…Trust Fund to revive the abandoned National Library of Nigeria headquarters complex in Abuja. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, following the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the augmentation of the existing contract for the completion and comprehensive furnishi…

…elected president of Nigeria in 2027. During his inauguration at the Eagles’ Square in Abuja in 2023, Tinubu had declared an end to the fuel subsidy regime. ‘Tinubu practising Robin Hood economics, robbing poor to subsidise rich people’ – Atiku

…Yilwatda held a closed-door meeting with Sanusi shortly after the monarch returned from Abuja. Dallatu said, “The APC national chairman paid a courtesy visit to His Highness, the Emir of Kano, at the Rumfa Palace on Saturday.” He added, “The Emir had just returned from Abuja when the meeting took place, and the two hel…

…ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!"If Abuja is Nigeria's political capital, if Lagos is the country's economic hub, then Sokoto is the heart of Islamdom in Nigeria," Akintola wrote in the statement. "Any attack on Sokoto is deemed by Nigerian Muslims as an attack on Muslims in…

…“Credit should go to the National Peace Committee for last Tuesday’s peace signing in Abuja, and committing candidates to issue-focused campaigns as against hate-laced politicking”, Arogundade said. “The fear, however, is that politicians will always be politicians, and we did witness how a senator called for the killi…

…benefit communities across the states rather than selected constituencies. Similarly, an Abuja-based analyst, Olayemi Adebanjo, said the increased revenue should have led to stronger interventions in affordable transportation, healthcare, education, agriculture and job creation. Another analyst, Festus Oyabambi, said r…

…for the 2027 General Election. Amupitan stated this on Friday, August 21, 2026, in Abuja during separate courtesy visits by Mr David Sproule, Chargé d’Affaires of the Canadian High Commission to Nigeria, and Mr Moritz Sprenker, Country Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, KAS, to the Commission’s headquarter…

By Victor Ahiuma-Young, ABUJA Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, have ushered in a new era with the election of Bosun Olabiyi-Agoro as its elected National President.He took over from Festus Osifo, who is the President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC.Ola…

…Quadrennial National Delegates Conference held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, after the Petroleum and Energy Advancement and Leadership Summit 2026. PUNCH Online reports that the new PENGASSAN President, a petroleum engineer and labour leader with over 20 years’ experience in Nigeria’s oil and gas indus…

…declarations privately before the court. Reacting in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku questioned the FBI’s justification for secrecy, arguing that Nigerians were already bearing the consequences of the government’s economic policies. “…

…states. Wike spoke on Saturday after inspecting the Apo-Karshi and Kubwa-Bwari roads in Abuja, a day after the Presidency announced the composition of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and named former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, as its Director-General. Asked whether he would have wanted to be…

…would strengthen key transmission corridors, including Lagos, Enugu-Port Harcourt, and Abuja-Kaduna-Kano, while expanding electricity access and improving the reliability of power supplied to businesses and households. “Over 80 per cent access, ATC&C losses below 17 per cent, the capacity gap closed – Nigerian industry…

…8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - Former Sokoto State Governor and Senator representing Sokoto South, Aminu Tambuwal, met with Minister of Defence Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.) over the growing security crisis in parts of Sokoto State.Tambuwal arrived at the…

…8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has revealed that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, deliberately skipped the signing of the National Peace Accord as a form of protest against what the party considers a weak an…

…8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun State, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The meeting came days after Oyebamiji lost the Osun governorshi…

…news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!He stated this while speaking from Abuja in a statement made available to Legit.ng."Nobody should interfere with the internal leadership crisis of Accord. This is a matter before the courts, and we shall pursue it to its logical and lawful conclusion." Dispute predate…

Mohbad: DNA is not recognized in our laws as a way of proving the paternity of a child - Abuja lawyer Stan Alieke (video) An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Stan Alieke, has ignited a fierce online debate after asserting that DNA tests hold secondary status under Nigerian law when determining child paternity. In a vira…

…re-election bid in 2027. Wike made the remark while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday about the visit of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to his residence on Thursday. The FCT minister claimed that Adeleke was now on the side of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and suggested that the oppositio…

…2026 while receiving Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Presidential Villa in Abuja after he won the August 15 governorship election. Tinubu revived the nickname while criticising former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's proposal to restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027. "I saw one of my opponents (At…

…on Friday at the end of the three-day 5th PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit, held in Abuja from August 19 to 21, 2026. The communiqué was jointly signed by the PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, and the General Secretary, Jerry Amah. The summit, with the theme, “Strengthening Regulatory Frameworks as a Catalyst for St…

…Philip Aduda in the 2027 National Assembly elections. Wike made the call on Thursday in Abuja during an inspection of the ongoing construction of the 5-kilometre Zaudna-Kaba-Kagini Road. The minister, who campaigned for Aduda, who lost the FCT Senate seat to Kingibe in 2023, described him as a “man of the people” with…

…clarification comes after Adeleke visited President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, days after winning a second term in office. He was accompanied by the National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. The visit marked Adeleke’s first publicly known meeting with Tinubu since his victory in the August 15 g…

…(NUPENG), led by its President, Comrade Salimon Akanni Oladiti, at the State House in Abuja.

…the APC’s Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815. Isaac said the governor travelled to Abuja shortly after his victory to show his certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu, a gesture he described as a betrayal of the loyalty he had shown during the campaign. “Six days after, the governor is in Abuja, showing his cert…

…(popularly known as tokunbo) vehicles by 90 percent. Speaking at the weekend in Abuja, the Director of Media, Mrs Susan Taiwo, in a paper presentation said high cost of brand-new vehicles has made many people in the country depend on tokunbo vehicles to meet their needs in the automotive industry. In a paper titled “Un…