The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has expressed concern over the exit of teaching and non-teaching staff members from the nation’s university system. The committee’s chairman, Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa), raised the concern in a statement in Abuja on Thursday after the committee’s oversight visit to some universities in the South-East. According to…
Super Eagles and Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface has suffered a setback in his recovery from injury. Boniface sustained a thigh injury on international duty in November and has been sidelined since then. The striker had “a small step backwards in the rehabilitation process,” Bayer Leverkusen announced ahead of the friendly against regional league side…
Dr Mariya Mahmoud, Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Administration is leaving no one behind in the fight against cancer. Mahmoud stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, at an event organised by the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) to commemorate the 2025 World Cancer Day. The minister, who…
The revelation of Madagascar’s President, Andry Rajoelina, holding dual French nationality has sparked a significant uproar on the Indian Ocean island. The law stipulates that acquiring foreign citizenship results in the automatic loss of Malagasy nationality. Leaked documents exposing Rajoelina’s naturalization by decree in November 2014, authorized by then French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, have…
40 persons were killed and about 1000 displaced in last week’s attack on Hurti, Manguna District of Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Mr Maren Aradong, the Village Head of Hurti, said this when Mr Samuel Jatau, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), led other government officials on an assessment visit to the…
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has called on the National Assembly to urgently review its stance on electoral reforms, advocating for the mandatory real-time transmission of results. The conference stressed the need to restore dwindling citizens’ trust in the nation’s democracy. Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, the Archbishop of Owerri and outgoing President of…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first head of an Israeli government to recognise the Ottoman Empire’s mass killings of Armenians that happened 110 years ago as a genocide. The Israeli local media reported on Wednesday. In his podcast, U.S. businessman Patrick Bet-David asked why Israel had not previously recognised the genocide carried out…
In light of the ongoing investigation into the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), all senior officials of the Central Bank are being interviewed by the DSS and the appointed special investigator. The deputy governors are not exempt from this exercise and have all been called upon to provide essential information at different…
Venezuela’s pro-government electoral authority (CNE) has on Monday announced that the country’s ruling parties won in the parliamentary and regional elections. Preliminary results suggest President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist ruling party PSUV and its allies won 82.7per cent of the votes, the CNE announced during Sunday night. The results were according to the state news agency…
Gov Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi on Tuesday presented an N884.87 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2026 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly in Abakaliki. The budget, christened the “Budget of Actualisation and Hope,” is anchored on the government’s People’s Charter of Needs philosophy. Nwifuru said the budget aims to sustain fiscal consolidation, accelerate…
