Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) have vowed to continue their protest and lock down the school following the management’s decision to approve a fee hike for the 2023/2024 academic session. Background The students had gone on the street on July 16 and 17 to press home their demands against the hike in fees….
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused fuel marketers of inflating petrol prices, claiming the pump price is significantly higher than the actual market value. The NLC contends that Nigerians are being exploited, with citizens enduring heightened suffering and hunger due to government policies that are pushing many into destitution. In a communique released following…
The Apex Sociopolitical body of the South South Geo-political zone, Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF has raised the alarm that sexual harassment allegations against the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, PDP, Kogi Central are designed to remove the former from office….
Justice T.G. Ringing of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced two police officers alongside an immigration officer to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1,640,000 (One Million Six Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira). The officers are identified as Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa…
The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of applications for the Regular Recruit Intake (RRI) and the Short Service Combatant Commission (SSC) Course 49/2026. According to a statement released by the Military Secretary (Army) at the Army Headquarters, Mambilla Barracks, Asokoro, Abuja, the recruitment exercise aims to strengthen the Nigerian Army with competent and patriotic…
An Enugu State magistrate court has remanded a woman, Mrs. Ada Ogbogu, in the Enugu Correctional Centre for allegedly breaking her three-year-old stepson’s bone with a pestle. Arraigning the accused person on Tuesday, the police told the court that the offence attracts life imprisonment as punishment if convicted. The charge marked CME/646C/2024, reads, “That you,…
Media personality and fashion lover, Toke Makinwa, has once again caught attention online with her mix of humour, honesty, and glam. On Tuesday, she posted on Instagram saying she’s officially done with heartbreak, unless it’s about money. “My age no longer allows me to suffer for love. “If you see me sad, it’s because of…
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) says the United States President Donald Trump is convinced that the Nigerian government is not serious to address the issue of insecurity in the country. Trump had last Saturday ordered the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack in Nigeria, one day after warning that…
Suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), have attacked the Awgu Divisional Police Headquarters in Enugu State, killing one police officer and looting arms. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the assailants launched the attack in the early hours of March 24, 2025,…
The lawmaker representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Jimoh Ibrahim, on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu’s government would deploy technology to solve the nation’s security challenges. Ibrahim, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, said the government would use Artificial Technology to tackle insecurity in 2025, referencing the allocation of ₦4.91tn to defence and…