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The Rivers State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has declared a seven-day warning strike across all the 23 local government areas over non-payment of salary to 300 staff of Emohua LGA. NULGE Chairman in the state, Comrade Christopher Paul, told journalists in Port Harcourt that the action was to protest […]
The Federal Government has arraigned activist and publisher, Omoleye Sowore, on a five-count charge bordering on making false posts against President Bola Tinubu on social media. The suit also listed X (formerly Twitter) and Meta (owners of Facebook and Instagram) as co-defendants before the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to the charge sheet, Sowore […]
The Bauchi State Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into the death of a 24-year-old woman, Fatima Salihu Mohammed, whose decomposing body was discovered in a maize farm located within the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi staff quarters. The case was first reported on September 25, 2025, when Fatima’s father, 62-year-old Salihu Mohammed Chimo, lodged a […]
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits fleeing from Kwara State have abducted scores of passengers along Ibbi-Bussa on Mokwa-New Bussa road in Niger State. LEADERSHIP gathered that among those abducted were the Commissioner 7 of the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), Ahmed Mohammed, and Alhaji Bawa Niworo, a former chairman of the State Universal […]
The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) said it has successfully maintained stability on the national grid despite experiencing significant generation shortfalls triggered by industrial action by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The strike, which disrupted key operations within the gas supply chain, led to widespread gas shortages, adversely impacting […]
European and Middle Eastern leaders have thrown their weight behind a new United States-brokered ceasefire proposal aimed at halting the war in Gaza, even as questions lingered over its implementation and Israel’s long-term intentions. The 20-point peace plan, unveiled on Monday at the White House by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Former Lagos State governorship candidate and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Funso Doherty, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) can be defeated in the State come 2027, insisting that the opposition was better positioned to provide an alternative for residents. Speaking in an interview, Doherty, who contested the 2023 election […]
A powerful car bomb killed 10 people in Pakistan after exploding outside the paramilitary security forces’ headquarters.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Otunba Kayode Awe, has expressed optimism that Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s re-election in 2026 will be seamless. He said there is no visible opposition to the governor’s second term ambition. At a stakeholders’ meeting in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, Awe said the two main opposition […]
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has urged media and civil society groups to open a full-scale investigative report on alleged land scams and N250 million diaspora remittances sunk into real estate investments by Winhomes properties, who alleged that the federal government demolished her multi-million dollar investment along the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway corridors to pave […]
