Senate may make e-transmission vote records public – Sen Ningi
Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, has said the Senate could make public how individual lawmakers voted on the contentious issue of electronic transmission of election results during deliberations on the Electoral Act amendment. Ningi stated this on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ahead of an emergency plenary session scheduled for Tuesday. The session comes amid...
FG begins payment of ASUU salaries
The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of key welfare provisions contained in its renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), including enhanced salaries and allowances for lecturers in federal universities. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in a directive issued to Vice-Chancellors on Monday, announcing a 40 per cent increase in the Consolidated Academic...
PDP secretariat still sealed despite reopening claims
The national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wadata Plaza in Abuja, remained shut on Monday, despite earlier assurances from the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led National Caretaker Committee that the facility would reopen. The committee had indicated that the office would resume operations after consultations with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and internal party stakeholders. A PDP faction aligned with the...
60% pass as NABTEB releases 2025 exam results
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has released the 2025 Nov/Dec National Business Certificate/National Technical Certificate (NBC/NTC) and Advanced National Business Certificate/Advanced National Technical Certificate (ANBC/ANTC) examination results. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB, Dr Aminu Mohammed, announced this at the board’s headquarters in Benin, the capital of Edo State, on Monday, February 9, 2026. Mohammed said...
Editors urge NASS to adopt e-transmission of election results
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed concern over the controversy generated by the Senate’s position on the transmission of election results ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that the development could erode public confidence in the electoral process. The NGE, in a statement issued on Monday by its President, Eze Anaba, and General Secretary, Onuoha Ukeh, and...
Lagos creates over 15,000 jobs through agripreneurship programme
The Lagos State Government says it has generated more than 15,000 jobs through its Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP), a youth-focused initiative designed to equip young residents with modern agricultural and agribusiness skills. The programme targets youths between the ages of 18 and 30, offering training, internships and mentorship to promote food security, employment and entrepreneurship in the state’s food system. It...
EFCC arraigns two over ₦600m NNPC job scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho, who is currently at large, before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, over an alleged ₦600 million job fraud. The defendants are facing an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money under false pretence, and...
Appeal Court upholds suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Monday upheld the Senate’s suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti, ruling that the red chamber acted within its constitutional and parliamentary powers. A three-member panel delivered a unanimous judgment in Akpoti’s appeal against the Clerk of the National Assembly and three others, recorded as CA/ABJ/CV/1107/2025. The court held that the suspension did...
Nigeria must achieve 10% annual growth to hit $1trn economy – Minister
Nigeria needs to sustain a minimum annual growth rate of 10 percent over the next decade to reach its goal of becoming a $1 trillion economy, the Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, has said. Speaking at the National Economic Council (NEC) conference in Abuja on February 9–10, Dr. Uzoka-Anite acknowledged that the economy is stabilising, recording a...
Residents protest after seven abducted in fresh Kaduna kidnap attack
Residents of Danhonu II in New Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, staged a protest on Monday over persistent insecurity in the area following the abduction of seven people by suspected bandits. The demonstrators marched to the Millennium City Divisional Police Headquarters, blocking a major access road while chanting solidarity songs and demanding immediate action from security...
