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WIKE KNOCKS FCT COUNCIL CHAIRS OVER TEACHERS’ STRIKE The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has expressed displeasure over failure of the Area Council chairmen to pay the minimum wage of the council workers. Wike said he had summoned the chairmen to an urgent meeting, following the mass protest by primary school teachers and area council workers as well as …

OKOWA’S DEFECTION SHOWS HOW LOW LEADERSHIP HAS SUNK – SARAKI The defection of ex-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is unprecedented, according to former Senate President Bukola Saraki. In a statement he personally signed, Saraki said Okowa’s action cannot be blamed on pressure. There are reports that Okowa, who was …

NUC SET TO INTRODUCE 12 FRESH PROGRAMMES INTO VARSITY CURRICULUM The National Universities Commission (NUC) is set to introduce 12 new programmes into the curriculum of Nigerian universities across the country designed to equip students with the 21st century skills, employability skills and self-reliance needed to thrive in a dynamic world. Nigerian Tribune gathered that 12 new programmes were either …

THE SAME YOUTHS WE FIGHT FOR ARE PAID TO FIGHT US – PETER OBI LAMENTS TRANSACTIONAL POLITICS IN NIGERIA Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has raised alarm over the growing trend of transactional politics in Nigeria, where politicians allegedly bankroll young people to harass and discredit advocates of good governance on social media. Speaking at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, …

YOU CAN’T COME FROM CROSS RIVER TO IMPOSE RIFF RAFFS ON US – PETERSIDE The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, President, Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, retd., has been challenged to explain recent appointments of Local Government Sole administrators and others. Atedo Peterside, President, ANAP Foundation and Founder, IBTC Bank, cautioned that the sole administrator has no right to come all the …

HERDSMEN HIJACK BUSES, KIDNAP 19 PASSENGERS IN BENUE No fewer than 19 passengers travelling in two commercial buses were abducted on Thursday morning by suspected armed herdsmen in Jor community, along the Adoka-Naka road in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. The buses were ambushed in two separate but closely timed incidents along the same location, roughly three …

NO EMILOKAN IN ELECTING A POPE – ARCHBISHOP KAIGAMA As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope following the passing of Pope Francis, Catholic leaders in Nigeria are reminding the faithful that the process is guided by spiritual considerations, not racial or regional sentiments. Reacting to the social media campaign for a pope of African origin, or a …

COURT ORDERS 54 BANKS TO RETURN N9.3BN STOLEN BY HACKERS Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered 54 banks to immediately return a total of N9,329,322,870 fraudulently transferred by hackers from an unnamed old generation bank. The judgment, delivered on April 15, 2025, follows an ex parte motion filed in suit number FHC/L/CS/629/2025. The court …

APC USING MONEY, EFCC THREATS TO WEAKEN PDP THROUGH DEFECTIONS – BUGAJE Former member of the House of Representatives and ex-presidential adviser Dr. Usman Bugaje has accused Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), of systematically using money to induce defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking in an interview with Arise News, Bugaje claimed that the …

DISQUIET IN APC OVER TINUBU’S DEAL WITH KWANKWASO Amidst the claims and counter-claims of planned defection of former New Nigerian Peoples Party ( NNPP) presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), feelers from the party reveal that the move by the former Kano State governor is already creating disquiet in the party. Party sources …