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By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Federal Government has summoned the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to a conciliation meeting in Abuja amid mounting concerns over economic hardship and the union’s ultimatum demanding urgent measures to ease the burden on Nigerian workers. The meeting, scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 2026, comes a day before the […]

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…Raise questions over profiling of Igbo youths …Group demands investigation into alleged sponsors of insecurity in South-East By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called for a thorough investigation into the abduction of prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members along the Owerri–Onitsha Expressway in Imo State, following the arraignment […]

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Oyo State Government has fixed December 29, 2026, for chairmanship and councillorship elections across the state’s 33 local government areas, while approving billions of naira in funding for electoral preparations, nursing education and healthcare infrastructure.

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Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has declared that Nigeria is not working, promising to reset the country through reforms in education, security, the economy and fiscal federalism.

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A 40-year-old Nigerian man, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for his involvement in multiple fraud, computer hacking and identity theft schemes.

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Local Yemeni authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll from a Houthi strike a day earlier on a military camp belonging to government forces to 73, as fighting between the foes escalates.

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By Folarin Kehinde The Federal Government has moved to strengthen the fight against illegal fishing and maritime threats in the Gulf of Guinea through a proposed regional Marine and Blue Economy Policy aimed at improving security, attracting investment and deepeningcooperation among member states. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, said a common regional […]

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