•FEC meeting Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have been taken off from the Integrated Personnel Payment System (IPPIS). The approval for the exemption was given by The Federal Executive Council at its meeting today at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this while br...
•Adoki Tonye Adoki, one of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has refuted report that he has returned to his former party. Adoki and 26 other members of the 32-member crisis-rocked Assembly had on Monday announced their [&hellip...
•US visa Nigerians on X have recounted their experiences and reactions after they were denied visa applications. An X user, Mz_Tosyn, today, posted how she headed straight to a restaurant to get food and drinks after she was denied her US visa application, and “ate like no future.” She wrote, “The last time I was […]
•Olu Agunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday declared a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, wanted over alleged fraud to the tune of $6bn. Agunloye, who served under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as a minister between 1999 and 2003, had earlier been invited and quizzed by the ...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed worries over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute electoral offenders in the country. Speaking today at the post-election assessment and review forum on human rights in the 2023 general elections, organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC...
•Tinubu Amidst the cold war between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and his estranged benefactor cum Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Yekini Nabena, has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to rise above narrow pol...
•Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa The Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, today, declared Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as acting governor, following the receipt of the letter from Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on transmitting power. He, however, clarified that a constitutional procedure is required, and he would direct the C...
•France’s President Emmanuel Macron A 12-year-old schoolgirl threatened a teacher with a knife at a school in northern France on Wednesday, the latest in a growing number of incidents that have raised tensions in the French education system. No-one was injured in the incident in the northwestern city of Rennes but prosecutors said that they [&...
•Obasa and Doherty The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Amuwo-Odofin Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Rauf Age-Suleiman, has taken his oath of office. Age-Suleiman took the oath today before Speaker Mudashiru Obasa and other lawmakers just before the presentation of the 2024 budget by Governor Babaj...
•Lagos Speaker Obasa and Gov Sanwo-Olu The 2024 budget proposal of N2.246 trillion presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today faces the realities of daunting economic challenges and must be tailored towards improving the lives of residents, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has said. Speaking at th...

