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” […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment to serve all Nigerians equitably, dismissing claims by some northern opposition figures that his administration has disproportionately favored the South in the distribution of federal projects. In a post on his verified X handle, on Monday, the President emphasized that the oath he swore upon assuming office mandates him to serve every Nigerian regardless of region, religion, or political affiliation. To counter allegations […]
The Federal Government has welcomed the landmark judgment of the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland, which on Monday, sentenced Simon Ekpa, a self-styled pro-Biafra agitator, to six years’ imprisonment for terrorism offences. In a statement issued by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, the government described the ruling as a watershed moment not only for the innocent Nigerians whose lives and livelihoods were devastated by Ekpa’s campaign […]
Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted widespread thundery and rainy weather activities across the country from Monday to Wednesday. In its weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet projected thunderstorms with moderate rainfall on Monday morning over parts of Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Gombe, Borno, and Yobe States in the northern region. According to NiMet, later in the day, thunderstorms are expected in Bauchi, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina, […]
President Bola Tinubu, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and several state governors on Sunday led tributes as former Inspector-General of Police and immediate past Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, passed away in Abuja at the age of 69. Arase died in the early hours of the morning at Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, following a brief illness. His death was confirmed by his first son, Solomon Arase Jnr, […]
The 21-day ultimatum, which began on August 27, 2025, was contained in a communique issued at the end of the association’s 77th General Executive Council Meeting held at the Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Danbatta, Kano State. The polytechnic workers demanded the release of the new Scheme of Service, constitution of the Renegotiation of 2010 Agreement Committee, payment of all owed arrears and the release of the 2023, 2024 and […]
