12+ hour, 4+ min ago   (514+ words) No fewer than 10,494 Nigerians are currently listed among staff in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, a development that has renewed concerns over Nigeria’s worsening health workforce shortage and the continued migration of skilled professionals. The figure, released by NHS…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (603+ words) Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Bola Tinubu to account for the funds saved from the removal of the petrol subsidy, following the renewed threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities to embark on a nationwide strike. Atiku…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago   (530+ words) …Says Borno invests N46.9bn in education in two years Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has disclosed that insurgency destroyed more than 5,000 school structures across the state and, at its peak, forced about 2.2 million children out of school. Zulum made the disclosure…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (847+ words) The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Independent National Electoral Commission seven days to account for more than N126.46bn in electoral funds allegedly diverted, lost, mismanaged or otherwise unaccounted for. SERAP’s demand was contained in a letter dated September…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (544+ words) The Independent National Electoral Commission has published the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the January 2027 general elections, with incumbent President Bola Tinubu, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State governor Peter Obi among the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (742+ words) ….Audit Report Flags N27.25bn Payments For Unexecuted, Poorly Executed Jobs The infractions, contained in the Auditor-General for the Federation’s 2024 Annual Report on Non-Compliance/Internal Control Weaknesses in MDAs, ranged from irregular contract awards and breaches of procurement procedures to payments for…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (424+ words) The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has urged labour leaders across the country to seek political power, arguing that occupying elective and appointive positions would give workers’ representatives greater influence over policies affecting the Nigerian workforce. Ajaero…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (432+ words) The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 12 containers containing consignments with a combined value of N43.59bn at the Apapa Port in Lagos, including 7,624kg of cannabis, nearly 170,000 bottles of codeine syrup and 108 security-sensitive drones. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (603+ words) The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it plans to deploy between 50 and 70 smart self-service fuelling stations across the country within the next six months. The Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Ltd., Dr Mumuni Dagazau, disclosed this on Thursday at…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (432+ words) A 25-year-old woman, Kehinde Onizeokaraga, has allegedly been killed by her husband, Sodiq Ibrahim, a meat seller, during a dispute over their troubled marriage in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday when attempts by…...