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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to honour the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement or face a nationwide industrial action. ASUU President, Chris Piwuna, issued this warning…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has marked one year since the launch of the student loan portal on May 24, 2024. The Fund said in just 12 months, it had transformed access to education financing…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, may have foreclosed his participation in the coalition that would challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives…

It’s been nearly three weeks since pirates seized two passenger boats along the Port Harcourt–Bille waterways, dragging 13 passengers—eight of them schoolchildren—into the creeks. Today, their families are clinging to…

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has said that a “spiritual solution” is part of what Nigeria needs to…

The Federal Government has announced plans to begin urgent repairs on damaged expansion joints along key bridges on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, following rising concerns over safety. Federal Controller of Works in…

Former Senate Leader and Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno) has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Nigerians especially from the North into key Federal government parastatals and agencies. Tinubu had on…

THE family members of Okasime Olowojoba, the Ward I Akoko-Edo local government area chairman of Labour Party (LP) and the people of Igarra, particularly his family members, are worried that one month after he was…

The Competitive African Rice Forum (CARF-FSD Nigeria) has expressed concern that policy inconsistencies, selective import duty waivers, and the unchecked smuggling of rice are threatening the viability of Nigeria’s…

Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno has barred the Channels Television crew from the Government House Press Centre in Uyo following the station’s broadcast of a video…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, as the new Director General of the National Institute of Sports (NIS). Established by the government of…

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said the Federal Government has jettisoned the national carrier project, stressing that it is now focused on supporting the growth of local carriers.…

The bereaved father of 13-year-old Kehinde Odunayo, Alade Odunayo, has again spoken out after his son was shot and killed by a policeman in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident which occurred on a day when Odunayo was…

The Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Ayodele Toyosi, the promoter of Reaprite Global Limited and Agrorite Limited.…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced a scheduled maintenance shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), set to begin on May 24, 2025. In a statement released on Saturday…

The quality of service by public hospitals and primary health centres in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has dropped significantly, many residents have lamented. Findings by our reporters revealed that the issues…

With the weakening of major opposition political parties in Nigeria, pundits say only a few options are left for the opposition parties to make meaningful impact at the next general elections.  With many concluding…

The Nigeria Youth Forum (NYF) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revoke the licences of underperforming electricity distribution companies (DisCos) and invite credible investors with the technical capacity…

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has directed the sealing of the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, starting Monday. The building is among over 4,700 properties earlier marked for revocation by the FCT Administration in…

The legal team of suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has received a formal summons in the case filed against her by the Federal Government at the Federal Capital Territory High Court last week.…

The Osun State Government has said it will wait for the outcome of Oba Joseph Oloyede’s trial for COVID-19 relief fund fraud before taking action. It, however, said despite its respect for traditional institutions,…

Two individuals have been hospitalised following the crash-landing of a Diamond training aircraft operated by the Aviation Training School in Ilorin.…

Despite being just a few hours away from Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling commercial capital, Igbokofi, one of the rural communities in Ogun State, continues to suffer years of neglect, particularly a lack of access to…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced 18 foreign nationals to one year imprisonment each for cybercrime, fraud, impersonation, and attempting to destabilize Nigeria’s constitutional structure.…