President Bola Tinubu has called on West African leaders to draw inspiration from Ghana’s recent elections, which he described as a model of democratic maturity and national unity. A statement on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Tinubu praised Ghana for its peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections held…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the commencement of Computer-Based Tests (CBT) for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates – Second Series. The CBT exams will begin on Friday, October 25, and run until Friday, December 20, 2024. In a press release on Tuesday, WAEC revealed that…
Barely 48 hours after 10 people died in a road crash in Ogun State, at least eight people have lost their lives in another road crash that occurred at the Atura Bus Stop in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Sunday. This is just as eight other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries after…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Federal University Oye-Ekiti branch, on Thursday, declared an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries. The union, in a letter dated September 11, 2025, and addressed to the institution’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olubunmi Shittu, said the action was in line with a national directive of ASUU. The letter, jointly signed by…
Founder and Lead Pastor of Streams of Joy International, Jerry Eze, has warned young girls engaging in hook-ups with other people’s husbands to desist from it. “I’m not validating anybody that is doing hookup. If you’re into hook-up it will hook you,” the 42-year-old told his congregation at a recent meeting. “And this is 2025,…
The operatives of Department of State Security (DSS) and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have killed scores of bandits in Shiroro, Niger State. In a daring attack DSS assets in Bassa, Shiroro LGA, of Niger State, was repelled with devastating consequences as scores of bandits were killed earlier, today, Sept 11. According to Zagazola Makama, a…
Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, says Nigerians should not believe the narrative that the national assembly rejected him as a ministerial nominee. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Monday, el-Rufai said President Bola Tinubu did not want him in his cabinet. The former Kaduna said the president begged him publicly for…
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said he is not interested in contesting the 2026 governorship election in Osun State. Oyetola, who is the immediate past governor of the state, made his decision known to the party leaders at an All Progressives Congress stakeholders’ meeting held in Osogbo on Friday. There…
Baba Kamara, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) special envoy on terrorism, says poverty and corruption are the “silent killers” undermining Africa’s democratic growth. Kamara spoke at the 2025 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) democracy dialogue in Accra, Ghana. The dialogue, hosted by ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, brought together policymakers, civil society actors, and democracy…
Former presidential aide Doyin Okupe had hinted about his death during what was his final media interview. He spoke with The Whistler Newspaper just months before his death on Friday, March 7. Okupe, 72, passed away in Lagos during surgery. In his last interview, which later went viral, Okupe was credited to have paused briefly…