Public Primary Schools Resume Classes After 3-Month Strike

EducationNewsNigeriaPublic Primary Schools Resume Classes After 3-Month Strike

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 11, 2025

Following the suspension of almost a four-month strike by members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, academic activities have resumed in Public primary schools. The teachers ended the strike on the intervention of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and upon receiving the new minimum wage. The strike, which began on March 24, 2025, was triggered by the non-implementation of a 2022 agreement, including promotion arrears, wage awards, and salary adjustments. The...

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Kogi Is Witnessing Steady Influx Of High-Worth Investments – Fanwo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKogi Is Witnessing Steady Influx Of High-Worth Investments – Fanwo

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 11, 2025

The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo has disclosed that the state is witnessing a steady influx of high-worth investments as a result of the investor-friendly policies of Governor Usman Ododo. Fanwo also noted that the state is already reaping the gains of the reforms, pointing out that the state is fast becoming one of the most attractive destinations for high-value investments in the country. The commissioner had in a press statement...

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Reps Proposes 83 Extra Seats in NASS, 10% for Women, 5% for PWDs

NewsNigeriaPoliticsReps Proposes 83 Extra Seats in NASS, 10% for Women, 5% for PWDs

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 10, 2025

The House of Representatives has proposed a constitutional amendment that would reserve seats for women and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the National Assembly. If the plan sails through, 83 new seats will be added: 55 in the House of Representatives and 28 in the Senate, exclusively for women. This would raise the number of seats in the House from 360 to 415, and the total number of seats in the National Assembly from 469...

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Police Rescue Kidnapped Victim, As Suspects Escape With Gunshot Wounds

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Rescue Kidnapped Victim, As Suspects Escape With Gunshot Wounds

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 9, 2025

A kidnapped victim, Mathew John Zephaniah has been successfully rescued by Rivers State Police Command following a coordinated operation by operatives of the Command. The police operatives, drawn from tactical units and divisions within the Oyigbo Area Command, collaborated with OSPAC local vigilante groups to track down the kidnappers in Agbonchia Forest, Eleme Local Government Area. This latest feat was stated in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of...

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Food Security: Gov Mutfwang Commissions Additional 150 Agro-Rangers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFood Security: Gov Mutfwang Commissions Additional 150 Agro-Rangers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 9, 2025

As a move to enhance agricultural productivity and foster peace, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has commissioned an additional 150 agro-rangers to provide security for farmers and their produce across the state. Speaking during the passing-out parade of the agro-rangers trainees at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Command and Staff College, Naton-Fursa, Jos East Local Government Area, Mutfwang said the initiative is a strategic intervention aimed at ensuring food security and...

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Three-Month Single-Entry Visas For Nigerians To the US Take Effect

NewsNigeriaPoliticsThree-Month Single-Entry Visas For Nigerians To the US Take Effect

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 9, 2025

The United States of America has begun issuing three-month single-entry visas to Nigerians in exchange for Nigeria’s short-term visa policies towards U.S. citizens. Most non-immigrant visas (such as tourist and business visas) will now be single-entry and valid for just three months, effective from July 8, 2025. The tightened US visa regulations for Nigerians will not affect visas issued before July 8. The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria made this known on Tuesday in a statement....

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Gov Sani Identifies Issues with Development Of Northern Nigeria

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov Sani Identifies Issues with Development Of Northern Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 9, 2025

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has identified poverty, insecurity, unemployment, basic education, infrastructure, and power generation as key factors hindering the development of Northern Nigeria. Governor Sani stated this when the leadership of the Board of the North West Development Commission, NWDC, led by its chairman, Hon. Lawal Samaila Yakawada, paid him a courtesy visit at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. The Governor, who wrote on his verified Facebook, said: “We aim to confront broader...

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Insecurity, Disasters Displace 270,000 Persons In Katsina

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaInsecurity, Disasters Displace 270,000 Persons In Katsina

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 9, 2025

Banditry, communal clashes, herder-farmer conflicts, floods, and desertification have affected more than 270,000 persons in Katsina State. Mr. Abubakar Imam, the Academic Liaison for the Solid Solution for Internally Displaced People, a project by the UNDP, disclosed on Tuesday in Katsina, while presenting a highlight at a town-hall meeting on IDP policy and the State Action Plan. “The situation has affected 36,288 households across the state, with Batsari, Faskari, Kankara, Danmusa, and Sabuwa local government...

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FG Reverses 18-Year Entry Age to tertiary institutions, Adopts 16

EducationNewsNigeriaFG Reverses 18-Year Entry Age to tertiary institutions, Adopts 16

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2025

JAMB Fixes 150 as Varsity Cut-Off, 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges The Federal Government has officially pegged the minimum age for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions at 16 years, with a stern warning to institutions to strictly comply with the new directive or face sanctions. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, made this known on Tuesday at the opening of the 2025 Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held at the...

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Governor Radda: 90% of Bandits in Katsina Are Locals

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Radda: 90% of Bandits in Katsina Are Locals

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 8, 2025

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has said that the overwhelming majority of bandits terrorising communities across the state are not strangers, but locals well-known to the people. Speaking on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Radda explained that “ninety-something percent” of the bandits are homegrown, adding that many of them are familiar faces within their communities. “Most of the perpetrators of this banditry are from our own area. They are not...

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