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Several videos and pictures have surfaced online detailing the ordeals of residents of flooded areas. From submerged cars to waterlogged beds, the experiences are disheartening. According to NiMet’s seasonal climate outlook report, rainfall distribution across the country is expected to vary considerably, with annual totals ranging from about 400 mm in some northern areas to…
Andy Burnham stands at the threshold of Downing Street, yet the man widely expected to become Britain’s next prime minister is already confronting a sharp demand from within his own party: hand women half of the senior jobs, or risk carrying an old grievance into a new government. The pressure has come from Labour’s…
The Senate has approved a bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology in Jos, Plateau State, a move aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system and expanding the country’s capacity for disease diagnosis, research and medical laboratory training. The bill received the endorsement of the upper chamber during plenary…
The Senate has cautioned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over his call for a United Nations led investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area, warning that such a demand could undermine the efforts of the Federal Government and security agencies in tackling terrorism and kidnapping. The caution was contained…
Grief without a grave is the burden the family of Michael Olugbade Oyedokun continues to carry, nearly two months after the Mathematics teacher was killed in captivity following the mass abduction of pupils and staff in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. In an open letter dated Tuesday and addressed to President Bola Tinubu,…
The African Democratic Congress moved quickly on Monday to calm anxiety within its ranks, declaring that a fresh Court of Appeal judgment on its internal congresses carries no consequence for the candidates it has fielded through direct primaries. The reassurance came only hours after the appellate court in Abuja handed the party a setback…
A once-prominent figure in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet stood in the dock of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, entering a not-guilty plea to a six-count charge that has placed the credibility of his academic record at the centre of a closely watched corruption trial. Uche Nnaji, former Minister of Innovation,…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has raised the stakes in the escalating row over the treatment of Nigerians in South Africa, declaring a nationwide protest that seeks to paralyse the operations of MTN and MultiChoice while pressuring citizens to withdraw their funds from Stanbic IBTC Bank. The NANS President,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has drawn a sharp line under a legislative delay that has quietly stretched into its fifth month, giving President Bola Tinubu seven days to either sign the Federal Audit Service Bill into law, formally tell the National Assembly why he is withholding assent, or step down from office. The…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the remand of a former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar, at the Kuje Correctional Centre, marking a striking reversal of fortune for the man who once presided over some of the most consequential asset declaration trials in…
