69-Year-Old Widow Support Advocate Begins Degree at UI DLC
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…
Nollywood Veteran Peju Ogunmola Announces Return to Screen After Loss of Child
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,…
Strike: FG Approves ₦11.99bn to Settle Doctors’ Arrears Within 72 Hours
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…
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…
16 Senior Military Officers Detained Over Alleged Coup Plot — Profiles Emerge
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…
Tinubu to New Service Chiefs: Crush Emerging Threats, Deliver Peace Fast
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…
IGP Appoints AIG Nkechi Eze Pioneer Police Medical Director
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…
Court Jails Microfinance Bank MD Five Years for N32m Fraud
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…
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…
Soyinka Reveals U.S. Visa Revocation, Alleges Political Motive
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…
Senate Confirms Maj. Gen. Waheedi Shaibu as New Chief of Army Staff
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…
A Tribute to Professor Aituaje Irene Pogoson, By Prof Olubukola S. Adesina
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…
Reps Approve Tinubu’s $2.35bn Borrowing Request to Finance 2025 Budget
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…
Tinubu Approves New List of Clemency Beneficiaries
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…
Fulani Militants Kill Over 30 in Mangu Communities – Missionary
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…
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,…
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…
Video: Tinubu Wasn’t Elected — He Was Imposed on Nigerians – Prof. Adedibu
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,…
Atiku Appoints Prof. Adedibu to AUN Governing Council
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…
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…
2025 Aduroja Memorial Medical Outreach Brings Hope, Healing to Ibadan
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,…
NDLEA Arrests Lagos Socialite Pretty Mike, 100 Others in Drug Raid
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…
Outrage as Truck Kills Eight Near Adekunle Ajasin University
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…
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.…
Tinubu Reshuffles Service Chiefs, Appoints Oluyede as New Chief of Defence Staff
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…