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VP Shettima pledges to table NUJ’s demands for protection, review of libel laws, and others before the president. The Nigeria Union of Journalists has asked the Bola Tinubu administration to defend press freedom and review laws that criminalise journalism in the country. The NUJ stated this on Wednesday when its leadership met with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential …

* Charges him to protect integrity of nation’s electoral system  * Shettima presides over NEC meeting  President Bola Tinubu on Thursday sworn in Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), marking the commencement of his five-year tenure as head of the nation’s electoral body. The president administered the oath of office on the …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has announced the suspension of its two-week warning strike, giving the Federal Government a one-month window to conclude the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and address other unresolved issues affecting the nation’s university system. President of the union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press briefing in Abuja, where …

According to the security alert, the ISWAP operatives have already commenced surveillance on soft targets in the identified areas, prompting a call for the immediate strengthening of security operations to avert tragedy. Security agencies in Ondo State have been set on high alert following a leaked memo from the State Security Services (SSS) , warning of threats by terrorists to …

Wishing for peace is far easier than making peace. President Donald Trump’s grand ambitions in the Middle East and Ukraine are struggling against their own internal limitations and the horrific hangovers of two brutal wars. Trump ditched plans for a quick second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, declaring Tuesday that he didn’t want to waste his time, in the latest …

The bill aims to strengthen the legal framework governing elections in Nigeria. A bill seeking to repeal the Electoral Act 2022 and enact a new Electoral Bill 2025 has passed second reading at the Senate. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the passage during Wednesday’s plenary after a majority of senators supported it through a voice vote. Following its passage, the …

A tale of pain, oppression, suppression, injustice, power intoxication and undemocratic decisions Our attention has been drawn to a television media chat by the President of PENGASSANand the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, on October 15, 2025, as broadcast on Channels TV’s “TUC Half Hour” program. During the program, Comrade Osifo attempted to whitewash and downplay the deliberate …

In a statement posted on its X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday, Amnesty International condemned the remand of Ejimakor and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the IPOB leader, in Kuje Correctional Centre after their arrest during a peaceful assembly on Monday. Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against what it described as …

Nnamdi Kanu informed the court of his plan to call 23 witnesses divided into two categories. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has listed former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, as one of his defence witnesses in his terrorism trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Biafra agitator listed Mr Malami among …

—- Visits Afenifere leader, Fasoranti over Tinubu’s re-election — Fasoranti seeks unity, bridge building to stabilize Nigeria Northern leaders under the aegis of the Northern Bridge Builders Forum, have said that only a northerner without conscience would not support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. The leader of the group, who was a former Minister, Senator …