Academic and non-academic workers at Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), Katsina, have jointly commenced a two-week warning strike to press home demands over unresolved welfare and administrative issues affecting the institution. The industrial action, which began on November 3, was declared after a joint congress of the four in-house unions of the university — […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has given Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu a final window to begin his defence in the long-running terrorism case against him, warning that failure to do so would amount to forfeiting his right to contest the charges. The matter was pushed forward after a tense […]
Armed bandits suspected to have ties with Sahel-based extremist groups have ambushed the convoy of a member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Jafaru, who represents Borgu and Agwara Federal Constituency of Niger State. The attack, which occurred on Tuesday afternoon along the Lumma–Babanna Road in Borgu Local Government Area, left one soldier dead […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plans to introduce a new emergency travel document known as the Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP) for Nigerians living overseas. The initiative is designed to replace the existing Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC) and will serve as a one-time entry document for citizens whose passports have expired, been […]
Residents of Apete, a suburb of Ibadan, Oyo State, were left in shock after a landlord in the community was apprehended for allegedly stealing electrical cables belonging to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The suspect names withheld, was reportedly caught in the act late Tuesday night by local vigilantes after several weeks of […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have sounded the alarm over the circulation of products being sold as “medicinal cannabis,” saying laboratory checks show they contain hazardous and illegal substances. The agency said the alert follows intelligence-led operations that culminated in the arrest of a suspected peddler in Lagos. NDLEA […]
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to prevent, prohibit, and redress sexual harassment of students in Nigerian educational institutions. The proposed legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Prevent, Prohibit, and Redress Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions and for Related Matters,” aims to provide a legal framework to […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday declined to issue a warrant of arrest against human rights activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, despite his absence in court for arraignment on charges of criminal defamation. Sowore, alongside Meta (Facebook) Inc. and X Corporation (formerly Twitter), is facing a five-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, […]
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has revealed that his decision to refrain from sanctioning some erring party members was a deliberate move to preserve the unity and stability of the opposition party. Speaking on Wednesday at the meeting of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) in […]
