A 69-year-old learner, Kate Bosede Akomolafe, has emerged as one of the standout matriculants at the Distance Learning Centre (DLC) of the University of Ibadan (UI), as the institution formally admitted 5,000 learners for the 2024/2025 academic session. Mrs. Akomolafe, who is enrolled to study Social Work, is a retired Data Processing Officer at RT Briscoe Motor Company. According to her, after retirement, she ventured into entrepreneurship, first as a distributor for Nigerian Eagle Flour Mills before moving into pig farming.

Nollywood actress Peju Ogunmola has announced her return to the movie industry after a painful two-month break following the death of her child. In an emotional message shared with fans and colleagues on social media, the veteran actress expressed deep gratitude for the outpouring of love and support she received during her period of mourning. “To my dearest fans, colleagues, family, and supporters across the world, for the past two months, I have lost my child, and I have been so sad.

The Federal Government on Saturday announced plans to release ₦11.995 billion within 72 hours to settle outstanding arrears, including allowances, owed to doctors and other health workers across the country. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Abuja and signed by the Deputy Director and Head of Information and Public Relations, Alaba Balogun.

President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate introduction of a 15 per cent ad-valorem import duty on imported petrol and diesel, in a policy shift aimed at safeguarding Nigeria’s emerging domestic refineries and stabilising the downstream petroleum sector. The directive, effective immediately following its circulation on October 30, 2025, was contained in a letter dated October 21, 2025, signed by the President’s Private Secretary, Damilotun Aderemi, and addressed to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).

Sixteen Nigerian military officers are currently being detained over an alleged coup plot against the Federal Government, PREMIUM TIMES has reported. The officers, drawn from the Army, Navy, and Air Force, include a brigadier general, identified as the alleged ringleader, and several colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, captains, lieutenants, and a Squadron Leader. The arrests represent one of the most high-profile internal security crackdowns within Nigeria’s military in recent years.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu issued a blunt directive to Nigeria’s newly decorated service chiefs on Thursday, October 30, 2025, demanding swift and decisive action against the rising security threats across the country. At a decoration ceremony held inside the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, the President warned that budding violent groups must be neutralised before they morph into major threats, declaring, “New snakes must be smashed before they grow.”

The Inspector-General of Police of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of AIG Nkechi Eze as the Pioneer Director, Directorate of Force Medical Services. According to a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, the appointment followed the recent upgrade of the Force Medical Section to a full-fledged Directorate, a landmark step aimed at institutionalising comprehensive, accessible, and efficient healthcare services within the Nigeria Police Force.

Justice Benjamin Lawan Manji of the Adamawa State High Court has convicted and sentenced the Managing Director of Bonghe Microfinance Bank, Grace Andreas Karka, to five years imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and cheating involving N32 million. Karka was prosecuted by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and fraud.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, decorated newly promoted senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force with their new ranks at a colourful ceremony held at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The event, marked by celebration and pride, reflected the IGP’s resolve to reward hard work, diligence, and professionalism within the Force.

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed that his visa to the United States of America has been revoked by the U.S. authorities. Soyinka made the revelation on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, during an interactive session with journalists at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos Island. According to him, the U.S. Consulate in Lagos formally communicated the revocation in a letter dated October 23, 2025.

The Senate on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, confirmed Major General Waheedi Shaibu as Nigeria’s new Chief of Army Staff, with an immediate directive for him to assume office. Shaibu’s confirmation came shortly after lawmakers cleared General Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Defence Staff, marking the official commencement of the screening process for President Bola Tinubu’s newly appointed service chiefs. The confirmation session, held under tight security at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, featured both open and closed-door deliberations as senators scrutinized the nominees.

A Big Sister Indeed(Professor Aituaje Irene Pogoson) In the tapestry of our lives, you wove a threadOf love, laughter, and wisdom, forever spreadA big sister's heart, a friend's gentle soulA confidant's ear, a shoulder to make us whole For 19 years, we walked the winding roadTogether, we laughed, together we toiledAs the only two women, in a sea of men…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to secure a total of $2.347 billion from the international capital market to part-finance the 2025 budget deficit and refinance Nigeria’s maturing Eurobonds. The approval followed the consideration and adoption of a report presented by the House Committee on Aids, Loans, and Debt Management, chaired by Hon. Abubakar Hassan Nalaraba, during plenary presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a revised list of individuals granted clemency and presidential pardon, with Maryam Sanda—sentenced to death in 2020 for the culpable homicide of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello—noticeably missing from the final list. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu signed the Instrument of Clemency to formally exercise his constitutional power of prerogative of mercy for selected individuals.

A pastor serving as a missionary in Bwai District of Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State, has narrated how suspected Fulani militants carried out a series of coordinated attacks on several communities, killing more than 30 people and razing houses and food stores. In a video shared on social media platforms on Tuesday, the visibly shaken clergyman described the assault as “the most devastating thing” he had ever witnessed, saying the gunmen invaded the affected areas in their hundreds, shooting indiscriminately at men, women, and children before setting homes ablaze.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a driver with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Christopher Ekene Ofielu, for stealing ₦6.9 million, even as it arraigned a businessman, Ajayi Edward Olushola, for an alleged ₦1.07 billion fuel fraud in Lagos. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Monday, October 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced Ofielu, 39, to 18 months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, and possession of stolen property brought against him by the EFCC.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, has arraigned two individuals for alleged involvement in separate fraud cases totaling over N40 million. On Thursday, October 23, 2025, the anti-graft agency arraigned a lawyer, Victor Azubike Awah, before Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, over an alleged N27 million land fraud. Awah, alongside his company, Sparkan Ives Limited, is facing a six-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining money by false pretence, using false documents, and issuance of dud cheques.

Professor Abass Aderemi Adedibu, the first Child of the late legendary political godfather and an acclaimed garrison commander of Ibadan Politics, Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu, in an explosive interview with Gbenro Adesina, delivered a fearless verdict on Nigeria’s 2023 elections. He argued that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was “imposed on Nigerians” rather than being genuinely elected, and explained why the country must rethink its political system before 2027.

The former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Professor Abass Aderemi Adedibu as a member of the Governing Council of the American University of Nigeria (AUN). In an appointment letter personally signed by the founder of the institution, Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa and Nigeria’s Vice President between 1999 and 2007, the appointment was stated to take immediate effect.

The Department of Political Science, Faculty of The Social Sciences, University of Ibadan (UI), has officially announced the death of its immediate past Head of Department (HOD), Professor Aituaje Irene Pogoson, the institution's first female professor of Political Science specialising in International Relations. Her remains has been deposited at a morgue in Ibadan. Professor Irene Pogoson, who delivered UI 545th Inaugural Lecture titled, "The World in Transition: Understanding Power in the International Political System”, on Thursday, March 14, 2024, left behind her husband, Prof.

The 2025 Lt. Col. (Dr.) Tolu Aduroja Memorial Medical Outreach brought smiles, healing, and renewed hope to residents of Ibadan on Friday, October 24, 2025, as more than 167 patients benefited from free medical consultations, surgeries, and medications at the Naomi Medical Centre, Oke Padi, Ibadan. The event, which began at 9:00 a.m. and concluded around 6:30 p.m., was held in memory of the late Lt.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Lagos socialite and nightclub owner Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, alongside former Big Brother Naija housemate Tuoyo Ideh, and more than 100 other guests during a midnight raid on Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos. The operation, which took place in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, 2025, followed credible intelligence about an alleged drug party being held at the club.

Fresh outrage has trailed Wednesday’s fatal road accident in Akungba-Akoko, where at least eight people were confirmed dead after a truck loaded with cement rammed into roadside shops near the main gate of Adekunle Ajasin University. The tragic incident, which occurred when the truck reportedly suffered a brake failure while descending from the Ikare axis, sparked anger among students who, by Thursday morning, took to the streets in protest at the university gate.

The Nigerian Police have allegedly assaulted and re-arrested activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, outside the Kuje Magistrate Court shortly after he was granted bail. According to reports by Politics Nigeria, police officers dragged Sowore into a waiting vehicle despite the bail earlier approved by the court. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred moments after Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id granted bail to Sowore and 13 others arrested during the recent #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja.

President Bola Tinubu has announced a major shake-up in the hierarchy of the Nigerian Armed Forces as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s national security architecture. The changes were disclosed in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare. According to the statement, Olufemi Oluyede has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing General Christopher Musa.