Lecturers at the University of Jos have declared an indefinite strike over the non-payment of their March 2026 salaries, throwing academic activities at the institution into uncertainty. The branch chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Jurbe Molwus,...
United States President Donald Trump is set to ​cut more than 9,400 workers and over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-employee Transportation ‌Security Administration (TSA) that handles airport security operations in the U.S. The details were part of a budget document...
Former Kano South lawmaker, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya has defected from the All Progressives Congress to the African Democratic Congress, the latest in a string of high-profile political departures reshaping Kano State's opposition landscape ahead of 2027. Gaya, who represented...
UNICEF and the Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board have joined forces to address the state's alarming maternal and child mortality crisis, targeting 18 local government areas spread across more than 200 wards. Judith Leveillee, UNICEF's chief of field operations...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed over 60 people and abducted several others in coordinated attacks on villages across Kebbi and Niger States. In Kebbi State, the attacks occurred on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in the Shabanda, Debebe, and...
Two French nationals touched down in Paris, the capital of France, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, after spending more than three years in prison in Iran on espionage charges. Jacques Paris, 72, and Cecile Kohler, 41, arrived on a commercial...
The chieftains and members of the opposition coalition of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday staged a protest at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja over the party’s derecognition. The protest, which drew a large crowd...
The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, potentially suspending a six-week-old war that has killed thousands, spread across the Middle East, and caused ​unprecedented disruption to the world's energy supplies. Here are the latest...
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has approved the automatic recruitment of 416 graduates of the Shehu Sule College of Nursing Sciences, Damaturu, continuing a policy that has seen all 1,485 graduates of the institution employed since 2019. Buni announced...
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has offered automatic employment to the recently graduated students of the Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu, the state capital. Buni approved the employment at the graduation of nurses/midwives and the launch...