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The Nigeria Labour Congress has said its organs will meet and decide on the next line of action as the ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government over the looming industrial action in public tertiary institutions expires on Saturday (today)....

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 20 Filipino sailors caught ferrying at least 20 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil to Lagos’s main port.The anti-narcotics agency also intercepted the laden vessel- MV Nord Bo...

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has met with the United States Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, following US President Donald Trump’s threat against Nigeria.Hegseth announced the visit in a post on his official X on Friday. H...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted in evidence three video clips supplied by the Department of State Services (DSS) to puncture claims of duress by five suspected masterminds of the 2011 bombing of the United Nations complex in the city facing trial....

The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of 41 Federal Unity Colleges over rising security concerns.The directive was issued through a circular dated November 21, 2025, from the Federal Ministry of Education.According to the document, the M...

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an undisclosed number of students during an attack on St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Niger State.It was learnt that the attackers stormed the school, said to be a private Catholic school located in the Agwara Local Government Area of the state, in the early hours of Friday....

…Our democracy stands because of people like Jonathan — TinubuFormer President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday warned that Nigeria’s democracy was being ‘suffocated’ by reckless political behaviour,...

Olusegun Awolowo, a grandson of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, has died.The Awolowo family announced his passing on Thursday. He was 62.“With extremely heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Olusegun Aw...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has strongly condemned the recent abduction of 25  students of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi State, and the violent attacks and abduction of Christian worshippers in Eruku Town of Kwara State....

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism.Justice James Omotosho said he sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment on counts one, four, five, and six, instead of a death sentence....