President Bola Tinubu has approved a series of appointments to governing councils and key leadership positions in federal universities nationwide. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu named Hon. Chisom D. Obih to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. Obih’s
Comfort Emmanson, a female passenger on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been remanded to the Kirikiri Correctional Centre following a disruptive incident on board the aircraft. The episode, which quickly went viral on social media, has drawn national attention and stirred public debate. According to reports from airline staff and eyewitnesses,
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has temporarily withdrawn access to the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates due to technical issues discovered after the results were released. In a statement issued by its Public Affairs Department, WAEC revealed that the glitch was linked to a new security feature
The Federal Government of Nigeria has secured a $25.35 million concessionary loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to help address the growing number of out-of-school children in Kaduna State. This funding is part of a broader $62.8 million blended finance package involving international development partners. It is aimed at expanding access to
Maritime industry experts have raised concerns over Nigeria’s persistent loss of more than $500 million annually due to the absence of a structured and regulated shipbroking system. This loss, they say, is largely tied to the informal nature of vessel chartering and the lack of professional oversight in the maritime sector. Speaking with journalists in
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released the results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. The announcement was made on Monday, August 4, via the Council’s verified X (formerly Twitter) account, with candidates advised to check their results through the WAEC result portal, SMS, or the
A group of retired Nigerian soldiers shut down operations at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Monday, August 4, 2025, in protest over the non-payment of their entitlements. The ex-servicemen, who voluntarily disengaged from the Nigerian Army between the third and fourth quarters of 2023 and were formally retired in
Flooding across Nigeria in 2025 has claimed the lives of at least 165 people, left 82 others missing, and affected nearly 120,000 individuals, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). In a statement released on Friday via its disaster data dashboard, NEMA provided a grim overview of the humanitarian toll of this year’s floods,
Dozens of Ghanaians took to the streets on Tuesday, July 29, in a protest tagged “Nigerians Must Go,” calling for the expulsion of Nigerians from Ghana. The protest, which quickly went viral through videos on social media, featured demonstrators clad in red T-shirts and waving placards accusing Nigerians of various crimes, including armed robbery, ritual
The Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft has met with the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to strengthen collaboration in tackling crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. Led by Senator Ned Nwoko (APC–Delta North), the committee visited the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, describing the meeting as a critical step in
