President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has today conferred the second highest national honour of Grand Commander of Order of Niger (GCON) on the Awujale, a paramount traditional ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, for his immense and invaluable contributions towards national development. The traditional father received the title at the 90th birthday ceremony celebrated at the Oba Sikiru Adetona School of Governance, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun state.

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has intercepted a vessel that allegedly fled from Gabon without proper documentation. The vessel, MV BLU-SHARK , was intercepted in Calabar on May 6 at about 11:52hours by the navy’s NNS OSE, a statement by the Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, said on Friday in Abuja.

The Defence Headquarters has received 20 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC’s) as parts of the Federal Government’s efforts to fight insecurity in the country. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Christopher Musa received the keys of the vehicles during a brief ceremony at the Ministry of Defence Abuja, on Wednesday.

The House of Representatives has requested the presence of security in schools across the nation to prevent insecurity in the country.

President Bola Tinubu has returned from his trip abroad after spending 10 days of speculations over his whereabouts by concern Nigerians. According to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the president returned to Nigeria, today Wednesday morning. In a news flash by the media House, the NTA said: “President Bola Tinubu returns to Abuja after his trips to the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia”.

The Senate has yesterday constituted a seven-man ad-hoc committee to probe into how the $18.5billion budgeted for Abuja Centenary Economic City project has not been able to complete the project after 10 years. The committee was also tasked to extend their investigation into reviewing the original public-private partnership agreement and recommending amendments, if necessary, to facilitate the smooth and expeditious completion of the project within a defined timeframe.