President Donald Trump has reduced the number of refugees to be admitted into the United States to 7,500 for the 2026 fiscal year which is the lowest cap in U.S. history, while giving priority to white South Africans, particularly Afrikaners, under a new Executive Order. The drastic reduction, announced on Thursday via the Federal Register, …
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from giving recognition to the outcome of the forthcoming 2025 National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) slated for November in Ibadan, Oyo State. The court, in its judgement on Friday, based the decision on the …
The Nigerian Senate has suspended further consideration of the Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2025, a controversial proposal seeking to impose stiffer penalties for abortion-related offences, following intense debate among lawmakers on 26 October 2025. The upper chamber’s decision came after heated disagreements over what should legally qualify as an “unlawful abortion” and concerns that the …
At least 16 senior officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces are currently in detention in connection with an alleged coup attempt against the government of Bola Tinubu. Sources disclosed that the list of detainees comprises a brigadier general, a colonel, four lieutenant colonels, five majors, two captains and a lieutenant from the Army, plus a …
A delegation of the management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday walked out on the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies over media presence at a public hearing in Abuja. The public hearing, organised by the committee, was to investigate the 2023/2024 budget performance of JAMB and revenue …
History was made in the medical training field on Wednesday, as Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, presented and awarded the first Doctor of Physiotherapy in Nigeria and West Africa at its 7th convocation ceremony. Also, Popoola Israel Oladayo, a graduate of Criminology and Security Studies from the College of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, was …
Special assistant on media and public affairs to former minister of state for petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, Chief Julius Bokoru, has dismissed rumours linking his principal to any coup plot in Nigeria, describing the claims as baseless and politically motivated. In a statement released on Wednesday, Bokoru said some desperate and self-centred politicians were behind …
The federal government has launched an initiative to empower teachers across the country with subsidized mobile devices and free data access to enhance professional development and classroom delivery. The Federal Ministry of Education unveiled the scheme in Abuja late Thursday. It will benefit 8,000 teachers from the six geopolitical zones in its first phase, which …
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he has not received any formal invitation or subpoena to appear as a witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during his monthly media chat on Friday in Abuja, Wike …
President Bola Tinubu has sacked some service chiefs and appointed their replacements. This was confirmed in a statement released on Friday, October 23, signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Public Communication, Sunday Dare. The statement said the changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs were in furtherance of the …
