ASUU Suspends Two-Week Warning Strike, Gives FG One-Month Ultimatum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike, giving the Federal Government a one-month window to conclude the ongoing renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and address other lingering issues affecting the university system. This was announced on Wednesday, 22nd October 2025, at a press conference held at the Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). Speaking at the...

JANDS Travel Business School Sets Bold 2026 Agenda

The Advisory Board of JANDS Travel Business School (JTBS), Enugu, has laid out bold plans to reposition the institution as a centre of excellence in tourism and hospitality education, following a strategic session held recently in the state capital. At the meeting, chaired by Chief Ben Etiaba, FCA, the Advisory Board met to “brainstorm and map out a clear pathway for the school’s future,” with particular emphasis on the institution’s vision for 2026 and the enhanced role of...

Court Remands Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Brother Over Abuja Protest

A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has remanded Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, legal counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), along with Prince Emmanuel Kanu (also known as “Fineboy”), the younger brother of Kanu, and ten others in Kuje Prison. The remand followed their arrest in connection with the “#FreeNnamdiKanu” protest held in Abuja on Monday. According to the charge, filed in the court, the defendants are accused of “inciting disturbance, and...

Tinubu Nominates Bernard Doro as Minister to Replace APC Chairman Yilwatda

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Dr Bernard Mohammed Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, following the elevation of Prof Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter forwarded to the Senate, President Tinubu sought the lawmakers’ confirmation of Dr Doro’s appointment to fill the ministerial vacancy created after Yilwatda, the immediate past Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction,...

Middle Belt Forum Raises Alarm Over ‘Genocide’ in Central Nigeria

…Calls for UN-led probe as fresh massacre hits Plateau State The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has issued a fresh warning over what it described as a “horrifying and escalating campaign of extermination” against the indigenous peoples of Central Nigeria, calling for urgent international intervention to halt what it termed an unfolding genocide. In a strongly worded statement released on Sunday, 19 October 2025, and signed by its National Spokesman, Luka Binniyat, the Forum condemned the...

Police Disperse #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest in Abuja

…Organisers arrested, protesters claim live fire was used Security operatives in Nigeria’s capital on Monday foiled a planned demonstration calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resulting in arrests and accusations of undue force. The protest, organised under the hashtag #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, was led by human-rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher Omoyele Sowore and was intended to march to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Security agencies had mounted heavy deployments across major routes...

AG Fagbemi Says Presidential Clemency Process Still Under Review

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has clarified that no inmate granted clemency under the recent presidential prerogative of mercy exercise has yet been released from custody. In a statement issued on Thursday, Fagbemi explained that the exercise is still undergoing final administrative review to ensure full compliance with legal and procedural standards before any release instrument is signed. “The process remains at the final administrative stage, which...

IMF Excludes Nigeria from List of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Economies

Nigeria has been omitted from the International Monetary Fund’s list of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, according to the latest Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa launched during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C. In the release, the IMF named Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda as the continent’s most rapidly expanding economies. The report states that the region has shown resilience to “a series of major shocks over the past several years,” and that...

Nigeria’s Inflation Falls to 18.02% in September

Nigeria’s inflation rate has moderated further, easing to 18.02 per cent in September 2025, according to data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This marks a continuation of the downward trend from August, when headline inflation stood at 20.12 per cent. In its monthly inflation report, the NBS disclosed that the month-on-month headline inflation for September was 0.72 per cent, slightly lower than August’s 0.74 per cent. On the food front, the month-on-month...

Osimhen Fires Nigeria into 2026 World Cup African Playoffs

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have qualified for the African playoffs of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a convincing 4–0 victory over Benin Republic at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Tuesday. A hat-trick from Victor Osimhen and a late strike from Frank Onyeka gave the Super Eagles the win they needed to secure one of the four spots reserved for the best second-placed teams in the CAF qualifiers. The result means Nigeria now sits...

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