INEC Debunks Rumour Of Ad-hoc Staff Recruitment For 2027 General Elections

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC Debunks Rumour Of Ad-hoc Staff Recruitment For 2027 General Elections

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 31, 2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked the rumor of the alleged recruitment of ad-hoc staff for the 2027 general Elections. This is amid online circulation of a message claiming that the Commission is currently recruiting and training ad-hoc staff for the 2027 general elections and directing applicants to: (https://gvly.xyz/INEC-Ad-hoc-Staff-Recruitment-Portal) The electoral umpire, while reacting in a statement issued on its official X handle on Monday, clarified that the information is not from its...

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FG Activates Emergency Task Force Over Diphtheria In Katsina, Kano

HealthNewsNigeriaFG Activates Emergency Task Force Over Diphtheria In Katsina, Kano

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2026

The Federal Government has activated an emergency multi-agency task force to contain a diphtheria outbreak affecting children in parts of Katsina and Kano States, with authorities deploying vaccines and expanding access to treatment. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, directed the immediate activation of the task force as part of measures to strengthen disease surveillance, close immunization gaps, and ensure prompt treatment of affected persons. The Federal Ministry of...

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Fubara Awards Team Rivers Scholarships, Restates Commitment To Education

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFubara Awards Team Rivers Scholarships, Restates Commitment To Education

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2026

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, has awarded full scholarships to members of Team Rivers, who emerged champions at the Presidential Inter-Schools Debate Championship, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to investing in education and rewarding academic excellence. The Governor announced the scholarship awards on Friday during the inauguration of the newly reconstructed Bonny National Grammar School in Bonny Local Government Area of the state, where he described education as the most critical investment in the future...

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Nigeria Records 65,000 Suspected Cases Of Cholera In 35 States –  NCDC

HealthNewsNigeria Records 65,000 Suspected Cases Of Cholera In 35 States –  NCDC

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2026

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that Nigeria has recorded more than 65,000 suspected cholera cases across 35 states and about 195 Local Government Areas (LGAs) since the beginning of 2026. The NCDC Director-General, Dr. Jide Idris, stated this on Friday during a press briefing on the country’s response to the ongoing cholera and diphtheria outbreaks. Idris, however, said weekly cholera cases had declined substantially from the peak recorded earlier...

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Atiku Insists His Subsidy Plan Will Produce Cheaper Fuel

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku Insists His Subsidy Plan Will Produce Cheaper Fuel

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2026

… Slams Tinubu Over CNG Promise  Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that his targeted subsidy plan would ensure the production of cheaper fuel, which will lead to cheaper transport fares. Recall that President Bola Tinubu, in a statement on Thursday, said that because “cheaper fuel must mean cheaper transport fares,” he had reached an agreement with state governors to “cut transport fares...

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Insecurity: Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Borgu Bloodbath

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsecurity: Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Borgu Bloodbath

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 25, 2026

 … Says President Counts Security Billions While Nigerians Count Corpses Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the reported massacre and mass abduction in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, describing it as another bloody indictment of Nigeria’s failing security architecture. In a statement on Monday issued by his media office, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said reports that more than 40 Nigerians were slaughtered and scores abducted represent a...

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Tinubu Mourns Passing Of Veteran Nollywood Actor, Ogogo

NewsNigeriaTinubu Mourns Passing Of Veteran Nollywood Actor, Ogogo

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 25, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has expressed condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Taiwo Hassan, the veteran Nollywood actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter, following his demise. The president, in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, described Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, as a distinguished artist whose career spanned several decades and made remarkable contributions to the growth of Yoruba-language theatre and Nigerian cinema. He noted that through his...

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Post Election Reconciliation: Adeleke Hails Oyebamiji Over Call For Peace

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPost Election Reconciliation: Adeleke Hails Oyebamiji Over Call For Peace

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 22, 2026

Governor Ademola Adeleke has hailed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji over his call for peace in Osun State after his visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A statement on Friday by the governor’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, noted that Adeleke described the peace advocacy as a positive tone after weeks of heated campaigning and the election season. The governor who also met with President Tinubu on Thursday, stressed...

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Afenifere Denounces Rising Attacks On Farmers In Southwest

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAfenifere Denounces Rising Attacks On Farmers In Southwest

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 22, 2026

…Decries Surge In Banditry, kidnapping, Warns Of Deepening Poverty The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed concern over incessant attacks and kidnapping of farmers and other innocent citizens in the southwest region of the country. The organisation condemned the recent killing of a female farmer in Ondo State, abduction of a 33-year old poultry farmer, Mr. Ooreoluwa Osonuga in Ikenne, Ogun State, killing of four farmers in Okeogun area of Oyo State, abduction of Debo...

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You Don’t Build A Federation By Impoverishing Citizens, Atiku Slams Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsYou Don’t Build A Federation By Impoverishing Citizens, Atiku Slams Tinubu

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 22, 2026

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fired back at President Bola Tinubu, saying that he shouldn’t build a federation by impoverishing Nigerians. He described the attack on his proposed petroleum-sector intervention as the insolent sermon of a failed economic experimenter who mistakes Nigerians’ capacity to endure suffering for evidence that his policies are working. In a statement on Friday, issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said there was an...

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