By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi BIRNIN KEBBI — The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the death of 10 police officers during a gun battle with armed bandits at Makuku village in Zuru Emirate, along the Kebbi-Zamfara border. The command also said 17 bandits were killed while several others sustained injuries during the encounter. The […]

ABUJA — The Nigerian Law School has confirmed the death of a student of its Enugu Campus who was undergoing the externship programme in Lagos. The student, who was temporarily accommodated at the Lagos Campus hostel for the duration of the programme, died after falling from the rooftop of the hostel in the early hours […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja ABUJA — The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has directed lecturers in 20 universities to commence preparations for industrial action over alleged failure by the Federal and state governments to fully implement the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement. The union gave the affected governments and university authorities a 14-day ultimatum to address […]

…Says Nigerians are still multidimensionally poor…Faults subsidy removal, says policy deepened hardship By Juliet Umeh Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has urged the Federal Government to stop relying on rising revenue and other macroeconomic figures to justify its economic reforms, saying such statistics have yet to translate into improved living […]

The leader of the G100 political pressure group, Salihu Lukman, has admitted that persuading opposition presidential candidates, including Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, to work together ahead of the 2027 election is a difficult task. Lukman, who is also a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), spoke on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Tuesday […]