News as it breaks
A pan-African advocacy group, Trans-African Tourism and Unity Campaign, has urged African leaders to dismantle visa restrictions and open borders across the continent, insisting that a borderless Africa is achievable by 2030 rather than the African Union’s (AU) target year of 2063. Speaking at a press briefing at the Ghana…
Halima Amira Junaid, granddaughter of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, is set to tie the knot with Walid Shehu Mauzu in Kaduna State. Halima is the daughter of Nana Hadiza, Buhari’s daughter from a previous marriage, who later married former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN). Hadiza…
The second day of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual conference in Enugu was disrupted on Monday as protesters staged a demonstration demanding the release of Labour Party lawmaker, Bright Ngene. Ngene, who represents Enugu South Urban Constituency in the state House of Assembly, is currently serving a seven-year prison…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all candidates who uploaded their O’Level results before the official release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to revisit accredited centres and re-upload their results. In a bulletin shared on its official X handle on Monday, the…
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested a dreaded armed robbery and kidnapping kingpin, Mohammed Bammi, popularly known as Zomo. The suspect, a native of Yelwa village in Plateau State, has long been on the police radar for his alleged involvement in a series of kidnappings and robberies…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Brasília, Brazil, for a state visit aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s diplomatic and economic ties with the South American nation. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed that Tinubu landed at Brasília International Airport at 12:30 am on Monday, after departing Los Angeles, United States. He was received…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to make public the earnings of political office holders before embarking on a planned upward review of their remuneration. In a statement issued by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, the NLC described the proposed…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has formally petitioned the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), calling for disciplinary action against Justices Binta Nyako, Haruna Tsammani, and Garba Lawal over what he described as “gross judicial misconduct.” In his petition, Kanu accused the judges of…
India’s parliament has passed a landmark bill banning online gambling, targeting fantasy sports, poker, and card game platforms that have cost citizens billions. Government data revealed that online betting firms stripped an estimated $2.3 billion annually from 450 million Indians, prompting swift legislative action. The new law, passed late Thursday,…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Colonel Mohammed Mana (Rtd.), a former military administrator of Plateau State and one-time senator. Mana, a respected chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), reportedly passed away in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja. He represented Adamawa North…
