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A group, Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights has recanted on its allegations that Governor Monday Okpebholo forced teachers in public schools to cut grass and do other menial jobs ahead of the resumption of the 2025/2026 academic session. The group said its investigation showed that no teacher was compelled to do any job outside […]
West Africa continues to grapple with the devastating threat posed by armed groups. For years, extremist violence has destabilised countries such as Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, leaving the region fractured and vulnerable. Against this backdrop, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans to establish a new regional counterterrorism force. According […]
Valuables worth millions of naira have been lost to a mysterious inferno that engulfed a section of the Directorate of Students Affairs building of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye last week’s Tuesday. According to a statement by OOU’s Acting Deputy Registrar, Corporate Affairs Division, Dr. Wale Balogun on Wednesday, the fire outbreak which occurred […]
Lagos State government on Wednesday activated the Incident Management Structure (IMS) of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) as part of measures to strengthen prevention and preparedness against any possible outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state. The IMS activation followed an emergency meeting of the Lagos PHEOC held on 9th September […]
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, stated that he will not honour an invitation by the United States Consulate in Nigeria for a visa re-interview scheduled for Thursday, September 11. Soyinka said he initially thought the development was the handiwork of scammers. The literary icon revealed this in an exclusive interview with TheNEWS/PMNEWS while […]
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, has taken down the official page of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), citing alleged violations of its cybersecurity standards. On Sunday, FIJ received a pop-up notification informing the newsroom that its page, “FIJ Nigeria,” had been unpublished for going against community standards on cybersecurity. FIJ immediately […]
The Federal Government pf Nigeria has expressed “deep concern” over reports of an Israeli airstrike in Doha, Qatar, on September 9, 2025, allegedly targeting senior members of Hamas leadership. This was contained in a press release signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, which read, ”The Federal Government of […]
A Nigerian software engineer, Ridwan Akinfenwa, has shared how he lost a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) role worth over $260,000 annually in salaries due to his nationality. Akinfenwa disclosed the ordeal on his LinkedIn page on Sunday, describing it as a devastating setback in what was meant to be a career milestone after years of […]
Former General Officer Commanding (GOC) Division 1 of the Nigerian Army, Retired Major General Danjuma Ali-Keffi, has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency to tackle the worsening insecurity in the country. Speaking on Arise News ‘Prime Time’ show on Wednesday evening, Ali-Keffi warned that the scale of the security crisis […]
The chairman, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has declared that the savings accruing from the removal of fuel subsidy were grossly inadequate to fund Nigeria’s huge development requirements. Oyedele made this assertion on Wednesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at a one-day capacity building training on the Nigeria […]