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By I.U Ajaero                                                                 The headquarters of Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Abuja. The most important question arising from Nigeria’s fake-agency scandal is no longer simply how an alleged impostor managed to present himself as a government official. It is how an organisation the Federal Government says was never legally created passed through official administrative systems and ultimately appeared in the 2026 federal budget. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has now identified serious weaknesses in the process through which the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) was admitted into the federal budget. According to the commission’s findin...

By I.U Ajaero.                                                                  Dolly Parton poses against a wooden backdrop wearing a red patterned blouse and flared jeans. Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi has paid tribute to American country music legend Dolly Parton, describing her life as an example of compassion, humility and generosity that survived extraordinary fame and success. Parton died at the age of 80, her family announced on August 25, 2026. Reuters reported that the singer, songwriter and actress died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee. Obi's tribute, shared in a social media post, focused less on Parton's awards, commercial success and celebrity status than on the values he believed defined her life. “There is something deeply moving about Dolly Parton that goes beyond h...

By I.U Ajaero.                                                                A Dangote Refinery worker operates monitoring equipment inside the refinery complex in Lagos. Nigeria's Dangote Refinery is approaching a potentially historic stock-market listing, but the success of the proposed IPO may depend on a question that has little to do with the capital market itself: whether the refinery can secure enough crude oil at a competitive price. Reuters reports that Dangote Refinery is preparing for a potential October 2026 initial public offering that could seek to raise about $5 billion , potentially making it Africa's largest IPO. The refinery has reached its initial 650,000-barrels-per-day capacity and has tested output of up to 700,000 barrels per day. It also plans to expand capacity to about 1.4 million barrels per day with...

By News Beacon Editorial Desk.                             President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks during an official engagement. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered Nigeria's military, police, Department of State Services and other security and intelligence agencies to launch an immediate coordinated operation to rescue victims of a mass abduction in Niger State. The directive, announced by the Presidency on Tuesday, August 25, follows attacks on communities in Borgu Local Government Area during which armed men abducted worshippers and other residents. The exact number of people taken remains unconfirmed. Police and local accounts initially put the number at dozens. The Associated Press reported estimates of between 60 and 80 abductees, while a video circulated on social media later prompted residents to claim that the number could be as high as 600. Reuters reported that the footage appeared to show about 60...

By News Beacon Editorial Desk.                     Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s First Lady, pictured in traditional attire during an official engagement. The Federal Government is preparing to unveil a $1 billion Renewed Hope Social Protection Programme designed to strengthen support for poor and vulnerable Nigerians and create a more coordinated system for delivering humanitarian assistance, social protection and economic-inclusion interventions. The programme is being developed under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction and is expected to be unveiled in Abuja by First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu . Multiple Nigerian media reports place the unveiling around August 25, although some reports have subsequently cited August 26, making the government's final event notice important for publication-day verification. At the centre of the initiative is the One Humanitarian–One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS) ,...