The Nigerian Air Force says it has killed more than 15 terrorists in an airstrike on a hideout in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno State. The operation, conducted on September 3, 2025, was carried out by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, according to a statement released on Thursday by NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame. According to him, the strike targeted an enclave west of Zuwa, identified […]
The Federal Ministry of Environment has issued a flood alert for 14 states, warning that 43 locations across the country may experience heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding between September 4 and September 8, 2025. The alert, released on Thursday by the National Flood Early Warning Centre, was signed by Usman Abdullahi Bokani, Director of the Erosion, Flood, and Coastal Zone Management Department. Flooding remains one of Nigeria’s most […]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday commenced a 10-day vacation, marking the start of his 2025 annual leave, the Presidency announced. A statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that the President will spend his 10-working-day vacation between France and the United Kingdom before returning to Nigeria. Tinubu had just returned to Nigeria last week after a two-week official trip to Japan and Brazil. He […]
The National Examinations Council has announced a reduction in the number of objective questions for the English Language Paper III in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination Internal. Effective from the 2026 SSCE Internal exams, the total number of questions will be reduced from 100 to 80. According to an official statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the Osun State Coordinator, Sunday K. Bolaji, dated September 1, 2025, the revised […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has released its Lassa Fever Situation Report for Week 34 (August 18–24, 2025), confirming three new cases in Edo and Ondo states. This represents a decline from the five cases reported in the previous week. According to the report, the cumulative total of confirmed cases in 2025 now stands at 857, with 160 deaths, resulting in a case fatality rate (CFR) […]
President Bola Tinubu has ordered an instant review of security operations in Katsina State. In a statement by his Senior Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday, the president also pledged to boost the fight against banditry through the deployment of advanced military hardware and surveillance gadgets. As part of the new strategy, President Tinubu pledged to intensify the fight against insecurity through the deployment of advanced […]
The Federal Government has declared Friday, September 5, 2025, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid, the celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad. The announcement was made on Wednesday in a statement released by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The government congratulated Muslims across the country and in the diaspora on […]
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has reaffirmed plans to migrate the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, to full Computer-Based Testing ,CBT, by 2026. Dr. Amos Dangut, WAEC’s Head of National Office, made this known on Tuesday during a sensitization meeting with members of the National Assembly Committee on Education in Abuja. He noted that the transition, which began with private candidates in 2024, had recorded “significant progress” […]
Nothing has been heard from the Nigerian government following the widely reported cancellation of visas granted the country’s citizens by the United States Embassy. Olufemi Soneye, former spokesperson for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, raised concerns in a recent article published by Premium Times. He highlighted what he termed the “quiet revocation” of visas issued to Nigerians by the U.S. Embassy. In his publication titled, ‘The quiet revocation: Why […]
