The Gombe State Government has warned that parents and guardians who fail to enroll their children in school will face prosecution, with penalties ranging from fines to jail terms. Babaji Babadidi, Chairman of the Gombe State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), issued the warning on Monday during the launch of the 2025/2026 School Enrolment Campaign …
The trial of suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on cybercrime charges was on Monday stalled at the Federal High Court, Abuja, following an objection raised by her legal team. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was arraigned on June 30 on a six-count charge filed by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF), Mohammed Abubakar, had …
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Anambra State, George Moghalu, has declared that Governor Chukwuma Soludo is aware he will not secure re-election in the forthcoming November 8 poll. Moghalu, who recalled his first attempt at the governorship in 2003 under the platform of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), said Soludo backed him …
Kano State has recorded a double triumph in the 2025 National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), with 68 inmates excelling under the state’s correctional education programme, while the state also emerged as the best-performing in the country. The spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kano State Command, Musbahu Lawan, confirmed that the …
A French media group, Canal+, said it has completed the acquisition of MultiChoice, a South African pay-TV operator and owner of DStv and GOtv, with the transaction now unconditional. It announced this in a joint statement on Monday, September 22. The deal, valued at 125 rand per share, secured a 48.2 per cent stake in …
Oyo State has been named the most liveable state in Nigeria in the 2025 State Performance Index (pSPI), published by Phillips Consulting Limited. The report assessed all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on multiple indicators of quality of life, relocation preference and governance, placing Oyo ahead of Akwa Ibom and the FCT. …
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday made a triumphant return to Port Harcourt, where he was received by a large crowd of cheering supporters at the Port Harcourt International Airport. Fubara’s plane touched down at about 11:50 a.m., more than 24 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu lifted the six-month emergency rule imposed on …
Dangote Refinery has suspended direct sales of petroleum products to marketers from its gantry with effect from Thursday, September 18. This was disclosed in an email signed by the company’s Group Commercial Operations Department, sent to marketing partners on Friday. The latest move means marketers can no longer pick up products directly from the refinery's …
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed the opposition parties’ planned coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, saying it is “dead on arrival”. Speaking during a radio programme in Jos, Yilwatda said the ruling party was not threatened by any politician or alliance, including the possibility of …
President Bola Tinubu has announced the end of the six-month state of emergency imposed on Rivers State, declaring that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly will return to office on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Tinubu, in a statement released on Wednesday by the Presidency, said …
