Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, CON has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is expanding access IN higher education by removing the financial barriers that have long prevented many qualified Nigerians from pursuing their academic aspirations, while investing over ₦1 trillion in the past two years...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has vowed that next month’s governorship election in Osun State cannot be rigged or stolen as the votes of Osun people will count and dictate the winner of the polls. Governor Adeleke stated this Monday at a massively attended rally at Oke Ila, Ifedayo...
Racism has once again cast a shadow over football, with Super Falcons forward Esther Okoronkwo becoming the latest player to suffer online abuse just days before Nigeria begin their campaign at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday strongly condemned...
Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie has been rewarded with a new house after successfully defending her CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year title, a fitting recognition for one of Africa’s most accomplished footballers. The certificate to the house, gifted by Jedo Investment Company Limited, was presented to Nnadozie by...
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said there are currently no negotiations with the United States despite the recent pause in hostilities between both countries. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said mediators may pass messages from Washington, but stressed, “At present, we are not engaged in any negotiations with the...
Industrial action by resident doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) entered its eighth day on Monday, disrupting healthcare services and affecting patients seeking medical attention. The strike, declared in line with a directive from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), followed unsuccessful efforts to resolve longstanding...
Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a woman accused of allegedly stabbing her boyfriend and severing his manhood during a violent altercation in the Badawa area of Kano. The incident was disclosed by the Command in a statement shared on its official X handle, @KanoPoliceNG, on...
Nigeria Police Force INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja has successfully recovered and repatriated a 2018 model Lexus SUV and a 2025 model Toyota Hilux that were snatched at gunpoint from their drivers in Abuja and trafficked to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, by a syndicate specializing in cross-border vehicle trafficking...
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has launched a fresh attack on Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing his recent interview on Channels Television as a public relations disaster and accusing him of distorting facts about his political career and the outcome of the last presidential election. In...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has applauded the collaboration among the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme aimed at boosting the provision of affordable energy in the centres scattered across the country. He particularly commended the commitment and...
There are friendships that begin with long histories, family connections or carefully cultivated associations. Others begin in a single moment of character. The friendship between Mansur Shehu and the writer belongs to the latter. Their paths first crossed during the induction programme of a financial regulatory institution in Lagos...
PHBingo is no longer limited to community gatherings or charity events where players wait for someone to call numbers one by one. As online gaming has become more accessible, the classic game has adapted without losing the familiar mechanics that made it popular in the first place. The objective...
The Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has expressed satisfaction with the newly completed world-class television studio at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Headquarters and the ongoing upgrade of the National Press Centre, describing both projects as clear evidence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to...
As part of the Corporate Affairs Commission’s ongoing drive to strengthen corporate compliance and deepen collaboration with key stakeholders, the Registrar-General/CEO, Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, paid a compliance visit to the headquarters of First Bank of Nigeria Limited at Marina, Lagos. The Registrar-General was received by the Group Managing...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), foiled an attempted theft at its 330/132kV Transmission Substation in Bauchi on Friday, July 24, 2026, at about 9:34 pm. GM, Public Affairs of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement on Monday said the security personnel at the substation intercepted suspected vandals attempting to...
A fugitive drug kingpin, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu, and an ex-international football player, Hunkarin Segun George have been convicted and sentenced to a combined total of 24 years imprisonment by Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, for unlawful importation of 7.050 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria. Chinedu...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has charged students across the country to use the internet positively and for socially desirable activities. He gave this charge on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 when the executives of the Niger Delta Students’ Union Government paid a...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 27, 2026, arraigned one Sadi Babale before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a one- count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune...
Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to deepening its engagement within the African Union (AU) following a bilateral meeting with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. The meeting took place in Addis Ababa on Monday ahead of the...
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, and the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are set to headline the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum, scheduled to take place in Abuja. The two prominent economic leaders will feature in a high-level fireside...