FG Mandates Employees’ Compensation Scheme For All Public Workers
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…
Reps Committee Probes Glitches In Conduct Of 2025 WASSCE
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…
War Continues As Ukraine, Russia Fail To Reach Ceasefire Agreement
Ukraine and Russia failed at talks in Istanbul on Monday to make a breakthrough on an immediate halt to their fighting. They, however, agreed on another large-scale prisoner exchange. At the second round of direct…
Another Blood Bath In Benue, 58 Killed
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…
S/Africa re-opens inquiry into deaths of apartheid-era activists
A South African court opened an inquest Monday into the murders 40 years ago of four anti-apartheid activists by a police hit squad in one of the most notorious atrocities of the apartheid era. No one has been…
Carbon Offsets: Lagos 57 LGAs to receive ₦1bn annually for green development
…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…
North must support south west in 2027 to complete 8yrs in power – Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna central zone at the 8th Senate, has said that the North appreciated the progress made so far under President Bola Tinubu, and urged the people to support the President in…
Chelsea put 14 players up for sale this summer in massive clearout [Full List]
Chelsea are preparing for a dramatic summer overhaul, with new head coach Enzo Maresca set to lead a mass exodus that could see up to 14 first-team players leave Stamford Bridge. Fresh off securing a…
Flooding: Peter Obi donates N20m to Mokwa flood victims
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…
Midnight Exams: WAEC faces N100bn lawsuit
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…
2027 will decide Tinubu’s fate – Atiku tells APC
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…
Suspected employment fraudster hands self to EFCC
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…
Speed Darlington seeks rescheduling of NAPTIP appearance over viral video
Controversial singer Speed Darlington has requested that his scheduled appearance before the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) be moved to June 26, following public outrage over a…
Inflation: Nigerians hiking prices to make govt ‘look bad’ – Tope Fasua
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…
“Nobody has the guts to sack me from PDP” – Wike dares critics
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that no individual within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can expel him from…
‘I won’t move out of my ex-husband’s house’ – Woman insists after divorce
A mother of six, Latinate Sanusi, on Monday, told a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, that she can’t leave her former husband’s house after three pronouncements of divorce. Ms Sanusi stated this in response to…
We’ll not let Trump whitewash the history of apartheid in South Africa
In a blatant attempt to whitewash the history of apartheid in South Africa, Donald Trump accused South Africa of genocide against white South Africans. Therefore, he sent a private plane to bring 59 White South…
Coalition Turns to Amaechi for 2027 Amid Atiku–Obi Standoff, as Proposed Party Name Emerges
The proposed opposition coalition is considering former Transportation Minister Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as its likely presidential candidate for the 2027…
Bandits move towards Zamfara capital, invade seven villages near Gusau
At least seven villages near Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, have been invaded and set ablaze by armed bandits since Saturday. The attacks were revealed in a post on Sunday by security analyst Bakatsine via X…
If you don’t have a job, you sit down and read newspapers – Wike slams Bode George
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has slammed a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George over his comment that he achieved a great height in his political career due to the party’s…
FG Declares June 6, 9 Holidays To Mark Eid-Ul-Adha Celebrations
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 6, and Monday, June 9, 2025, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebrations.…
2027: Presidency, APC mount pressure on 4 PDP governors to decamp
The Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have intensified pressure on governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defect. Multiple sources informed Daily Sun that some of the opposition…
NDLEA Nabs Syndicate Sponsoring Pilgrims With Cocaine To Hajj
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who also serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage. This followed the…
Tinubu surrounded by wrong people, should rejig cabinet – Ado-Ibrahim
The Young Progressives Party, YPP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Malik Ado-Ibrahim, has faulted the composition of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet, asking the Nigerian leader to reshuffle his team.…