Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi has described his closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday as productive, saying the talks focused on Nigeria’s future.

As the world marks World Immunisation Week 2026, fresh concerns have been raised over Nigeria’s growing number of unimmunised children, calling for urgent and coordinated action to close the gap.

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Engr. Abdullahi Ramat, has dismissed claims of a purported federal government “solar tax,” clarifying that recent directives by the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) are safety regulations aimed at preventing fire outbreaks linked to faulty solar installations.

By Ebunoluwa Sessou The Lagos State House of Assembly has announced the removal of its Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko, bringing an end to his tenure which began on January 14, 2022. The development was made known during plenary on Tuesday by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who explained that the decision followed the expiration of Onafeko’s tenure […]

The businesswoman came to national attention in January 2024, when she hosted a seven-day 50th birthday celebration on the Caribbean island of Grenada. 

Political leaders, traditional rulers, youths and women drawn from Ogbia, Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas in Bayelsa East Senatorial District on Monday took to the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital to protest alleged plot to scuttle the existing rotation arrangement of the senate seat.

By Evelyn Usman The need for stronger collaboration among security agencies has again been emphasised as critical to effectively tackling the growing menace of drug abuse in the country, with stakeholders warning that no single institution can win the fight alone. Speaking at a three-day workshop on Drug Use Prevention Education for Security Leaders: Building […]

While acknowledging the right to associate, the leadership warned against actions that could weaken the party’s structure.

By Esther Onyegbula The International Christian School of Chaplaincy and Christian Interdenominational Intervention Chaplaincy (INTERCAP/ICSC–CIIC) has inaugurated its Lagos 3 Command, with a call for stronger intelligence gathering and community-based security collaboration to curb crime in Nigeria. The inauguration, held at the Ecumenical Centre in Satellite Town, Lagos, was described as a strategic expansion of […]

By Esther Onyegbula In a decisive move to strengthen Nigeria’s fight against malaria, the Federal Government has formally endorsed a youth-driven national initiative, the Geneith Health Competition (GHC), as part of activities marking World Malaria Day 2026. The approval, granted through the Department of Public Health under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Organised labour in Africa has raised the alarm that Mali is facing a deepening crisis, as a wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across key cities—including Bamako, Gao, and Mopti—continues to destabilise the country and threaten the wider Sahel region. Under the aegis of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union […]

By Elizabeth Osayande A global human rights organisation, WITNESS, has convened a landmark judicial workshop in Ilorin, Kwara State, to equip the Nigerian bench with the necessary skills to navigate the difficulties of Generative Artificial Intelligence and audio-visual evidence. The two-day session, which was the first of its kind in the country, brought together the […]

By Jimitota Onoyume Prominent leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bomadi- Patani federal constituency and other parts of the state were on ground when a leader of the party in Delta state, Dr Chief Chris Ekiyor, formally declared his aspiration in Patani local government area to represent the federal constituency in the House […]

… says move to perpetuate APC’s incompetence By Ebunoluwa Sessou A leading aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Prince Laja Adeoye, has slammed the series of endorsements of Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other APC chieftains. Adeoye, in a statement issued on Tuesday, described the move […]

By Ebunoluwa Sessou The immediate past Vice Chairman of Agege Local Government Area in Lagos State, Gbenga Abiola, has declared his intention to contest the Agege Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly in the 2027 general elections. Abiola, who also served as Sole Administrator of the council, made the declaration on […]