The Federal Government has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shelve its industrial strike in the interest of students, warning that it will not hesitate to invoke the “No Work, No Pay” rule should lecturers proceed with the action. In a joint statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, and the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Sa’id Ahmad, said the government has...

President Bola Tinubu departs Abuja today, Sunday, 12 October, for Rome, Italy, where he is slated to attend the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Level Meeting beginning on 14 October. According to a State House press release, the summit has been convened with “special focus on the security crisis in West Africa.” The meeting will draw together heads of state, senior intelligence and military officials from across Africa, and representatives of intergovernmental and...

A political group, Kogi West FGYB Legacy Group, comprising stakeholders from the seven Local Government Areas of Kogi West Senatorial District, has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for a second term in office. The endorsement was made in a Communique issued at the end of a strategic meeting held in Kabba, Kogi State, on Saturday, October 11, 2025. The communique was jointly signed and read by its Drafting Committee Chairman,...

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the 179th meeting, approved the immediate dissolution of the APC Enugu State Executive Committee. A press release on Thursday, signed by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Hon. Durosinmi Meseko, states that the resolution to dissolve the Enugu State Executive Committee was made following a comprehensive review of the state of the party in Enugu State. The meeting presided over by...

In exercising his constitutional power of mercy, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted presidential pardon to foremost nationalist and champion of anti-colonial struggle, Sir Herbert Macaulay; former Federal Capital Territory minister, Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, Former Reps member, Farouk Lawan and others. Others pardoned are the Ogoni nine: Ken Saro Wiwa, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel and John Kpuine. Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, and...