NATIONAL NEWS

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, restrained the Ondo State House of Assembly from impeaching the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over alleged gross misconduct. Justice Emeka Nwite, made the ruling shortly after Aiyedatiwa’s counsel, Kayode Adewusi, moved the ex-parte motion. The judge also restrained Governor Rotimi Akeredolu from nominating a new deputy governor […]

The Federal Government has recorded 11,587 suspected cases of diphtheria in the country with 7,202 confirmed cases from 105 local government areas (LGAs) in 18 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed on Monday in an update on the diphtheria outbreak published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, has urged organised labour to shelve its planned strike, saying the lower chamber will intervene in the dispute between labour and the Federal Government. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has remained unequivocal in its position that the Federal Government has failed to adequately address the […]

Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary will be a subdued affair with no foreign leaders invited, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, says. Akume told reporters in Abuja on Monday that President Bola Tinubu approved a low-key celebration in line with the current economic realities. The theme of the anniversary is “Nigeria @ […]

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, 27th September 2023 as a public holiday.  This is to commemorate the Eid-ul-Maulid celebration, the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), according to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. While making the declaration in Abuja on Monday, he congratulated all Muslim faithful both at home […]

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has warned that 40 to 50 per cent of students will leave school in the next two to three years if the federal government fails to stop the arbitrary increment in school fees by the universities. Prof Osodeke gave the warning while speaking […]

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, recently abducted by terrorists. This was as the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has also condemned the development, describing it as “one abduction far too many.”The students were abducted in the early hours of Friday at […]

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued seven female students of Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State and three construction workers who were abducted by bandits last Friday. A top military source said that 10 others, including three workers/labourers of a construction company, escaped from captivity during military rescue operations.  Following the “prompt response” of […]

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has disowned the purported list of successful candidate for its Basic Training School (NNBTS) Batch 35 Recruitment, saying it is fake. Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, the Director of Naval Information, said this in a statement in Abuja. Ayo-Vaughan said the exercise was conducted in three centres across the country, namely; Lagos, Rivers […]

The Military Joint Task force of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) has arrested eight barges, conveying over 100,000 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), popularly called diesel, in Rivers State. The Commander, Joint Task force, South-South, OPDS, Olusegun Ferreira, told newsmen at the creek of Bonny, that the barges were arrested by the OPDS […]