Month: August 2025

Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has declared that the prayers of both Christians and Muslims have been very effective in keeping the country together. IBB stated this yesterday when he received a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, who visited him on his 84th birthday. He therefore […]

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has commenced another round of project commissioning and flag-offs, focusing on improving water supply across the territory. This followed a 16-day project commissioning spree that ended on July 3, 2025. Wike yesterday commissioned the rehabilitated Phase 2 Water Treatment Plant at Lower Usuma Dam in […]

The ongoing verification of civil and public servants in Delta State has exposed the sharp practices resorted to by some employees to secure their jobs and to remain on the state’s payroll after attaining retirement age. The chairman of the Delta State Civil Service Commission, Roseline Amioku, said she had lost count of public servants […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has opposed the bail application filed by the five suspected terrorists who attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, where scores of worshippers were killed on June 5, 2022. The DSS said the defendants are standing trial for acts of terrorism, which led to the death of […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected a plan to compel the union as a ‘guarantor’ of loans, under the Tertiary Institutional Staff Support Fund scheme, recently introduced by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The union’s position was contained in its resolution, signed by the ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, following a National Executive […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed deep condolences to Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo as the remains of his father, Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, was laid to rest in his home town, Upogoro, in the Okene Local Government Area of the state. The burial, which was conducted according to Islamic rites, was a poignant moment for […]

The Executive Vice Chairman/ CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, has stated that the recent tariff hike by telecom service providers has created massive investment opportunities for the Nigerian telecoms sector. The NCC boss stated this during an interactive session with the media on Tuesday in Abuja. Although specific figures are […]

Ahead of the March 31, 2026, deadline for banks to shore up their capital base as stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, banks have raised a total of N2.5 trillion, mostly from local investors. This is as the total assets in the industry are projected to reach N242.3 trillion by the end of this […]

As part of the ongoing investigation into the August 10, 2025 incident aboard the Ibom Air from Uyo-Lagos flight, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will meet the Aviation Security (AVSEC), the Ibom Air cabin crew on duty that day and Ms. Comfort Emmanson, the passenger involved in the whole incident for their part of […]

Mrs Nonye Soludo, wife of the governor of Anambra state, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has bemoaned the stripping naked of a National Youth Service Corps member by a team of operatives of the state government’s ad-hoc security operatives, “Agunaechemba”, and, tasked security agencies handling investigation into the incident to go beyond seeking justice for the victims, […]