Former presidential candidate, Gbenga -Hashim, has raised fresh alarm over what he described as the Federal Government’s “loss of operational control” of security in Northern Nigeria, following renewed terrorist attacks in Kwara and Kebbi States. Hashim, in a strongly worded statement on Tuesday, said the latest assaults, including the killing of two security operatives in…
UNICEF on Tuesday urged the Nigerian government to ensure the immediate release of the 25 schoolgirls abducted in Kebbi State and to fully implement the 2015 Safe Schools Declaration following the latest school attack that left a vice-principal dead. The call followed Monday’s assault on a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Danko-Wasagu…
THE chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has declared that the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has effectively solved the protracted challenge of identity theft in Nigeria’s elections. He made the declaration while speaking at the 2025 Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibitions in Abuja, held on…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force has clarified social media reports on an alleged physical confrontation at the national secretariat of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of Nigeria Police Force, has come out to clarify social media reports on alleged physical…
A forty-four members of the House of Representatives under the aegis of Parliamentary Action Group in Defense of Justice and Democracy on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu to invoke his constitutional powers to effect the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention. The members who comprise federal lawmakers from the North and South made…
Representative Bamidele Salam, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts and Founder of the Children of Africa Leadership Development Initiative (CALDEV), has reaffirmed his commitment to nurturing the next generation of African leaders, declaring that leaders are “more made than born.” He made the remarks during an interview at the 2025 National Children Leadership…
Abioye Tosin Lawrence | November 7th, 2025 Africa’s push for greater global representation, including a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, is gaining momentum. Nigerian officials, along with regional leaders, have repeatedly called for reforms that would give Africa a stronger voice on the global stage. But amid these demands, a fundamental question…
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Health Service fraud watchdog has secured the conviction of Nigerian doctor Richard Akinrolabu for falsely claiming he was unfit to work while taking on night and on-call shifts at other hospitals, defrauding the National Health Service of £268,000. Akinrolabu, a trust-grade specialist registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Princess Royal…
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji Fasiu Bakene, has assured its members that all rifts in the party will soon be resolved. Bakene, a former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly and chieftain of the party, in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said despite the gale of…
Violence erupted at the Peoples Democratic Party National Secretariat in Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on Tuesday, prompting police to fire teargas to disperse supporters amid a leadership dispute between rival factions of the party. According to Channels Television, the chaos began when Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and the…
