The African Union yesterday condemned the suicide bombings that struck Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday night, killing 23 people and injuring over 150 others. It also called on the international community to scale up support to Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region at large, including through enhanced humanitarian assistance, capacity-buildi...
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, yesterday, tasked countries to turn commitments made at COP29 in Baku into real action. Stiell made the plea at the second edition of Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW) holding from September 29 to October 3, 2025, in Azerbaijan. The forum attracted...
•Flood Several states, including Kaduna, Nasarawa, Bauchi and Jigawa, have intensified campaigns to avert flood crisis. According to figures obtained by our correspondent from the National Emergency Management Agency on Monday, no fewer than 232 persons have lost their lives, while 121,224 others have been displaced following floods that swept...
Retired police officers in Nigeria have renewed calls for improved pension benefits, urging the federal government and National Assembly to act swiftly on the approval of N758 billion in outstanding pension liabilities. The National Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (NARPON), in a statement signed by its National President, Pau...
•Tinubu and PFN President, Bishop Wale Oke The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to prioritise visible, tangible action over rhetoric in addressing the nation’s deepening socioeconomic and political challenges. Speaking at the close of a four-day leadership retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, PFN National...
•Nigerian workers The Organised Labour has strongly condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, warning that it may be forced to take decisive action that could disrupt national economic activities if the proclamation is not reversed within a reasonable timeframe. The threat was contained in a statement jointly signed by...
•Matshidiso Moeti As Africa faces a significant rise in diabetes cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning about the urgent need for action to combat this “silent killer.” According to the Global Health Organisation, over 24 million adults in Africa are currently living with diabetes, with half of them unaware of their [&...
•National Assembly The 10th National Assembly has passed several bills since its inauguration in June 2023. However, some sensitive or controversial bills remain pending, awaiting public hearings and passages, reports Daily Trust. As federal lawmakers resume from recess on September 17, this report highlights the bills. Bill on a six-year sing...
Labour yesterday rejected the reasons given by the police for its action at the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which the union described as an invasion. On Friday, the police said its men raided an office within the NLC headquarters building but not the NLC offices, reports The Nation. “Detectives, armed with the […]...
•Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa The chief of defence staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, today promised that the Nigerian Army will take action if the ongoing protest escalates. Musa disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists as regards the level of violet recorded so far in the country. Since yesterday...
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