Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Yakubu A. H. Ruba, has commiserated with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, over the passing of his mother, Madam Lydia Toba Yilwatda. The special assistant on Media affairs to the legal Luminary, Aliyu Sa’ id Ibrahim in a statement described the death of the octogenarian as a “sad loss” to both the family and the APC. Ruba said her wise counsel would be greatly missed, especially at a time the chairman needs all encouragement to steer the affairs of the party. He prayed for God to grant the…
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Nigeria’s foremost student body, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his office to secure the immediate and unconditional release of detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This they indicated is instructive to bring a political solution to a national problem. NANS President, Comrade Isah Atiku Abubakar, and Public Relations Officer, Comrade Orowole Eniola, in a statement after a leadership meeting at Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, said Kanu’s prolonged detention since June 2021 sends ‘the wrong signal’ to Nigerians, especially young people in the South-East. “It is evident that he has…
The Northern Senators Forum (NSF) has hailed former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR, as a visionary leader whose bold policies and statesmanship helped shape modern Nigeria. In a statement marking his 84th birthday on Monday, NSF Chairman, Sen. Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, described Babangida as an architect of change who guided the country through one of its most critical transitions. “President Babangida’s years in office (1985–1993) were marked by ambitious economic reforms and infrastructural investments that left a lasting imprint on Nigeria’s growth,” the Forum noted. “His administration also steered the nation’s delicate journey towards civilian governance, a turning point in…
The Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), in partnership with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and Universal Learning Solutions (ULS), has commenced a three-day training for public primary school teachers on the use of Jolly Phonics, a globally acclaimed literacy programme. The training, which runs from Monday, August 18 to Wednesday, August 20, 2025, under UBEC’s Teachers’ Professional Development Programme, is aimed at equipping teachers with modern, interactive methods of teaching reading and writing. Flagging off the programme, Edo SUBEB Chairman, Hon. Ebanehita Sonia Omonzane, represented by the Board Secretary, Barr. Beatrice Oluku, said Jolly Phonics has, for…
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to resist vote-buying and treat their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) as weapons of defence against corruption, warning that trading ballots for cash amounts to selling off the nation’s future. In a passionate message on his X handle, Obi described the PVC as “the shield of the weak and the weapon of the poor,” stressing that no democracy can survive when votes are auctioned to the highest bidder. He likened politicians who pay for votes to “criminals in disguise,” accusing them of looting public funds with the same ruthlessness as armed…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio returned to Abuja in the early hours of Monday after a brief vacation in London, quelling speculation that he had been critically ill and hospitalised abroad. Akpabio, who had led Nigeria’s delegation to the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva from July 29 to 31, extended his trip to the United Kingdom. His absence quickly fuelled whispers over his health and capacity to steer the upper chamber. Touching down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 4 a.m., Akpabio was welcomed by senators, aides, and supporters in what many…
The Obidient Movement has raised alarm over the conduct of last Saturday’s by-elections, accusing politicians of turning the polls into a “cash-and-carry” affair that strips democracy of its true essence. In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Dr. Yanusa Tanko, the group said the brazen exchange of money for votes witnessed across constituencies was proof that Nigeria’s democracy is being steadily commercialized. “Elections are not supposed to be an auction block for politicians who loot our national treasury,” Tanko said. “As long as citizens continue to sell their conscience, those who plunder our commonwealth will keep ruling without fear…
The Nigerian military has entered a new phase of reorganisation and renewed counter-terrorism drive, with sweeping changes in Army leadership, new training in civilian protection for Air Force officers, and the arrest of a notorious terror leader in Niger State. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, yesterday approved major postings affecting top brass across the Nigerian Army. The shake-up includes new Principal Staff Officers at Army Headquarters, two General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Corps Commanders, training institution Commandants, and Brigade Commanders. Announcing the changes, Acting Army spokesperson, Lt.-Col. Appolonia Anele, said the move is part of efforts to reposition…
The legal battle over the detention of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has taken a new turn, with his lawyer accusing the Federal Government of clinging to “propaganda and dead laws” instead of obeying binding court rulings. Onyedikachi Ifedi, a member of Kanu’s defence team, said Abuja has no legal foundation to continue holding the separatist leader, insisting that the Supreme Court’s refusal to honour a Court of Appeal judgment declaring Kanu’s 2021 rendition illegal amounted to “theatrics of the highest order.” “The Nigerian government abducted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya in a classic case of extraordinary…
The Northern Senators Forum (NSF) has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the Emir of Zuru, His Royal Highness Major General Mohammed Sani Sami (Gomo II), describing him as a soldier of honour, a visionary leader, and a revered traditional ruler. In a condolence message, the Forum said it joins his family, the Zuru Emirate, the government and people of Kebbi State, and indeed the nation, in mourning the loss of a patriot who devoted his entire life to the service of Nigeria. The chairman of the Forum, Sen. Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua indicated that the late Emir rose to…