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Former federal lawmakers from northern Nigeria are divided over President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, following an endorsement by the Northern Caucus Forum of the 9th National Assembly.  The caucus, in a communiqué at the end of a dialogue session, convened by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, threw its weight behind Tinubu’s re-election bid, describing him as …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – A group under the aegis of Ogbakha-Edo, on Friday, August 1, 2025 demanded the immediate withdrawal of the proposed bill before the National Assembly seeking to constitutionally enshrine the Ooni of Ife and the Sultan of Sokoto as Permanent Co-chairmen of the Nigerian Council of Traditional Rulers. The group who is calling for …

By Idahosa Musa A missing final year student of Microbiology Department, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has been found dead in Ekpoma, the administrative headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The deceased, identified simply as Blessing according to reports, was earlier allegedly reported missing by a close friend (name withheld) in the University According to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced August 18 for the commencement of pre-registration for its Continuos Voter Registration CVR. This was disclosed on Friday in a message posted on its X handle. Specifically, the online pre-registration starts on August 18 while the in-person registration commences on August 25. The in-person registration will be held across its local government …

The nurses’ union declared a seven-day warning strike on 29 July. The National Chairman of the Federal Health Institutions sector of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Murakiyo Olajide, has debunked claims that the union has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike. Several media organisations had reported on Friday that nurses had agreed to suspend the strike following a closed-door …

The Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State has announced the renaming of six streets across its jurisdiction as part of an ongoing street naming and revalidation exercise. This move comes amid ongoing public debate over similar actions in Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA), where a recent decision to rename popular landmarks—such as Charly Boy Bus Stop to Olamide …

The unit warned that the locations listed will likely witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding between 31 July and 4 August, 2025. The federal government has warned residents in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring states of Niger, Nasarawa, and Kaduna to brace for potential flooding as heavy rainfall threatens high-risk communities. The National Flood …

President John Mahama of Ghana has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocols, saying there’s no place for xenophobia in Ghana. R-L: President John Mahama of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu . (NAN) Mahama disclosed this while receiving President Bola Tinubu’s special envoy led by the Minister …

Steve Witkoff, the United States’ special envoy to the Middle East, on Friday visited a controversial US-backed aid distribution site in Gaza, one of three such locations near which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks trying to reach scarce food supplies. Witkoff said he spent five hours in Gaza on Friday to better understand the humanitarian situation in …

A former Minister of Education and Chief Executive Officer of Human Capital Africa, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Thursday, knocked the National Assembly over its efforts on the ongoing constitutional amendment, describing it as a charade and a conduit pipe to waste public funds. Ezekwesili equally lamented that hijack of the nation’s political space and, by extension, that of the continent …