Banks report higher loan default rates in Q4’25
By Babajide Komolafe Banks have recorded an increase in loan defaults by households and corporates in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflecting growing repayment pressures on consumers and businesses. “The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) disclosed this in its Credit Conditions Survey (CCS) Report for Q4 2025, which revealed that lenders experienced higher default rates on […]
Autonomy best thing that happened to LGs – Awka South Mayor
The Mayor of Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Prince Chinedu Okafor, has described the autonomy being enjoyed by the local governments in Anambra State as the best thing that had happened to the third-tier of government.
Linking me to Kazeem’s murder is dirty politics – Oyeyemi
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo A member of the Accord party in Osun State, Mr Oyeyemi Olalekan, popularly known as Emir, has disclosed that linking him to the murder of Mr Oyebamiji Kazeem is a dirty politics meant to smear his personality. Oyeyemi, a member of the defunct Motor Transport System, MTS, said he was not […]
Aiyedatiwa empowers 200 graduates from Ondo skills acquisition training
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state has assured that his administration will continue to expand skill acquisition programmes, ensure regular monitoring of the training centres and strengthen partnerships where necessary for apprenticeship and job placement.
Ondo youths protest, demand release of activist, Emorioloye
Hundreds of youths from across Ondo State on Monday stormed Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area, to protest the continued detention of Prince Owolemi Emorioloye by security operatives.
Man sentenced to death for raping two children, woman in Calabar
A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced Okon Ekpo Effiong, a 33-year-old man to death for aggravated assault, rape and armed robbery.
Ekpoma riots: Group demands release of detained Okpebholo’s ex-aide
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – OVER one week after the anti-kidnapping protests in Ekpoma, Edo State that went violent, leading to the arrest of many, a group, Edo State Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights, yesterday, called for the unconditional release of Collins Aigbogun, the former Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo from police […]
Police arrest key suspect in last year’s abduction of Bayelsa judge
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—The police in Bayelsa State have arrested alleged key suspect in the June 2015, abduction of the state High Court Judge, Justice Eniyerin Omukoro. The suspect, popularly known as ‘Ogbono’ said to be a post graduate student of a federal university, was arrested by operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Bayelsa […]
Rebalance clinical governance task force now — PSN tells Tinubu
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, on Monday called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently rebalance the membership of the newly constituted National Task Force on Clinical Governance and Patient Safety, warning that its current physician-dominated composition could undermine patient safety and weaken public trust in Nigeria’s health system.
‘Why Nigeria must write its women into history’
Nigerian scholar, Kehinde Sowunmi, has called for a deeper, written engagement with the histories of Nigerian women, warning that reliance on oral traditions alone risks reducing complex female figures to frozen symbols rather than living memories. Sowunmi, a second-year PhD student in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, made […]
Southern Kaduna APC Unity Forum passes vote of confidence on Tinubu, Uba Sani
The Southern Kaduna All Progressives Congress (APC) Unity Forum has passed a vote of confidence on the administrations of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, declaring its full support for their re-election.
Conference to discuss employee assistance programmes holds Thursday
Employee wellness issues will be the focus of a one-day conference on Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) holding at the Chevron Recreational Centre, Gbagada, Lagos on Thursday.
Fashola headlines EkoUnimed’s maiden convocation
Nigeria’s former Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, will deliver the maiden convocation lecture at Eko University of Medicine and Health Sciences, EkoUnimed, just as he is also among those to be honoured with fellowship awards by the institution.
NCDMB, Inter Core Solutions launch training for 100 youths in meter assembly and calibration
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in collaboration with Inter Core Solutions Limited, has launched a five-day training program for 100 youths on Meter Assembly, Installations, and Calibration in Lagos State. The program began on January 19, 2026, and will run until January 23, 2026. The initiative aims to equip participants with practical […]
Measles–Rubella: Red Cross deploys 5,000 volunteers to tackle vaccine hesitancy in Lagos
In a renewed push to curb measles and rubella infections and close immunisation gaps in Lagos State, the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has deployed nearly 5,000 trained community volunteers to support the ongoing Measles–Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign across the state.
Alleged medical negligence: Family of late Shell engineer demands justice, $100m
By Innocent Anaba The family of the late Mr. Eto Obhuo, a former engineer with Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has demanded justice and compensation from the oil giant and its allied entities over his death, which they alleged was caused by gross medical negligence. In a pre-action letter dated September 19, 2025, written by […]
