Police Insist Gun Licence Ban Still in Place Despite Calls for Self-Defence

As insecurity continues to trouble many parts of Nigeria, the Nigeria Police Force has made it clear that the ban on issuing firearms licences has not been lifted despite growing calls for citizens to be allowed to protect themselves. Many Nigerians, frustrated by rising cases of kidnapping, banditry, and violent attacks, have asked the government to consider allowing responsible citizens to bear arms for self-defence. One of the strongest voices in this debate is that...

ICPC Probes N159.6bn unaccounted Student Loan

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...

Borno Govt Welcomes 300,000 ‘Repentant’ Islamist Militants

…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...

PDP in Disarray as Umo Eno Considers Exit, APC Opens Doors

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...

Joining APC Won’t Save You — EFCC Boss to Corrupt Politicians

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,...

May Day: NLC Tables Long List of Demands to FG

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...

Rivers Workers Shun May Day Celebration, Demand Return of Fubara, Elected Officials

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...

Workers Day: Gov Ododo Approves One Year Additional Tax Holiday For Workers

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....

Daniel, Akande, Tallen, Others Pay Tributes To Niger Delta Leader, Clark

Eminent Nigerians have paid tributes to late elder statesman and Niger Delta leader, Chief Edwin Clark, who passed on February 17 at the age of 97. Speaking at “A Day of Tributes” organised in his honour in Lagos on Thursday, they described the late South and Middle Belt leader, as a true nationalist, who dedicated his life to the service of humanity and just society. Former governor of Ogun, Sen. Gbenga Daniel in his tribute,...

Anambra Workers Deserve Better – Sir Paul Chukwuma

Sir Paul Chukwuma, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship election, has said that Anambra State workers deserve better than they currently have with the Soludo administration. Congratulating Anambra Workers on this year’s Workers’ Day, Sir Paul Chukwuma regretted that Anambra State workers are poorly remunerated to the extent that they are among the lowest paid in Nigeria. Mr. Chukwuma, who also lamented that industrial disputes...

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