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ASUU Holds Strategic NEC Meeting Over Strike Action
The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, will meet today, Tuesday, to evaluate its position on the ongoing strike by its members. The development comes after ASUU disclosed that the Government’s Renegotiation Team, led by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, came to the negotiation table with a documented response to the union’s demands and made some offers...
Senate Debates Fresh Minimum Wage To Improve Armed Forces Welfare
The Senate has initiated a debate on a proposal to raise the minimum wage and overall conditions of service for members of the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies, citing growing economic hardship, low morale, and the urgent need to strengthen national security operations. The motion, titled “Urgent Need to Increase the Minimum Wage and Improve Conditions of Service...
FG Launches Project To Audit, Reposition Civil Service
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Personnel Audit and Skill Gap Analysis Project, codenamed Project Phoenix, to enhance efficiency and optimise human resource management across Ministries, Departments and Agencies. Speaking at the official inauguration of the initiative, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Mohammed Danjuma, said the...
Presidency Accuses US Lawmakers, Lobbyist Promoting Religious Genocide
The Presidency has accused a group of United States lawmakers and lobbyists of launching a coordinated campaign to mislead U.S. President Donald Trump into sanctioning Nigeria under false claims of religious persecution. Presidential spokesperson, Daniel Bwala, made the allegation on Tuesday during an appearance on Arise News’ Prime Time, where he described the campaign as a “deliberate disinformation strategy” aimed...
Court Fixes October 31 for Judgment On PDP Convention Dispute
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed Oct. 31 for judgment in a suit seeking to stop the planned convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after counsel for the plaintiffs and the defence lawyers adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the case. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Nnamdi Kanu Raises Concern Over Detention, Names Malami, Wike, Umahi, Sanwo-Olu, Others, As Witnesses
Kanu raises alarm, alleges tricks by FG to perpetually hold him down Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has drawn attention to what he described as serial executive and judicial fraud being perpetrated against him since his extraordinary rendition in 2021. In an open letter addressed to Nigerians yesterday, Kanu said: ‘’In a judgment...
ADC Faults FG’s Handling Of Protest Over Kanu’s Release
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has refrained from taking a position on the detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, but criticised the federal government over the handling of protests demanding his release. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the ADC was more concerned...
APC Describes Opposition Parties As ‘Directionless’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Tuesday said that Nigeria’s opposition parties had failed woefully on all counts, describing them as directionless. The APC Spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, in a statement in Lagos, said the party observed with grave concern the deteriorating state of the so-called opposition parties in Nigeria. He said that the absence of credible opposition...
Gov. Otti Donates 28 Brand New Vehicles To Abia Permanent Secretaries (Video)
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has again demonstrated his administration’s commitment to workers’ welfare by donating 28 brand new official vehicles to all permanent secretaries in the state civil service. The presentation took place during a meeting with the permanent secretaries held at the newly rebuilt Michael Okpara Auditorium in Umuahia on Wednesday. https://youtube.com/shorts/G8Mx9ArndxI?feature=share Governor Otti said the gesture was part of...
Tension In Abuja As Court Remands Nnamdi Kanu’s Younger Brother, Barr. Ejimakor, Denies Access To Lawyers
In a latest development confirmed to ABN TV, the Younger brother of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, and other arrested protesters have been remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre until Friday, October 24, 2025. According to eyewitness reports, the court did not allow the detainees access to their lawyers, and no legal representation was permitted during their...
