing the claim as “political fraud” ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike, who spoke with journalists on Thursday during an inspection of ongoing road projects in Gomani-Yangoji, Kwali Area Council... Read more

By Ruth MomoduPresident of the Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has alleged that entrenched interests in Nigeria’s oil sector mounted resistance against the establishment of the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Dangote said the powerful network of fuel importers feared the refinery would disrupt the long-standing system that encouraged the importation of refined petroleum products into Nigeria... Read more

By Clement John The opposition African Democratic Congress has criticised the Federal Government’s plan to secure a fresh $1.25 billion loan from the World Bank, describing the country’s economic direction under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a “Ponzi-style economy” driven by mounting debt and worsening hardship. The party said the proposed loan, coming amid Nigeria’s rising public debt estimated at... Read more

By John Kefas Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday raised concerns over the poor impact of donor-funded education interventions in parts of Nigeria, revealing that regions that received nearly 80 per cent of development partners’ investments in the sector over the past decade still rank lowest in literacy and numeracy nationwide. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in Abuja... Read more

By John Kefas Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, over an alleged money laundering case involving more than N500 billion. The arrest, which reportedly took place in Abuja on Wednesday, comes amid intensified anti-corruption investigations within Nigeria’s power and energy sector following the recent conviction of... Read more