New water project commissionings and flag-offs have begun in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the leadership of Minister Nyesom Wike. Lere Olayinka, the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, made this announcement on Tuesday. The Lower Usuma Dam Water Treatment Plant in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council, was renovated and commissioned … Read more
According to Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, “electoral robbers” will be thwarted in the 2026 governorship election if the people of the state are vigilant and actively participate. Adeleke further promised that the people of the state will fight back against any effort to undermine their mandate. Adeleke, through his spokesman Olawale Rasheed, … Read more
A year has passed since the leaders of the Okuama community in Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom were taken into military detention without being tried. The people of Okuama have pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to help their leaders. The leaders were apprehended on March 14, 2024, in relation to the murder of seventeen officers and soldiers … Read more
In the midst of a strike ultimatum, the Nigerian government allegedly granted the Nigerian Labour Congress two crucial demands. The demands include the nomination of Opeyemi Agbaje as head of the National Pension Commission and the reversal of the 40% deduction from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund into the national treasury. At the time … Read more
All of the South-East governors are behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign in 2027, according to David Umahi, the former governor of Ebonyi State and current minister of works. Ebonyi 1st Choice News Media (@peopleofebonyi_) posted the footage to Instagram on Sunday, where Umahi made the comments. He was adamant that, thanks to his work … Read more
The by-elections for the Anambra South Senatorial and Onitsha North 1 State House of Assembly that took place on Saturday were won by the All Progressives Grand Alliance. Election results for the seven LGAs that comprise the Anambra South Senatorial District and the Onitsha North 1 seat were announced on Sunday by the Independent National … Read more
Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami (rtd.), who was 81 years old, has passed away. He was the Emir of Zuru in the state of Kebbi. In a statement issued on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, Alhaji Garba Umar-Dutsinmari, the Kebbi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, announced the monarch’s demise. Saturday night, following a … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered over N5bn and $10m from contractors and government officials indicted in the fraud in the turnaround maintenance of the nation’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Warri. Sunday XANDERTECH reliably gathered that the anti-graft agency was working to recover another N10bn and $13m allegedly siphoned through contractors … Read more
Sunday XANDERTECH has obtained official numbers showing that in the first half of 2025, the Federal Government, via the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee, withdrew a total of N256.52bn from revenue allocations to finance gas infrastructure projects. In the midst of the government’s most recent strategy to examine deductions and revenue retention methods, this occurs. The … Read more
On Saturday, Dennis Idahosa, Deputy Governor of Edo State, praised the extraordinary participation in the current by-election for the House of Representatives seat representing the Ovia Federal Constituency. While voting at the Iguobazuwa West Ward of the Ovia South-West Local Government Area, Idahosa was at Unit 3, Old Education Board, when he expressed his admiration. … Read more