News as it breaks
The Oyo State Police Command has alleged that a personal assistant to a member of the family of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, collaborated with kidnappers who abducted Adelabu’s sister and her two sons in Ibadan. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this during an interview…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over the worsening security situation across the country. The warning was issued by the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, during a joint media briefing held on the sidelines of the…
The abducted Principal of Community High School, Esiele, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs. Rachael Folawe Alamu, has appeared in a viral video from captivity, dismissing reports that her abductors are demanding a N1 billion ransom, weapons, or the imposition of Sharia law in Nigeria. In the…
The President of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) of Nigeria, Princess Edna D.D. Azura, has called on women across the country to embark on a seven-day intensive prayer programme in response to the rising wave of kidnappings and insecurity affecting several parts of the nation. Speaking on behalf…
Journalists have been challenged to use ethical, child-centred reporting to help prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and violence, as a five-day capacity-building workshop opened in Abuja. Speaking at the opening of the training, Country Representative of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security, Mrs…
The Director-General of the National Gallery of Art, Ahmed Bashir Sodangi, and the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Abdulkarim Ozi Ibrahim, have reaffirmed the importance of cultural diplomacy in strengthening relations between Nigeria and China. They made the remarks at the 2026…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called on journalists to strengthen ethical and child-sensitive reporting as part of efforts to address the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. The Council made the call at a workshop in Abuja organised in collaboration with the Dallaire…
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has visited Uganda as authorities intensify efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak that has spread from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak, which was declared in northeastern DRC last month, has prompted the WHO to…
Former Ogun Central senator and daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing what she described as persistent disrespect, rejection and unfair treatment by the party leadership in Ogun State. In a resignation letter dated last month and addressed…
The Federal Government has released funds for the payment of five months of accumulated Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) owed to lecturers in federal universities and has directed vice-chancellors to immediately clear all outstanding payments. In a directive issued by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, vice-chancellors were…
