As we gather with family and friends today to celebrate the joy of this season, I wish everyone peace, love, and the warmth of God’s grace that Christmas comes with. May we all celebrate many more of this beautiful day in renewed strength and abundant blessings Christmas is all about joy, hope and happiness. It is about the assurance of peace, love and grace in abundance. It is about the wonderful presence of the Lord Jesus in our daily lives. His birth presents a new opportunity for us to be reassured and excited. “For unto us a child is born,…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
In what is described as a major fiscal reset aimed at addressing revenue shortfalls, weak capital execution and overlapping budget cycles, the National Assembly on Tuesday, 23 December, 2025 approved a revised N43.5 trillion 2024 Appropriation Act and a reworked N48.3 trillion 2025 budget framework, with the 2025 fiscal year extended to March 31, 2026. The approval followed marathon plenary sessions in both chambers, culminating in the passage of the Appropriation Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bills for the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years, transmitted to the legislature by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday, 19 December, 2025. At the Senate, the…
The Vice Chairman of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu Ode and the lawyer holding brief for the family, Prof Fassy Yusuf, on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025, confirmed that the popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde, fondly called KWAW 1, has withdrawn the suit filed against the state government and the ruling house over the selection process of the next Awujale of Ijebu land, reports The Punch online. Ayinde, in a notice of discontinuance dated December 22 and filed before the state High Court sitting in Ijebu Ode, was said to have told the court of his wish not to…
The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Simon Ortuanya, on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025 appointed legendary writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as a visiting professor of the institution. Ortuanya also appointed African Development Bank (AfDB) Executive, Prof. Kevin Urama, and a professor at the University of Chicago, Prof. James Robinson, as visiting professors of UNN. The acting Public Relation Officer (PRO) of UNN, Mr Inya Egwu, who confirmed the appointment of the duo through a statement issued on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025, said that the appointments dated Dec. 18 and signed by the VC, was part of…
As parts of measures to ensure a peaceful and secured Christmas and New Year celebration for residents and visitors in Lagos State, the state Police Command has deployed more than 5,000 police personnel across the state, reports thegazellenews.com. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer,SP Abimbola Adebisi, who confirmed the development through a statement issued on the evening of Tuesday, 23 December, 2025, said deployment followed the Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh’s order, in line with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr kayode Egbetokun. According to Adebisi, the security operation involved conventional police officers, tactical units, intelligence…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided by Justice Emeka Nwite on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025 ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce Commissioner of Finance, Bauchi State, Yakubu Adamu, in court on Dec. 30 for arraignment over alleged N4.6 billion money laundering. Justice Nwite, who gave the order after EFCC’s lawyer, Samuel Chime, failed to produce Adamu in court to take his plea, threatened to sanction the prosecuting counsel if he failed to come with the defendant in the next adjourned date. It was gathered that although Adamu, alongside a firm, Ayab Agro Products and Freight…
Following the political path of his uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, famous Nigerian Afrobeats sensation, David Adeleke, popularly addressed as Davido, on Tuesday, 23 December, 2025, announced that he is joining the Accord Party(AP). Davido, who confirmed the development through his verified X account on Tuesday, 23 December, 2025, said he would be in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025 to collect his Accord Party membership card. “I will be live in Osun to pick up my Accord Party membership card at Imole House, Osogbo,” the singer wrote. This move comes about two weeks after…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered 41 properties valued at over N212 billion allegedly linked to Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. The assets, spread across Kebbi State, Kano State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, include hotels, universities, schools, factories, fuel businesses, radio stations and luxury homes. Investigations showed that properties in Kebbi State alone are worth N162.1 billion, while assets traced to Kano State are valued at N16 billion. Properties in the FCT were put at N34.6 billion, bringing the total value to N212.8 billion. Following the discovery, the…
By Tunde Akanni “Like play…”, as they say, Dangote emerges the Man of the Year 2025! A consumerist perspective, you may say. But who could have imagined that the 2024 Gen Zs’ “no gree for anybody” slogan would get a lease of life from the least likely quarter? Dangote volunteered. He tore through the muscles of powerful oil sectors’ big men. Only one was in sight but big ones fell! And even a third. Dangote no gree for anybody. He has come to reaffirm his conquest of the sector. May the conquest signal better future for citizens. Yeah, unlike POTUS…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025, in Lagos, inaugurated a Committee on Strategy, Conflict Resolution and Mobilisation to resolve conflicts within the All Progressives Congress as it approaches the 2027 general elections. The committee, which comprises Governors of the party, members of the Federal Executive Council, and other notable stakeholders, has the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Bala Buni, as Chairman, and Dr Muiz Banire, SAN, former National Legal Adviser of the APC, as Member/Secretary. Other members include: Senator Adamu Aliero; Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbduRazak; Chairman of Progressive…