Reading Time: 2 minutesThe President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, has challenged his Trade Union Congress, TUC, counterpart, Comrade Festus Osifo, to prove that he has spent at least four to five months in Nigeria this year. Ajaero made the challenge while...

Reading Time: 2 minutesVice President Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, have attracted attention at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Cross River State after sprinting towards the podium while displaying energetic dance moves. The moment, captured...

Reading Time: 3 minutesLagos State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Obafemi Hamzat, has unveiled a 100-point manifesto, promising the establishment of a Child Protection and Nutrition Agency, a state wealth fund and a public service delivery office within his first 100 days in office if elected...

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Federal Government has commenced a monthly cash relief programme offering 50,000 naira to eligible vulnerable households to cushion the impact of rising living costs across the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard Doro, announced the development in a...

Reading Time: 2 minutesFourteen children were among 33 detainees who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Minna, Niger State, in September, according to an independent government investigation report. The report also revealed that some of those arrested on...

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn independent investigation committee probing the deaths of 33 detainees in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State has recommended N1.4 billion in compensation for bereaved families and survivors. The committee also proposed full educational scholarships...

Reading Time: 2 minutesFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised the Federal Government’s continued reliance on domestic and foreign loans, warning that excessive borrowing could impose a devastating financial burden on generations of Nigerians yet unborn. Obasanjo described debt as more damaging than leprosy, arguing that while...

Reading Time: 2 minutesAkwa Ibom State has recorded another remarkable achievement in the education sector as a public school teacher, Mr. Ephraim Jacob Inyangudo, emerges second runner-up in the 2026 Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition, winning a cash prize of ₦3 million. Mr. Inyangudo, who...

Reading Time: 2 minutesNigeria’s health insurance enrolment has increased to 23.06 million people in the second quarter of 2026, up from 16.2 million in late 2023, according to the National Health Insurance Authority. The NHIA Director-General, Kelechi Ohiri, disclosed this on Thursday while delivering the keynote...

Reading Time: 2 minutesOyo State Governor and Allied Peoples Movement presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has urged voters in the South-East to reject ethnic and religious sentiments when choosing Nigeria’s next president in 2027. Makinde made the appeal on Thursday during the APM South-East town hall meeting...