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The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday suspended its strike, which started on Monday. JUSUN announced the suspension in a communiqué issued after it met with the representatives of the Chief Judge of…

Troops of Operation Udo Ka have intercepted a truck laden with “over 164,000 live cartridges” in Anambra state.  The weapons were allegedly bound for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to stop deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) transactions directly from customers’ accounts. The…

Bandits have released Yakubu Dada, who was abducted alongside his youngest wife, Lami, along Kontagora Road in Niger State on October 31, 2024. Dada was reportedly freed on Monday, June 2, 2025, after his…

• UNIPORT, FUTA, 12 others fail to comply • UNIBEN, ATBU stand out• UNILAG, UNILORIN, UI, ABU, UNN, UNIABUJA, 17 others in partial compliance • Many institutions digitally backward, Bugaje laments Despite the…

The once-cordial relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his long-time political protégé, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, appears to be fraying, and with no signs of reconciliation in…

A disturbing trend of ‘slump-and-die’ incidents, spanning all ages and professions, is emerging in Nigeria and doctors have warned that undiagnosed heart conditions, extreme stress, and substance abuse are likely…

Former Abia State Governor and senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has alleged that elements within Nigeria’s political elite are backing Boko Haram in a bid to destabilise President Bola Tinubu’s…

The Presidency has begun internal approval processes to resolve the N2tn legacy debt owed to electricity generation companies before the end of the coming quarter, as part of efforts to stabilise Nigeria’s power…

The political atmosphere in Lagos is getting more competitive as the local government election is fast approaching. In this report, GBENGA OLONINIRAN details the internal divisions within different political parties…

Former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Yusufu Buratai, who was notorious for human rights abuses and clampdown on protesters, has expressed "concerns"…

No fewer than 2717 intending pilgrims from Nigeria have been denied visas by the Saudi Arabian government. This was disclosed by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in a statement signed by the NAHCON’s…

Federal allocations to each of the 36 states have increased by more than 62 percent in the last two years, the Presidency has said. A document made available to the Nigerian Tribune at the weekend by the…

Barely four days to the Eid el-Kabir celebration, the price of rams has risen by over 85 per cent in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is even as ram sellers are complaining of low…

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) says it is commencing a sensitisation of civil servants in furtherance of the implementation of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme in the Federal civil service.The…

House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies has requested for the guidelines and detailed report on the conduct of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) The…

No fewer than 58 people have been killed in a bloody weekend marked by fresh armed attacks and a communal clash across three local government areas of Benue State. At least 43 of the victims were said to…

…As Lagos, GreenPlinth Sign MoU on 80M Clean Cookstoves Initiative …National Distribution to Begin June 25 The Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, has signed a landmark…

The former Governor of Anambra, and the 2023 Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has donated twenty million naira to the victims of flooding in Mokwa, Niger on Monday. Obi, who was received by the…

A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Evans Ufeli, has dragged the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the Minister of Education before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, seeking redress for…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that the 2027 general elections will serve as a referendum on President Bola Tinubu’s administration. His media adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, made this assertion in a chat…

A suspected employment fraudster, Idris Adamu, on Monday handed himself over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Gombe State over alleged impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. EFCC…

Tope Fasua, an economist and special adviser to the president on economic affairs, has accused Nigerians of hiking prices of goods and services and causing inflation to make President Bola Tinubu’s government look bad. In a…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that no individual within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can expel him from…