Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have expressed frustration over the Federal Government’s continued failure to implement the approved N77,000 allowance. The government had announced an increase in corps members’ monthly stipend from N33,000 to N77,000, with effect from July 2024. However, the NYSC Director-General, Brig. Gen. Yushau Ahmed, later explained that the … Read more
The Kano State command of the Islamic Sharia police, popularly known as Hisbah, has reportedly detained several young men for allegedly failing to observe the Ramadan fast on the inaugural day of the holy month. According to Daily Post, the Deputy Commander General of the Board, Dr. Mujahideen Abubakar, confirmed the detentions to reporters in … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced that his administration will conduct new local government elections in compliance with the recent Supreme Court judgment. The decision comes after the court declared the October 5, 2023, elections invalid. In a state broadcast on Sunday, Fubara assured residents that his government will act according to the law. … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has instructed the outgoing Chairmen in the state to relinquish their positions to the Heads of Local Government Administration. Journalist101 reports that on Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed the 23 local government chairmen elected in Rivers State and subsequently ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to withhold the local … Read more
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman Mbala Dajou Abuba at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano for attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine, which he ingested, to Istanbul Turkey. A statement by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said Abuba … Read more
Niger state – Suspected bandits disguised as Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials to kidnap 10 people from White Hill Hotel in Niger state. The bandits abducted the victims at about 4:58 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2025, in the Chanchaga local government area (LGA) of the north-central state. As reported by Daily Trust, … Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged Muslim faithful to pray for the country and her leaders as they mark the Ramadan fast. Naija News reports that Ganduje made the call on Sunday, in a statement from his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, in Abuja. He enjoined Muslims to … Read more
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has raised concern over the directive to shut down all schools in Bauchi Katsina, Kano and Kebbi States because of Ramadan describing it as a violation of the rights of students and families and “dangerous signal” to governance. CAN therefore called on the state governors to open channels of … Read more
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has dismissed a request by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, to ban public officials from seeking medical treatment abroad, stating that such a move would infringe on fundamental rights. Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Polycarp Terna Kwahar ruled that preventing public officers from seeking medical attention outside … Read more
A second Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed, citing the country’s health ministry. This tragic development brings the total number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country to ten. Uganda declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January following … Read more