The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has announced that all students must sign a compulsory affidavit of undertaking to refrain from participating in unauthorized protests or demonstrations on campus. The move comes after a month-long closure due to student protests against power outages. In a circular issued on Wednesday, the university stated that students must sign…
Heavily armed security personnel on Wednesday night stormed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja on. The raid, which occurred around 8:30 pm, saw the operatives break into the Labour House, ransacking the bookshop on the second floor and carting away hundreds of books and publications. According to Benson Upah, the NLC’s head of…
A Nigerian man Joseph Umera is making a heartfelt plea for his 15-year-old cousin, Favour Lawrence, to return home after she ran away in January 2024 following a minor disagreement with her father. Tragically, Favour’s father has since passed away and was laid to rest in Imo State. Favour was a student in SS2 and…
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari, on Wednesday, agreed to a televised public hearing in the Senate. This is coming over a series of allegations accusing the state-owned oil company of sabotage in the nation’s oil sector. Also, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has auctioned a total sum of $876.26m to 26 qualified banks, who participated in the latest Retail Dutch Auction System undertaken by the apex bank. The auction process conducted on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, aimed to enhance FX liquidity in the market, alleviate demand pressure, and support price discovery in…
The Republic of Turkey has formally submitted its intervention in the case brought by South Africa against the State of Israel, alleging genocide, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This announcement was made by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday. In a post on his X handle, Fidan said, “We have just submitted…
The Nigerian army has compensated the family of Ismail Mohammed, a 16-year-old boy killed by its officers. The young man was killed by a soldier during the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest. The young man’s family was given N300,000 as compensation. This follows the army’s admission of responsibility for the fatal shooting in Samaru, Zaria, Kaduna State…
The presidency has clarified that a video of President Bola Tinubu addressing Nigerians, which went viral on Wednesday, is an old video. The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who made the clarification in a post via his X account said the trending video is not new. He explained that…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has revealed that the country currently spends $600 million on fuel importation monthly. He stated that the high import bill is due to neighbouring countries, up to Central Africa, benefiting from the country’s fuel imports. The minister stated this during an interview. Edun…
There is palpable fear in the Gidinye community of Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following the death of five children within 24 hours. Gidinye, one of the communities in the Jenkwe Development Area of the LG houses thousands of able-bodied men and women including children. Findings revealed that the children who are between…
