The former chairman of Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Isa Muhammad Wabi, was stabbed to death in his apartment around the Fadama Mada area of Bauchi metropolis. The Bauchi State police command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Friday said: “On the early morning of May 2, 2025, about 0403 hours, the police command received a distress call from a Good Samaritan concerning an incident involving an attack by...
…Lawyers Cry Foul Over Alleged Rights Violations Human rights law firm, Deji Adeyanju & Partners, has raised serious concerns over the arrest of popular social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, and his associate, Steven Avuara (a.k.a C-Pack), by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. In a statement signed by Zainab M. Otega, Esq., the firm disclosed that the duo was picked up on 2 May 2025,...
All is now set for the joint convocation of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, for graduands of the university between 2019 and 2024. The event which stretches from the 10th to the 15th convocation, signals part of the effort by the current university management to reposition the institution as a model and modern citadel of learning. Founded in the year 2000, exactly 25 years ago, Anambra State University, now Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, was established on...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is probing 51 tertiary institutions across Nigeria over N159.6 billion released under the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), which were unaccounted for. Demola Bakare, the ICPC Spokesperson, said the investigation revealed that the total money received by NELFUND as of March 19, 2024, was N203.8 billion. However, the total amount disbursed to institutions from inception to date is about N44,200,933,649.00. Out of the total of...
…Yet Attacks Persist as Group Regroups Three hundred thousand – that is the number of souls once sworn to terror who, over the past three years, have surrendered and been welcomed back into society in Borno State—an act of hope shadowed by the haunting memories of a 15-year insurgency that refuses to end. Governor Babagana Zulum revealed the number during a high-level security meeting with Nigeria’s Defense Minister, Badaru Abubakar, and top military commanders in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed its willingness to receive Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, following his recent remarks suggesting a potential defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Eno, while speaking at a constituency outreach meeting on Tuesday in Ikot Akpankuk, Ukanafun Local Government Area, likened the PDP to a faulty aircraft and implied he might be considering a switch to the APC. “If you wanted to travel with Ibom Airline...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has firmly dismissed allegations that the anti-graft agency is being used as a political tool to target opposition figures, asserting that the EFCC remains committed to impartiality in its fight against corruption. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Olukoyede addressed concerns over the agency’s perceived political bias, especially in light of recent defections of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his predecessor,...
It was not just celebration at this year’s May Day rally in Abuja, it was also a loud and clear cry for justice from the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Addressing a packed crowd at Eagle Square, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, rolled out a long list of demands, with a call to raise the retirement age for all civil servants topping the list. “It is imperative to extend the revised retirement age of 65 years or...
There was no usual fanfare at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt on 1st May, Workers’ Day. For the first time in recent memory, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers State boycotted the annual celebration. Instead, workers gathered at the NLC Secretariat in D-Line, Port Harcourt, holding placards and chanting messages that called for the immediate reinstatement of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Dr Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House...
The- Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo has approved an additional one-year tax holiday for the state workers in addition to the one-year tax relief earlier approved last Year. He also approved an extension of the retirement age of health professionals from 60 to 65 years or 35 to 40 years as length of service. The Governor made the pronouncement on Thursday at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Center, Lokoja to mark the 2025 May Day celebration....
