Ripples Nigeria News Updates

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. Tinubu submits ₦1.48trn Rivers Appropriation Bill to NASS amid assembly suspension President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, formally submitted the 2025 Appropriation Bill for Rivers State to the National Assembly, following the recent suspension of the state’s House… Read more »

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered an interim forfeiture of landed property linked to two former Directors of Finance and Accounts Department in the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Suleiman Bulkwang and Abdullahi Sambo. The judge gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes… Read more »

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) board to consolidate the gains of the ongoing economic reforms. The President, according to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the call at the inauguration of the NNPC… Read more »

Police operatives in Niger have arrested a suspect for allegedly having counterfeit CFA currency in the state’s Hajj camp. The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Minna. He said the police on May 18 received information that a syndicate who… Read more »

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday endorsed President Bola Tinubu as the party’s sole candidate of the party in the 2027 Presidential election. The party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, and members of the committee, announced the endorsement at the party’s National Summit held… Read more »

The Federal Government has filed a case against the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over alleged defamatory remarks on television at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. The government in the suit filed on May 16 accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of “making imputation knowing or having reason to believe that… Read more »

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday urged party members to avoid sabotage and remain focused on national progress. Ganduje, who made the call at the APC National Summit held at the Presidential Villa’s Banquet Hall, Abuja, confirmed the APC’s endorsement of President Tinubu… Read more »

The Senate has withdrawn a motion on the exclusion of the Anambra/Imo River Basin from the N380 billion allocated in the 2025 budget. This followed the adoption of a motion presented by Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, during Thursday’s plenary in Abuja.… Read more »

The Nigerian equities market continued its slump as investors lost N274 billion at the close of trading on Thursday. This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks like May & Baker Nigeria, Chellarams Plc and Linkage Assurance amongst others on the trading floor. The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI… Read more »

Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday admitted in evidence a detailed phone conversation where a suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Abdulazeez, demanded N20 million ransom from the relatives of the businessman. The judge received the phone conversation alongside other evidence tendered by the Department of State Service… Read more »