The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N44,000 minimum wage arrears to former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The commencement of the payment fulfils an earlier promise tied to the recent upward review of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33, 000 to N77, 000. The payment applies to those who completed…
AS President Bola Tinubu marks his second year in office, the Chairman, Senate Committee on South East Development Commission, SEDC, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, APC, Abia North, has asked the President to, as a matter of urgency, sack underperforming Ministers and Security Chiefs from their duties. Kalu who warned that sentimental leadership decisions could worsen…
Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has dismissed speculations suggesting that he plans to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC). Responding to a recent report which claimed he described the APC as a party “desperate to hijack power,” Okorocha denied ever making such a statement. In a press release signed by his Special Adviser…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that the 2027 general elections will serve as a referendum on President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The APC had accused Atiku of seeking to reposition the opposition for selfish gains, claiming he aimed to regain access to state resources. Ibe dismissed these allegations, stating that Atiku’s efforts were driven…
The former Governor of Anambra, and the 2023 Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has donated twenty million naira to the victims of flooding in Mokwa, Niger on Monday. Obi, who was received by the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Yakubu Garba on behalf of governor Muhammad Bago, in Minna, expressed…
The Head of WAEC Nigeria, Dr. Amos Dangut, on Monday apologised profusely to Nigerians and admitted that logistical breakdowns—triggered by a last-minute question paper reprint due to leaks—were at the heart of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), during which Nigerian students were forced to sit for English Language papers as late…
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has lashed out at the trio of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and, a former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, accusing them of weaponizing poverty in their desperate attempt to return to feeding off on the state. APC said it strongly rejects…
Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike on Monday dismissed threats of possible sanctions from his Peoples Democratic Party PDP following his decision to accept a ministerial position in the administration of President Bola Tinubu in 2023. Speaking during a Media Chat in Abuja, Wike said he wrote to the party at the zonal and…
Russia, on Monday, (today) has offered Ukraine a partial ‘2-3 day’ ceasefire, and both will also exchange 6,000 dead soldiers each. Russia had rejected an unconditional ceasefire. These are some of the happenings at the peace negotiations between the two sides held in Istanbul on Monday, a Kyiv negotiator, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said. “The Russian side…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has strongly criticised former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his recent remark expressing hunger, accusing him of craving power rather than food. Speaking during a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, Wike dismissed Amaechi’s statement, made during his 60th birthday celebration, as politically motivated and misleading….
