20+ hour, 53+ 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…...

17+ hour, 44+ 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…...

17+ hour, 38+ min ago   (527+ words) Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered security agencies to arrest those responsible for the killing of his ally, Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade, amid a lingering dispute over the control of motor parks in the state. Oyeyemi…...

17+ hour, 48+ 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…...

19+ hour, 43+ 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…...

20+ hour, 25+ min ago   (571+ words) …Says seven colleagues killed, demands better weapons, welfare A member of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guard, Abdullahi Ibrahim, has alleged that a helicopter he initially believed was a Nigerian Air Force aircraft appeared to coordinate with bandits during an…...

1+ day, 11+ 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, 11+ hour ago   (362+ words) The Onigbesi of Igbesi Land, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, has died days after he was released from kidnappers who abducted him in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. The monarch reportedly died early Saturday following a brief illness…...

1+ day, 11+ 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…...