SSANU Threatens Action Over Unpaid Entitlements
Senior non-teaching staff in Nigerian universities threatened a fresh national strike on 30 October 2026…
SSANU Threatens Action Over Unpaid Entitlements
Senior non-teaching staff in Nigerian universities threatened a fresh national strike on 30 October 2026 over unpaid salary adjustments and withheld entitlements. Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities President Mohammed Ibrahim issued the ultimatum in Abuja, demanding immediate payment of the thirty-five per cent salary review agreed in 2023. Union leaders rejected federal delays, warning…
Gunmen Kill Four in Fresh Plateau Attack
Gunmen killed four residents during a late-night raid on Sabon Angwa village in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on 29 October 2026. Armed gangs stormed the farming settlement near Bet and Zat around midnight, shooting indiscriminately at fleeing villagers. The violence erupted barely two days after suspected militia groups murdered seven…
Obi, Kwankwaso Present United Front at Enugu Town Hall
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has reassured supporters that he will work closely with his vice-presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, to move the country forward if elected in 2027. Obi gave the assurance on Thursday during a town hall meeting in Enugu, where he engaged supporters and stakeholders on the…
Beyond the Curtain: The Structural Precarity of Nollywood’s Creative Pioneers
The recent consecutive deaths of veteran screen actors and pioneering directors have once again plunged the Nigerian creative community into mourning. Taiwo Ogogo Hasan, Olu Jacobs, Francis Duru, and Alex Ekubo are just a few of the actors Nigeria has lost this year. Social media feeds are flooded with tributes, archival clips, and eulogies celebrating…
INEC Restores 66 Candidates in Review of 130 Election Petitions
The Independent National Electoral Commission has upheld 41 of the 69 petitions filed against the final list of governorship candidates for the 2027 general election, and rejected 28, in a review that restores some candidates, strikes others and hands the affected parties a fresh reading of the ballot. The Chairman of the commission’s Information and…
CAF Reverts AFCON to Two-Year Cycle
The Confederation of African Football reversed its brief experiment with a four-year tournament cycle on 29 October 2026, restoring the Africa Cup of Nations to its traditional two-year cadence. CAF President Patrice Motsepe chaired an executive committee meeting in Rabat where regional football leaders unanimously scrapped their earlier decision to hold the continental showpiece every…
N70,000 for Workers, But What About Millions of Nigerians Left Behind?
The Federal Government’s agreement with organised labour offers temporary relief to public-sector workers, but raises difficult questions about fairness, the cost of living, the plight of private-sector employees and the millions of Nigerians who have no employer to negotiate with. Nigeria’s latest agreement between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is a…
Galatasaray Congratulate Osimhen on Birth of Second Daughter
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen and his partner, Stefanie Ladewig, have welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Liora Audrey, in a week that has delivered the striker both a derby brace and a top-of-the-table finish. Galatasaray, the Turkish champions where Osimhen plays, announced the birth on Thursday with a message on its…
Binance Freezes Billions Following Record $6.3bn Cyber Heist
Hackers executed the largest digital asset heist in history on Thursday, breaching internal systems at Binance to drain approximately $6.3bn in cryptocurrency. The world’s largest exchange immediately froze deposits and withdrawals as security teams scrambled to contain the breach across multiple blockchain networks. Preliminary investigations by blockchain intelligence firms attribute the sophisticated raid to TraderTraitor,…
INEC Restores Pantami, Gwarzo to 2027 Ballot, Subject to Courts
The Independent National Electoral Commission has provisionally cleared a former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, and the New Nigeria Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Kano State, Abdulsalam Gwarzo, to contest the 2027 elections, with their eligibility tied to the outcome of pending court cases. The decisions were reached…