The Nigerian government has released ₦2.3billion to offset salary and promotion arrears owed to university lecturers nationwide.  The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made the disclosure while providing updates on government engagements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other tertiary institution unions.  He noted that the administration was determined to rebuild […]

From the late 19th Century to the early 20th, the world witnessed the “Partition of Africa’ by European powers. The motives for the partition are well-known; and many of the contradictions that resulted from that colonial assault still persist today. Nigeria is a product of that European colonial abuse. Now, in the first quarter of

The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Waidi Shaibu, has vowed to crush the emerging terrorist group known as Lakurawa, which has been terrorising communities across the northern region.  Shaibu, who was appointed last week by President Bola Tinubu, made the declaration on Wednesday during his screening before the Nigerian Senate in

Human rights activist and national chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has called on Nigerians to register with and join the party for political renewal in the country, describing the party as a revolutionary movement for truth, justice, and freedom. In a message on his X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Sowore, who

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, has warned Nigerians against lending credence to foreign propaganda designed to portray the country as unsafe or deeply divided along religious lines. Issa-Onilu, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja, said such false narratives could drag Nigeria into chaos similar to what happened in Iraq and