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PDP Dismiss Lamido’s Call For New NWC Dissolution
The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the call by a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, for the dissolution of the new National Working Committee and the appointment of a caretaker leadership. The party stated that Lamido’s proposal contradicted the party’s constitution and could not stand while ongoing court cases remain unresolved. Lamido had on Thursday issued a 10-day ultimatum to the...
Obasanjo Charges FG To Desist From Negotiating With Terrorists, Take Action
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has rejected calls for negotiations with bandits, insisting that Nigeria must take decisive action and embrace international assistance to confront escalating insecurity. Obasanjo, who spoke at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival held in Jos, the state capital, on Friday, asked the Federal Government to stop apologising and negotiating with terrorists. His position comes...
Jonathan Briefs Tinubu On Guinea-Bissau Coup
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday briefed President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Abuja, on what transpired in the Guinea Bissau elections. Dr. Jonathan also said that what was described as a coup in the country after the election, was not in actual sense a coup but rather what he described as a “ceremonial coup” carried out by the...
NARD Suspends Ongoing Nationwide Indefinite Strike
The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Saturday night suspended its total, indefinite and comprehensive strike (TICS) for a period of four weeks following a series of conciliatory meetings with the Federal Government and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). President of NARD, Dr Mohammad Suleiman, who confirmed this to Vanguard, said...
Tinubu Unveils List Of Nominees For Ambassadorial Positions
President Bola Tinubu has nominated the immediate past National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu; a former presidential aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri; a former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and 29 others for the position of ambassador. Also on the ambassadorial nominee list are two loyalists of the Minister of the FCT Nyesom...
Gov. Otti Orders Immediate Payment Of Outstanding Salaries For Newly Recruited Teachers (Video)
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has directed that all outstanding salaries owed to newly recruited teachers in the state be paid before Sunday night. The Governor made the statement on Friday, November 28, 2025, during the November edition of Governor Alex Otti Speaks to Abians, a monthly interactive session aimed at updating citizens on government activities and addressing public...
Appeal Court Dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s Appeal, Says Case Now ‘Academic’ After Terrorism Conviction
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, ruling that the application has been overtaken by recent events and no longer has legal merit following his conviction and life sentence handed down by a Federal High Court on November 20. A three-member panel...
CDCFIB Board To Unveil Next Phase Of Paramilitary Recruitment List December 1
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board says shortlisted candidates for physical screening and document verification in its ongoing recruitment exercise will be released from December 1. The Secretary to the board, Abdulmalik Jubril, in a statement on Friday, called on applicants to check the board’s recruitment portal; recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng from December 1 to December 3, to check if...
VIPs Seeks NSCDC Security After 11,000+ Policemen’s Recall
Following the withdrawal of 11,566 policemen by the authorities, prominent Nigerians have revealed plans to apply to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for orderlies and security escorts. The move, ordered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is part of an aggressive push to redirect overstretched security manpower to escalating nationwide threats—including kidnapping spikes in Kwara, Kebbi, Niger and other...
SEC Directs Capital Market Operators To Register Instruments By January
The Securities and Exchange Commission has directed all Capital Market Operators to declare their compliance status and ensure that every tradable instrument under their management is fully registered in line with the Investments and Securities Act 2025 by January 2026. The Director-General of SEC, Emomotimi Agama, issued the directive on Wednesday at the Commission’s Journalists’ Academy 2025 held in Lagos....
