Activist, Sowore Re-elected As AAC National Chairman

The human rights activist and former presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) has been re-elected as its National Chairman during the National Convention held in Abuja.  Omoyele Sowore was elected as the National Chairman alongside other members of the National Working Committee (NWC). The convention was conducted by the AAC National Convention Planning Committee, chaired by Kayode Babayomi, with Ambassador Umar Y. Abubakar serving as Secretary. The event was attended by party delegates, stakeholders,...

40 Malian, Ivorian Trafficking Victims Rescued By Police In Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued 40 victims of human trafficking, including 33 males and 7 females, from a bungalow in Orange Market, Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of the State. Mohammed Shetima Jauro, the state Police Commissioner, made the disclosure while briefing Journalists in Lafia, the state capital. “The victims, mostly Malian nationals, were lured to Nigeria with promises of job opportunities in France. “They were allegedly held captive and forced to contact...

Ribadu: Abducted St Mary’s Students ‘Doing Fine’, Will Return Soon

The Federal Government has assured that the more than 300 pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State are alive and will soon be reunited with their families. National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu gave the assurance during a solidarity visit on Monday to Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kontagora, proprietor of the school, and to worried parents...

NAE Pick Holes In FG’s Reversal Of Mother Tongue Policy

The Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE) has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to scrap the National Language Policy, calls on the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, to reverse his decision. A statement by the president, Emeritus Professor Olugbemiro Jegede,  described the policy reversal as a grave disservice to Nigeria’s educational progress, warns that discontinuing mother tongue instruction without rigorous evaluation amounts to permanent recolonisation and the loss of Nigeria’s future and pride. It faults...

CRC-N Decries Shutdown Of Schools

The shutdown of schools and deboarding of many boarding institutions over the growing number of attacks on schools across the country has been described as a major setback to national development. The Christian Reformed Church–Nigeria, CRC-N, stated this in a communiqué issued at the end of its 161st General Church Council (Synod), held at CRC-N No. 1 Takum, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The communiqué signed by CRC-N President, Rev. Dr. Isaiah...

GUINEA-Bissau’s Transitional President Name Prime Minister 

GUINEA-Bissau’s Transitional President Horta Inta-A on Saturday, 28 November, announced Ilídio Vieira Té as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of his new regime. Inta-A said he would govern for one year. The military took power on 26 November in Guinea-Bissau, before the electoral commission released the election results. The appointment of the Prime Minister is based on a Presidential decree. Té was Minister of Finance in the government of deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo...

Police Withdraw Officers Attached To Atiku, Wike, Others 

In compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to remove and redirect security personnel assigned to VIPs to core policing duties, the Nigeria Police Force has begun recalling officers attached to prominent individuals nationwide. A memo issued under reference AB: 4087/FCT/50PMF/VOL.10/, instructing all personnel deployed as escorts to high-profile figures to report back to base by 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 27, 2025, has been issued by the Mobile Police Force’s 50 Squadron in Kubwa, Abuja....

8 LGAs In Adamawa, Taraba States To Experience Power Outage For A Week 

Some communities in Adamawa and Taraba States will experience a power outage from Monday, December 1, 2025, to Monday, December 8, 2025, disrupting business activities in eight local governments across the two states. The local governments that would experience a total blackout from 1-8 December 2025 include Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, Zing, Lau, Mutum-Biyu, Mayo-Belwa, Jada, Ganye, and Toungo. According to a public statement by the Yola Electricity Distribution Company, YEDC, the power outage...

President Tinubu Mourns Renowned Islamic Leader, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi 

President Bola Tinubu received the news of the death of Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi with profound sadness and a deep sense of loss.  The revered Bauchi-based cleric passed away on Thursday at the age of 101. The President mourns the late leader of the Tijjaniyya Muslim Brotherhood, describing him as a moral compass who dedicated his life to teaching and preaching. In a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and...

General Nta Sworn In As Guinea-Bissau President

The military high command in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday inaugurated General Horta Nta as the head of the military government. The military, in a declaration announced on state television, said General Horta Nta will oversee a one-year transition period. Nta was the army chief of staff until the coup and a close ally of deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. The development cemented a forceful takeover of power that began after the country’s presidential election. Embalo’s whereabouts...

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