THE Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has screened non-career ambassadorial nominees forwarded by President Bola Tinubu. Among those who appeared before the committee on the second day of the screening on Thursday were former ministers,…
FIVE Nigerian government workers have been publicly commended and feted for exhibiting high-level honesty and integrity in service – attributes that are rare in corruption-laden public service in the country. The workers were rewarded at…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has requested that the National Assembly approve the 2026-2028 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, read Tinubu’s letter during plenary…
THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that eight students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) were killed in a road accident on Zaria Road, Jos, Plateau State, in the early hours of Thursday, December 11. According to the FRSC…
MEDIA aide to former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has dismissed reports suggesting that the former Anambra State Governor was kidnapped. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, December 10, Ngige’s aide, Fred Chukwuelobe, said…
THE International Centre for Investigative Reporting (The ICIR), with support from the Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC), on Wednesday, December 10, organised an awareness event focused on sexual harassment at Bingham…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has tasked Vice-President Kashim Shettima to use the National Economic Council to identify and transform the nation’s grazing reserves into ranches, as part of efforts to diffuse farmer-herder crisis and formalise the…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Wednesday insisted that his directive withdrawing police officers from VIP and VVIP protection was final, warning ministers and top government officials to comply immediately. Speaking at the opening of the Federal…
OSUN State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has announced his intention to seek re-election for a second term on the platform of the Accord Party, days after dumping the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor made the announcement Tuesday…
RIVERS State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fubara announced his move on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House in Port…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has requested that the Senate confirm two nominees for appointment as commissioners of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The request followed leadership vacuum created by the expiration of the…
THE Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to Benin Republic over botched coup in the West African nation. Tinubu’s request was conveyed in a letter read by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary…
THE Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed that its C-130 aircraft grounded by the Burkina Faso authorities was on a ferry mission to Portugal. It said the flight made a precautionary landing in Bobo-Dioulasso, on Monday December 8,…
BURKINA Faso’s junta on Monday confirmed that a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft transporting 11 military personnel was compelled to land after allegedly entering the country’s airspace without authorisation. The disclosure came through…
THE Chief of Army Staff of the Benin Republic and the Chief of the National Guard have been freed after being held hostage during a failed coup attempt on Sunday in the democracy-weary Sahel region. Security analyst Brant Grant confirmed…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “I had discovered since my appointment as a High Court judge that most of the politicians in Nigeria and, indeed, in other developing countries only pay lip-service to the independence of the judiciary…. It pays in…
UNITED States Congressman, Riley Moore, has urged the Nigerian government to take swift and decisive action against armed groups in the Middle Belt. In reaction to the abduction of children and teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic School in…
BARELY a day after the abduction of schoolchildren in Kebbi State, residents and worshippers in Eruku town, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, were thrown into panic as armed bandits attacked a local Church. In a live-stream video…
THE Federal High Court has debunked a report claiming Justice James Omotosho survived an assassination attempt after he handed the life sentence on the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu as “fake news”.…
THE Federal Ministry of Education has issued conflicting statements concerning the shutting of schools in the wake of terrorists’ attacks. Barely 24 hours after an earlier statement it issued on Friday, the ministry’s Director, Press and…
THe Niger State government has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private primary and secondary schools following the abduction of an abduction of pupils from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, in Agwara LGA. This was made…
THE 2025 Anambra governorship election, held on November 8, drew nationwide attention as residents of the state went to the polls to elect their next administrator. Despite high expectations for a transparent electoral process, the…
TERRORIST groups have intensified attacks on religious organisations and educational institutions in Nigeria. The ICIR reports that the daring terrorists battle not only with state and other non-state actors but also target civilians.…
SEXUAL harassment in Nigerian campuses thrives largely due to a culture of silence, intimidation, and low institutional action. Many victims are unable to speak out due to fear of retaliation, stigma, or lack of trust in school authorities…
THE Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life sentence after finding him guilty of terrorism charges preferred against him. The judge, James Omotosho,…
THE judge handling the case of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, at Federal High Court in Abuja, James Omotosho, has proceeded on recess after hours of reading the seven-count charge and conviction of…
THE Federal High Court of Abuja has found the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, guilty of terrorism charges preferred against him. The judge, James Omotosho, found Kanu guilty of all counts one to…
THE Kwara State Government has directed the closure of all schools across four local government areas following rising insecurity in parts of the state. The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Chairman, Yusuf Agboola Kwara State chapter,…
A wave of mixed reactions has trailed Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia’s claim that there is “no religious, ethnic, racial, or national genocide” in his state. Alia made the claim during a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) forum on…
A JUDGE of the Federal High Court of Abuja, James Omotosho, has ordered the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of out of his courtroom following an outrage by the accused. The judge, had scheduled today, Thursday,…