Saturday, May 9th, 2026, will be a historic graduation ceremony at the American University of Nigeria, AUN Yola, where twelve(12) abducted Chibok girls who were among those rescued and enrolled in the institution will be among the graduands. AUN President, Prof. DeWayne Frazier, made the disclosure at a pre-commencement media briefing held in Yola, stated that the graduation of several students who were rescued from Sambisa forest symbolizes more than academic achievement but a global...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the removal of Saidu Mohammed as the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The President also approved the nomination of Rabiu Umar as the new Chief Executive of the authority, subject to Senate confirmation. This was contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the decision was made pursuant to the Petroleum Industry Act 2021....
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Olatunji Disu, has recommended the dismissal and prosecution of officers linked to the fatal shooting of Mene Ogidi in the Effurun area of Delta. At a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the IGP described the April 26 incident as a “criminal and unprofessional” act exhibited by the affected officers, including Nuhu Usman, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), and five other team members. The IGP who ordered the...
Hon. Seye Oladejo, former Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) Spokesman, has formally picked a nomination form to contest for the House of Representatives seat under the platform of the APC. The development has been greeted with widespread excitement and enthusiasm across party ranks, community stakeholders, and supporters, who see the move as a major step towards securing experienced, effective, and result-oriented representation for the constituency. Hon. Oladejo, a respected voice in progressive politics and...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any congress organised by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court, in the judgment on Wednesday delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, also restrained the Mark-led group from interfering with the tenure and functions of elected state executives of the party. The court held that the responsibility...
A leading aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State gubernatorial race, Prince Laja Adeoye, has condemned the of endorsements of Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains. Adeoye, in a statement issued on Tuesday, described the move as nothing short of a “coronation ceremony” designed to perpetuate a political fiefdom that has held Lagosians in bondage for over two decades. The gubernatorial hopeful,...
The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has advised the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 19 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) Abuja to examine the concept of tragedy of the commons as the real bane of resource optimization in Nigeria. Addressing the officers on a study tour to Enugu State, Governor Mbah praised the nation as highly endowed with resources but, unfortunately, not utilized appropriately or optimally for the good of...
The Enugu State House of Assembly has directed the Provost, Enugu State College of Education to suspend the salary of her staff, Dr. Kate Okolo as a punitive measure. The directive was a resolution reached by the House of Assembly’s Special Committee on Land Conflicts. In a press release signed by the House’s Public Relations Officer, Uzoamaka Agbo, the Enugu State House of Assembly waded into the decade-long land fraud scheme wherein Dr. Okolo was...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) on Tuesday debunked claims of internal division, saying that the party doesn’t have any faction. The party also warned against what it described as attempts by external forces to infiltrate and destabilise the party at a time it is gaining political traction nationwide. Muhammed Ishaq, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, strongly debunking reports of a factional group operating under...
Senator David Mark-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, seeking the Supreme Court to urgently deliver judgment in a pending appeal involving the party’s leadership crisis. ADC, in a letter dated April 28 to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and signed by its legal counsel, Shuaibu E. Aruwa (SAN), warned that any further delay could threaten its participation in the 2027 general elections. Mark’s legal...
