The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has denied that two students who protested while the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was delivering a lecture were arrested by security operatives. Wike, while delivering the 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture of the University held inside Oduduwa Hall, the two students carried…
The Federal Government has officially commenced the process of reviewing the nation’s revenue allocation formula to meet current realities. Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Bello Shehu announced the commencement of the review process at a press conference at Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja on Monday. There are indication that the…
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has approved a Christmas bonus of ₦150,000 for every civil servant in the state for the 2025 festive season. The governor made the announcement on Sunday during a church service at the Government House Chapel in Abakaliki, according to a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Monday Uzor. “Governor…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released protesters who were arrested for their various roles in the #EndBadGovernance protests recently. A source within the Service authoritatively confirmed to The Nation on Sunday, September 22, that the director general of the State Security Service, on 19th September 2024, directed their immediate release. According to the…
The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Delta State Governor, Ossai Success, has offered a paid job and an all-expenses paid trip to Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger recently released from Kirikiri prison. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Ossai announced that a monthly salary of N500,000 had been secured for Emmanson in…
A Customs officer has been killed following an attack by suspected Lakurawa terrorists on a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) checkpoint in Maje, Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The incident occurred on Saturday night when the attackers, reportedly riding on motorcycles, opened fire on the checkpoint before fleeing towards the border forests. The development…
At least six persons – two male and four female adults – on Friday died in a road accident along the Lagos – Ibadan expressway. It was gathered that three others were injured in the accident which occurred at about 7:40am at Verony, Ogere, on the highway. The crash involved one ash Toyota Sienna marked…
A Uruguayan soccer player, Juan Izquierdo, who collapsed on the field during a game in Brazil last week, died on Tuesday, his team said. Izquierdo, 27, was playing for Nacional, a Uruguayan club, in the Copa Libertadores, a top South American tournament, when he suffered cardiac arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, and cardiac arrest on…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will teach the All Progressives Congress (APC) a political lesson in the 2026 Osun State election and the 2027 Oyo State election. Makinde made this statement while commissioning some projects executed by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in Osogbo on Wednesday. He…
A South Korean judge sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday to five years in prison for obstructing justice and other crimes linked to his disastrous martial law declaration and its chaotic aftermath. It is the first in a series of verdicts for the disgraced ex-leader, whose brief suspension of civilian rule in South…
