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President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring a stable academic calendar, improved staff welfare and uninterrupted power supply across Nigerian universities, declaring that education remains central to his Renewed Hope Agenda. He also announced the introduction of a Staff Loan Scheme for academic and non-academic workers in tertiary institutions, aimed at reducing […]

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has called on the National Assembly to urgently pass the Electoral Bill 2025, warning that continued delays could undermine critical electoral reforms and threaten the credibility of the 2027 elections. In a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party accused the APC-led Senate of delaying the […]

Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has sacked the traditional rulers in the Amasiri clan of Afikpo Local Government Area and directed the withdrawal of their staff of office. He also sacked the Commissioner for Tertiary Education from the area, Prof. Amari Omaka, and dissolved the entire political and traditional leadership […]

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has issued arrest warrants against the United Bank for Africa Plc and four of its senior officials over the alleged illegal operation and maintenance of bank accounts in the name of the 30 local government councils in the state. The case, marked MOS/601c/2025 and […]

The Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has appealed the Federal High Court ruling that voided the party’s November 2025 convention and recognised a caretaker committee backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Addressing journalists on Friday, Turaki said, despite the court verdict, the party remained legally […]

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a one-day sit-at-home on Monday 2 February across Nigeria’s South-east. Emma Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said the sit-at-home directive was in protest against the closure of the Onitsha Main Market by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State. Governor Soludo ordered the […]

Rivers State Government has denied blocking the use of the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia, Port Harcourt, for a rally organised by a support group for President Bola Tinubu on Friday. Recall that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Chairman of the Renewed Hope Agenda in Rivers State, Amb. Desmond Akawor, […]

Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has commended President Bola Tinubu, South-West governors and traditional rulers in Yorubaland for his freedom and return to Nigeria after nearly five years in exile. Igboho, who was declared wanted during the administration of the departed President Muhammadu Buhari over allegations of stockpiling arms […]

Popular internet personality, Isaac Fayose, has declared that the 2027 presidential election will centre entirely on former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi. He made the statement on Thursday while reacting to the large crowd that turned out for Obi during the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election campaign. In a post shared on his […]

The national leadership of the Accord Party has asked sacked chairmen and councillors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress to immediately vacate local government secretariats in Osun State. The party said the APC officials no longer have any legal mandate to remain in office, citing court judgments that nullified their election and […]