Reading Time: < 1 minuteNobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has shared his thoughts on Nigeria’s 2025 Democracy Day, marked on June 12, following President Bola Tinubu’s address to the National Assembly and the announcement of national honors for select heroes of the June 12 struggle. Speaking...

Reading Time: < 1 minutePresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Envoy, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was officially received by President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire on Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan. The visit was part of preparations for the upcoming West Africa Economic...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteKebbi State has received two million doses of polio vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency as part of preparations for the 2025 polio vaccination campaign. The vaccines were delivered through a partnership between UNICEF and the Kebbi State Primary...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nigeria Police Force has recorded major successes in the ongoing fight against violent crime. In coordinated operations carried out in Katsina and Delta States, officers rescued 11 kidnapped victims, arrested suspected kidnappers, and recovered a large number of illegal arms and...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu granted a posthumous presidential pardon to late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others, collectively known as the Ogoni 9, Ogoni youths and stakeholders held a symbolic unity march in Port Harcourt to express gratitude...

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Federal High Court in Abuja has received new testimony in the terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). A Department of State Services (DSS) witness, identified only as Mr. DDD, claimed that Kanu smuggled a...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Presidency has corrected an error in the Democracy Day National Honours list announced by President Bola Tinubu during his speech at the joint session of the National Assembly. In the list recognizing notable pro-democracy activists and national heroes for their role...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs Nigeria joins the global community to mark World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, 2025, the First Lady of the Federal Republic, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for renewed commitment to eliminate child labour across the nation. With the theme...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has described Nigeria’s democratic journey as a key stabilising force in West Africa, offering a strong model amid rising political instability across the subregion. In a Democracy Day statement issued by his spokesperson,...

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a bold State of the Nation address, former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi paid tribute to late Chief MKO Abiola, describing him as a symbol of sacrifice for democracy. Obi warned that Nigeria’s democracy is under threat despite President Bola Tinubu...