•Permanent Voter Cards The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the display of the preliminary register of voters and distribution of Permanent Voter Cards across states as part of preparations for the 2027 general elections. The seven-day exercise, which begins today, Friday and runs through October 15, will allow registere...
•Mental health Nigeria’s response to the mental health challenges facing its young people comes under fresh scrutiny today as policymakers, psychiatrists, health professionals, security and correctional authorities, regulators, media and other stakeholders converge in Lagos for the 4th Vanguard Mental Health Summit holding at the Civic Centre,...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Former members of Peter Obi’s 2023 Presidential Campaign Council have formed a political group, Batified Obidients, to campaign for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The group, which announced its formation on Wednesday, said its members had moved from supporting Obi to backing Tinubu and the All Progressives C...
•Diphtheria outbreak A Kano resident, Ibrahim Yusuf, has narrated how he lost five of his children within eight days to suspected diphtheria, as the disease continues to raise concern in the state. Yusuf, who lives in the Danbare area of Kano metropolis, said his ordeal began last week when his children developed a fever, reports […]
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have given the federal government a two-week ultimatum to commence negotiations for a new national minimum wage and take immediate steps to reduce the price of petrol, warning that failure to meet its demands could trigger fresh industrial action....
•David Mark and ADC logo The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, will today in Abuja, inaugurate the party’s Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to a statement issued yesterday by Kola Ologbondiyan, Special Adviser to the National Chairman on Media and Publici...
•The rescued Youth Corps members After a seven-day ordeal, the rescued prospective Corps members have reunited with their families in Ibadan, Oyo State. DSS Oyo State headquarters in Aleshinloye released them to their family members around 8:30pm yesterday, reports The Nation. Their parents and family members received them after waiting about ...
Tinubu and a fuel pump nozzle …Being a Channels TV Editorial The federal government’s decision to offer Nigerians a 30-day discount on petrol has reopened a familiar debate: how can a government committed to ending fuel subsidies provide relief without undermining its own economic reforms? The answer may lie less in the discount itself t...
•One of the two passenger buses struck by projectiles in Kramatorsk, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, yesterday Ukraine yesterday accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians after 30 people were killed when two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, in one of the deadliest single attacks for weeks. Ukraine’s Pre...
•Tinubu (right) and APM presidential candidate and governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde The Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO) has rejected the federal government’s 30-day petrol discount, describing the measure as a “deceitful and failed media stunt.” The campaign group of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential c...

