Four candidates have emerged as front runners in the race for the position of the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UniUyo), which becomes vacant on December 1. Among the top contenders are Prof Christopher Ekong, a Professor of Economics and dean, Faculty of Social Sciences; Patrick...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo
Hundreds of irate youths from the Sarkin Noma community in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Friday took to the streets, blocking the busy Makurdi highway to protest what they described as endless kidnapping and violent attacks by armed men. Armed with placards and palm fronds, the...
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, has restated that political activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, is still a wanted person. He ordered that Sowore be arrested wherever he is found within or outside the state. Speaking with journalists during the Show of Force exercise on...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has shed light on the circumstances surrounding the arrest and arraignment of Samuel Ojeogwu, better known as Sammy West, the brother of popular Nollywood actress Regina Daniels. According to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the arrest followed a petition received on October...
Management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has announced the dismissal of 800 employees as part of an ongoing restructuring exercise aimed at enhancing service delivery and operational performance. In a statement released on its official website in Abuja on Friday, the company explained that the move aligns...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday hosted the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Sultan, who also serves as the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), held a private meeting with the President behind closed doors. This visit...
The crisis currently rocking PDP took a new dimension on Friday, as the acting National Chairman, Alhaji Muhammed Abdulrahman led-faction of the National Working Committee (NEC) sacked the Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, over alleged loss of moral authority and political neutrality. The News Agency of...
Imo State Police Command has uncovered a decomposing body following a successful raid on suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in the Okuku-Agwa forest, Owerri West Local Government Area. Police spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, confirmed the operation in a statement released in Owerri on Friday, noting that the breakthrough was achieved on...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed that the suspension of three top national officers — Senator Samuel Anyanwu (National Secretary), Hon. Umar Bature (National Organising Secretary), and Barr. Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN), National Legal Adviser — remains in full effect. The party also dismissed claims by North Central Vice Chairman,...
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) has expressed serious concern over weak political competition, voter apathy, and the fragility of Nigeria’s electoral institutions ahead of the Anambra State Governorship Election. Speaking during a pre-press briefing in Awka on Friday, CDD-West Africa officially launched its Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC)...
Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to ensure transparency, professionalism, and timely deployment of materials and personnel in Saturday’s Anambra State governorship election. In a pre- press briefing on Friday in Awka, the State Capital City,...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has concluded plans to establish fire stations in public universities across Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen fire safety and protect national assets within higher institutions. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Thursday when the Comptroller-General of the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering commitment to national security, unity, and global diplomacy, declaring that Nigeria will “decisively defeat terrorism and claim victory in this battle.” Speaking with characteristic resolve, the President acknowledged the challenges confronting the nation but expressed confidence in Nigeria’s collective strength...
The leadership of the Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association of Nigeria (BAVCCA), paid a courtesy visit to the Office of the Surveyor‑General of the Federation (OSGoF) at its headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, where discussions were held to strengthen collaboration for national development, public enlightenment, and enhanced digital...
A think tank group, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), has said the US President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) on the basis of jaundiced, obtrusive data provided by local and international groups with ulterior motives.In a policy statement signed by...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated renowned journalist and former presidential adviser, Dr. Reuben Abati on his 60th birthday, November 7, 2025. The president in his congratulatory message on Friday said Abati as a public intellectual, author, columnist, law graduate and broadcaster, has distinguished himself wherever he has traversed: in...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has reaffirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda places agriculture at the centre of Nigeria’s economic transformation, driving inclusive growth and national prosperity. Speaking while declaring open the 47th National Council on Agriculture and Food Security meeting at the Umaru Musa Yarádua...
Nigeria has implored the international community to significantly increase global financing to protect and restore nature’s economic value through predictable, equitable, and accessible funding mechanisms. According to Nigerian Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, since forests, landscapes, and oceans are shared resources that are outside the jurisdiction of any single...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled judgment for November 20 in the terrorism trial of the detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Omotosho chose the date on Friday while ruling after Kanu failed to open his...
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Bayelsa, Dr Sylbriks Obriki has sent a notice that the next Senator that would represent Bayelsa West Senatorial District in 2027, must as a matter of right, come from Ekeremor. Obriki gave this...