Women serving in uniformed organisations across Nigeria are facing increasing pressure to balance official responsibilities with domestic obligations, a challenge experts say requires stronger institutional support, improved family partnerships and greater attention to emotional wellbeing. The concern was raised on Wednesday in Jos during a career development workshop organised...
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The National Association of Political Correspondents (NAPOC) on Thursday held its 2nd Annual Lecture Series in Abuja, bringing together key stakeholders in Nigeria’s democratic process to deliberate on the theme: “The Media, INEC, Security Agencies and the Integrity of the 2027 General Elections.” The event took place at the...
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima @officialSKSM, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s programmes and policies are mostly in favour of Nigerian youths because he summons modern ideas to solve the problems of the 21st century. According to him, the Tinubu administration will continue to support Nigerian youths based...
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has announced that the Bama Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, the largest camp in the state outside Maiduguri, will be closed within the next one month. Governor Zulum stated this on Thursday in an interview with journalists after an assessment visit to the...
Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has criticised Afrobeats star Davido for using an international platform to draw attention to the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, arguing that publicising such incidents could strengthen terrorist groups rather than pressure them. In a lengthy...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced each of the five persons arrested on May 31, 2026, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for being accomplices in the 21 November 2025 attack on St. Joseph Catholic Church school, Papiri, Niger...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has awarded research grants worth N7.5 billion to 174 research teams across Nigerian tertiary institutions under the 2025 National Research Fund (NRF) Grant Cycle, following what it described as a rigorous and highly competitive selection process. Announcing the outcome of the grant cycle at...
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on Nigerians from all walks of life to work collaboratively towards ensuring peaceful, credible and transparent elections, warning that vote buying and other forms of financial inducement...
The House of Representatives is expected to take a major step toward the creation of state police as lawmakers prepare to vote on several constitutional amendment bills on Thursday. Among the proposed amendments is a bill seeking to establish state police across the country, a move supporters say could...
Chairman of the Northern Christian Association (NCA) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rev. Dr. Joseph John Hayab, has called for increased investment in religious education, describing it as a critical tool for tackling Nigeria’s growing moral, social and security challenges. Hayab made the...
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed a private aircraft incident near Asaba, Delta State, on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. NCAA Director Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the aircraft missed its approach at about 07:43 local time and...
Oyo State Police Command has dismissed as false and misleading reports circulating on social media alleging that suspected Lukarawa terrorists have infiltrated forests around Ogbomoso and the Old Oyo National Park. The Command, in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, said intelligence reports and...
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, arraigned one Fidelix Samuel Ebuka before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged money laundering offence. Ebuka was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on the...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, again, arraigned a social media influencer and self-acclaimed relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, also known as Blessing CEO, over a fresh alleged N13,000,000 (Thirteen Million Naira) fraud before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have agreed to partner together towards ensuring credible and transparent election in the 2027 general election. This understanding was reached on Tuesday June 9, 2027 when the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Obo Etfanga paid...
The Fifth Prosecution Witness (PW5), in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 clarified what transpired over the certification of the extract of the minutes of Federal Executive Council meeting of May 21, 2026, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory...
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has urged Nigerian students to adopt healthy lifestyles, proper hygiene, good nutrition and immunisation to protect their future and develop responsible leadership qualities.Alausa made the call on Wednesday in Abuja during the maiden edition of the Kid’s Dialogue Series, organised by the Federal...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the Arewa People’s Forum (APF), has condemned the alleged interference by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi in the outcome of the party’s primary election held in Abuja on May 29, 2026. In a statement issued...
Residents of Taraba State have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate allegations surrounding an estimated N54.4 million expected to be generated by local government legislative councils through the screening of newly appointed supervisory councillors and special advisers across the state’s 16 local government areas....