The Leader of the Labour Party Caucus in the House of Representatives, Rep. Afam Ogene, has raised alarm over what he described as a near-total failure in the implementation of the 2025 capital budget and escalating insecurity across the country. Ogene said Nigeria had become a “special economic zone” where “everyone and everything now has…
The Police Command in Ondo says three suspected kidnappers have been arrested in connection with the kidnap of two staff of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victims were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday, Aug. 4 at their residence along Supare Akoko in Akoko South West Local…
Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is a good thing for Britain, Downing Street said, as it declined to comment on whether U.S. strikes on the country were legal. A Number 10 spokesman said the government’s focus remained on securing a diplomatic solution in the wake of the U.S. attack against Iran’s nuclear programme…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday in Abuja said that 2025 represents a critical moment of interface between Nigeria and Brazil. Shettima said this during an inter ministerial review meeting to coordinate Nigeria’s preparations for the upcoming 2025 Nigeria-Brazil Strategic Dialogue Mechanism (SDM) scheduled for June 2025. He emphasised that the convergence of international events provides…
A coalition of civil society organisations has condemned Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal for abandoning victims of the Kaura Namoda massacre to attend a party in London, only to return weeks later for political campaigning. In a statement signed by its convener, Abdulmalik Namoda, the group described the governor’s decision to head to Kaura Namoda…
The Osun caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Gov. Ademola Adeleke will contest the Aug. 8, 2026 governorship election on the platform of the party. The PDP leadership emphasised that the governor would not defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the…
Gov Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has appointed 168 political aides to reinvigorate the machinery of governance and deepen participatory leadership. This is contained in a statement by Mr Mukhtar Gidado, the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Bauchi. Gidado said the move was part of the governor’s ongoing…
No fewer than 10 people died in a fire at a hotel in a ski resort in north-western Turkey, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said early on Tuesday. Thirty-two others were injured in the blaze, which occurred in the province of Bolu, Yerlikaya said on X. The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that the…
The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that Canada would impose 25-per cent tariffs on 155 billion Canadian dollars (about 107 billion U.S. dollars) worth of U.S. goods. According to Trudeau, this will happen if the United States proceeds with its proposed tariffs on Canadian products. Trudeau made the remarks after the U.S….
The Federal Government says that privately-owned Computer Based Test (CBT) centres and others belonging to public institutions will be fully deployed in the conduct of school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of a pilot CBT SSCE conducted by National Examinations Council…
