Nigeria’s healthcare system has been thrown into turmoil as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) commenced an indefinite nationwide strike following the breakdown of talks with the Federal Government. The strike, which began on Saturday, November 1, 2025, comes after the expiration of a 30-day ultimatum issued to the government to meet the […]
Tension has gripped Kebbi State following the abduction of the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Samaila Bagudu, by gunmen in his hometown. The incident occurred on Friday evening in Bagudu town, headquarters of Bagudu Local Government Area. According to eyewitnesses, the armed men stormed the community in large numbers, shooting […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, views with great seriousness the allegation of extortion made against some of its operatives by a Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji (a.k.a Oladips). The hip-hop artist alleged that operatives of the Commission extorted a sum of N10,000,000( Ten Million Naira) from him before securing his release when […]
As the debate on women’s political representation intensifies, the National Assembly is preparing to vote on a historic bill that seeks to reserve special seats for women in both the national and state assemblies. The bill, which has already passed second reading in the House of Representatives, aims to address the long-standing gender imbalance […]
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have arrested seven notorious cultists and recovered dangerous weapons during a targeted raid on a suspected cult hideout in the North Bank area of Makurdi, Benue State. The operation, carried out in the early hours of Friday, followed credible intelligence reports on the activities of […]
The Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Mr. Kamoru Ogunlana, has stressed that beyond technical competence, character and integrity are essential ingredients for building and sustaining the institutional credibility of the Nigerian parliament. Speaking on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of a three-day capacity-building workshop for National Assembly staff in Abuja, Ogunlana said that […]
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced the arrest of several of their fighters accused of committing grave human rights abuses during the capture of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, even as the United Nations called for an urgent and independent investigation into mounting reports of atrocities in the war-ravaged city. In […]
The immediate past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Ekanem Braide, has called on universities across the country to focus more on addressing the peculiar challenges facing their host communities. Braide, who is also the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Lafia, Nasarawa State, made the appeal on Friday while delivering […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commended the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja which halted the planned 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as a victory against impunity within the party. Justice James Omotosho had on Friday restrained the PDP from […]
By Comrade Bamidele Atoyebi The conversation about leadership and succession in Nigeria has often been framed as a contest of influence or a game of survival. Yet, at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Ideological Group, we believe that leadership should neither be burdensome nor exclusive. By this, we mean that we are not creating obstacles […]
