The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that a total of 6,856,979 Nigerians have so far pre-registered online in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise as of Week 7, covering the period between September 29 and October 5, 2025. In its latest weekly report, the commission stated that female registrants accounted for 3,581,562,

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to urgently review and reduce the cost of the 2026 Hajj fares earlier announced by the commission. The directive was disclosed on Monday by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hadeija, while briefing State House Correspondents after a meeting

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has lambasted President Bola Tinubu for retaining Uche Nnaji, Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, in his cabinet despite damning revelations that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) disowned the certificates he presented for his appointment. In a statement issued by the party’s

Justice Mohammed Zubairu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Jikwoyi-Kurudu, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned to November 5, the hearing of a suit seeking judicial review of the report and recommendations of the Ministerial Committee on the River Park Estate matter. The matter was adjourned because counsel to the Federal Capital

A civil society organisation, the Global Gender Safety & Moral Development (GGSMD), has demanded the immediate resignation of the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, Uche Nnaji, over alleged certificate forgery, calling for a full-scale investigation by security and regulatory agencies. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, October 6, 2025, the Executive

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has declared former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President and serving senator, Adams Oshiomhole, persona non grata for what it described as his “shameful betrayal” of workers’ struggles following his recent comments attacking labour unions over their strike action against Dangote Refinery. In a statement, NUPENG

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday slammed the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) for allegedly holding the country to ransom over what he described as a “minor labour dispute,” amid the ongoing face-off involving the Dangote Refinery. Speaking at the opening of the Nigerian Economic Summit 2025 in Abuja, Shettima

Homes have been destroyed and livelihoods shattered across Lagos State, where over 57,000 residents have been affected by flooding between January and October 2025, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed. He said this while speaking at the 2025 World Habitat Day celebration in Ikeja, themed “Urban Crisis Response: Flooding in Focus.”  He was represented by the

Youth from Lade community in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State — the hometown of the state’s Commissioner for Water Resources, Usman Lade — have taken to the streets to protest against the rising wave of banditry and insecurity that has gripped their region. Carrying placards with inscriptions such as “Our Voice Must Be Heard”