Month: October 2025

Budget Office DG Yakubu lauded for driving transparency, fiscal discipline

Lukman Laleye Babalola

A civic accountability group, the Network for Fiscal Transparency and Development (NFTD), has commended the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, for ushering in what it described as “a new era of transparency, discipline, and measurable performance” in Nigeria’s public finance management. In a statement issued on Sunday by its National Coordinator, Comrade Joshua Oyenuga, NFTD said the 2024 Budget Implementation Report released by the Budget Office reflects a credible transformation in the nation’s fiscal management framework. The group noted that the report, which showed that…

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai eliminate 10 Terrorists, recover weapons in Borno ambush

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have recorded another major success in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations, neutralised ten terrorists and recovered a cache of weapons and equipment during a coordinated night ambush along the Gamboru–Dikwa–Marte axis of Borno State. The operation, carried out by troops of Sector 1, 24 Task Force Brigade, followed closely on the heels of an earlier engagement at the Katarko area, where over fifty insurgents were neutralised. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Media Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, said…

We’re created to give God pleasure — Archbishop Kawas …. Urges Believers to embrace humility and purposeful living

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Archbishop Prof. Leonard Kawas, General Overseer of World Harvest Ministries, has called on Christians to live humbly and purposefully in line with biblical teachings, stressed that humanity’s ultimate goal is to please God.   Delivering a sermon on Sunday in Abuja, Archbishop Kawas reminded believers that life only finds meaning when it aligns with God’s will.   “We are created to give God pleasure, and if you refuse, God will give you pressure,” he declared, drawing from the story of King Nebuchadnezzar, who was humbled until he acknowledged the supremacy…

Ukraine Embassy in Nigeria launches Fundraiser for Life-Saving Robots, Premieres War Film ‘BUCHA’

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria has launched a charity fundraising campaign in Abuja to support the development of robotic systems designed to rescue wounded soldiers from war zones and deliver humanitarian supplies to the frontlines of Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia.   Speaking at the event, which also featured the West African premiere of the war drama film “BUCHA,” the Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ivan Kholostenko, said the initiative, codenamed “Allies of Steel,” aimed to save lives through technology and international solidarity.   Ambassador Kholostenko explained that the specially…

An Educated Youth Without Opportunity Is a Time Bomb — Ndoma-Egba warns

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has issued a strong warning on the looming danger posed by Nigeria’s growing population of educated but unemployed youth, describing them as a “time bomb” that could threaten national stability if the government fails to provide them with education, skills, and economic opportunities.   Speaking during an interview on The Exchange, hosted by Femi Soneye, Ndoma-Egba said Nigeria’s demographic advantage could easily become a curse if urgent steps are not taken to transform its youthful population into a productive asset. He recalled how the…

Ndoma-Egba: Nigeria’s political class has lost its soul …. Says founding fathers were modest, today’s leaders flaunt wealth

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has lamented the moral and cultural decay in Nigeria’s political leadership, saying the humility and sense of service that defined the nation’s founding fathers have been replaced by vanity and self-interest. Speaking on The Exchange, a podcast hosted by Femi Soneye, the distinguished lawyer and statesman drew a stark contrast between the simple lifestyle of Nigeria’s early leaders and the flamboyance of today’s office holders. “Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa lived in a mud house, yet he commanded respect and dignity. Today’s leaders live in…

Over 400 Civic, Community groups back Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, cite transformative Oil and Gas reforms

Lukman Laleye Babalola

More than 400 community-based and civil society organisations have declared their support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, applauding his administration’s bold reforms in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector as a model of transparent and efficient governance.   The endorsement came at the Citizens Connect Conference, a three-day convergence of civic groups, youth movements, professional associations, and social accountability platforms from across the six South-West states, held in Lagos.   The event, largely attended by young Nigerians aged between 18 and 40, assessed the state of governance…

Leadership like fire: Akpabio’s path to greatness By Sufuyan Ojeifo

Emporium Reporters

History, in its long and patient arc, is a master storyteller. Its finest tales often begin with conflict rather than applause, with accusation rather than acclaim. Before the garlands and the gratitude, there is the crucible, the fire through which greatness is tested and purified. The recent wave of false accusations against Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, belongs to this ancient pattern. Far from diminishing him, they place him squarely in the historical company of giants like Socrates, Mansa Musa, Patrice Lumumba, and Nelson Mandela, whose trials became…

Rev. Oresanya Speaks on the Importance of God’s Manifested Honour and Dignity

Emporium Reporters

By Dr. Afolabi Olajuwon     Rev. Babatunde Oresanya urges believers: “Honour and dignity come to those who walk with God in the Spirit.” A spirit-filled atmosphere enveloped the Foursquare Gospel Church, Wuse District Headquarters, Abuja, on Sunday as worshippers gathered for a last Sunday of the month of October Service themed “Manifesting Pending Honour and Dignity.”   The service, attended by youth and adults alike, featured a powerful message delivered by Rev. Babatunde Oresanya, titled “Enabling the Manifestation of God’s Honour and Dignity.” Drawing his text from Esther 6:1–11,…

Ted Cruz’s genocide, blasphemy and Ida the slave boy By Festus Adedayo

Emporium Reporters

Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do, Citizen Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is on a death row. On February 23, 2020, this then 22-year-old was arrested for posting blasphemous statements on WhatsApp against Prophet Muhammad. The Kano bigoted mob, renowned for its hyena-like thirst for flesh and blood, immediately burnt down Sharif-Aminu’s family home. A musician, what Sharif-Aminu posted was, “there is no…