The Federal Government on Friday formally opened the National Youth Confab 2026 in Abuja, urging young Nigerians to move beyond discussions and develop practical solutions to the challenges confronting them. The Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, who declared the confab open at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) Auditorium, Abuja, said the gathering should serve […]
Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, says the policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration contributed to the death of his mother. Amaechi, vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today aired on Friday. He said the rising cost of medicines under Tinubu made it difficult for his family […]
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has appointed Dr Amos Josiah Dangut as its new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer. Dangut served as Head of the Nigeria National Office from October 2023 until September 2026. In a statement on Thursday by the Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Headquarters, Accra, Demianus G. Ojijeogu, the Council said […]
All federal, state and local government employees, including staff of ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, nationwide, have been directed to begin a three-day warning strike from midnight today, by public sector unions under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC. This is due to the failure of the government to address […]
Commuters across several states in Nigeria continued to pay the same, and in some cases higher, fares despite President Bola Tinubu’s directive that transportation fares should begin to fall from October 1 through the deployment of Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses. Checks on Thursday, showed that Tinubu’s directive had yet to translate into widespread reductions in […]
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday confirmed that personnel of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN)have started receiving their September salaries, with the approved salary increase now reflected in their payments. But public service workers under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) have declared a three-day warning strike from October 2 to 4, 2026, over what they described […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria said it has secured an additional 10,000 slots from Saudi Arabia for the 2027 Hajj, raising the country’s total allocation from 50,000 to 60,000 pilgrims. The commission, in a statement by its Head, Information and Publications Division, Shafii Mohammed, on Thursday, said the additional slots comprise 7,500 allocated to […]
The Imo state police command says members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were among those abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha expressway on Thursday morning. Okoye Henry, police spokesperson in Imo, said in a statement that 10 of the victims had been rescued. He said the exact number of persons abducted was still being verified […]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared that Nigeria has moved beyond the difficult phase of his administration’s economic reforms, saying the country is entering an “age of prosperity” focused on jobs, production and improved living standards. Tinubu made the declaration in his Independence Day address to Nigerians as the country marked its 66th anniversary, saying […]
President Bola Tinubu has likened the state of Nigeria in 2023 to a cancer patient facing difficult but life-saving treatment. In his Independence Day address on Thursday, the president said his administration’s economic reforms were necessary to reverse years of structural decline. Tinubu said the reforms addressed long-standing weaknesses, adding that recent improvements in key […]