•The protesters Military veterans today blocked the entrance to the Military Pensions Board office in Kubwa, Abuja, over concerns about the formula adopted for adjusting their pensions. The veterans who barricaded the entrance with canopies and chairs as early as 8.00am are protesting over alleged irregularities in the payment of pensions appr...
•Tamunosoye Karibi-George The federal government has urged Nigerians to support Miss World Nigeria 2026, Tamunosoye Karibi-George, popularly known as Soye, in the ongoing 73rd Miss World Festival in Vietnam. Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, made the call in a post on X today, praising Karibi-George for her per...
•The protesters There is gridlock at the popular Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as protesters have barricaded the major route today. The protesters converged in the area around 10 am, led by a human rights group, Take It Back Movement, reports The PUNCH. The protesters are demanding an end to insecurity […]
•INEC chairman Amupitan (C) The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), along with national commissioners, is meeting with chairmen and secretaries of political parties, ahead of the forthcoming Ekiti governorship election Today’s engagement is one of the consultative meetings scheduled by the electoral umpire to revi...
•Teachers protesting in Ibadan As teachers and pupils recently abducted in Oyo State remain in captivity, protests continued across the country today, with the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) staging rallies in several states. The demonstrations followed a peaceful protest by civil society groups in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, d...
•Electricity blackout The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has announced power outage in various parts of Abuja including hotels and diplomatic buildings. The AEDC made the announcement in its verified X handle today. It said it also affected Bolingo Hotel, Wada Maida Building, which houses the headquarters of the News Agency of N...
•The protesting teachers Public school teachers in Oyo State today, Monday, May 18 are staging a protest demanding urgent action over the recent terrorists attack on schools in Oriire LGA of the state. Recall that on Friday, gunmen riding motorcycles invaded communities within the Ahoro-Esiele/Yawota axis of Oriire, Ogbomoso, and abducted stud...
•Amaechi speaks to reporters at the protest Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has joined other protesters as demonstrations against the Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results continued in Abuja today. The protest, which began yesterday, is opposed to the Senate’s decision to reject real-time elect...
•Nigeria Labour Congress Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have begun gathering at the NLC Secretariat in Abuja for a nationwide protest against the rising insecurity across the country. Some of those already at the Secretariat include the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, and civil society allies, reports Channels TV. Notable among...
•Tinubu meets service chiefs President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting behind closed doors with the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting started at about 06:01pm after the President left the State House Conference Hall for the book launch of “From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari”. It is Tinubu’s fi...
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