Dr Chibuzo Okereke, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has promised to implement a comprehensive and far-reaching agenda for youth development and institutions reforms if elected as the next Nigerian president. He stated this when the leadership of the Forum of National Youth Leaders of All Political Parties in …

The Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom has announced a £50 refund for applicants who paid a £70 administrative fee for the ongoing passport intervention exercise. The commission said the applicants would retain £20 as the standard administrative fee. The announcement was contained in a notice published on the …

The MTN Foundation and SAIL Innovation Lab on Thursday graduated 500 teachers trained in digital pedagogy, modern teaching methods, and responsible AI-assisted teaching. The graduands were drawn from 5,000 public primary and secondary school teachers selected nationwide for the MTN-SAIL Teachers Fellowship Programme, with the top 500 proceeding to intensive …

The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday inaugurated a Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Experience Centre at Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra. Tinubu, accompanied by Gov. Chukwuma Soludo, his wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, and other dignitaries, described the facility as a major investment in the …

A meat seller has allegedly hacked his 25-year-old wife to death during a domestic dispute in the Dalimore area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. According to reports, the butcher attacked his wife with a machete during a heated argument while efforts were being made to resolve their marital differences. …

The United States has delivered military equipment to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) as Washington and Abuja continue to strengthen security cooperation against terrorism and other threats in the region. The equipment was transported by a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and delivered at locations in Lagos and Kainji. …

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has confirmed that members of Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have received the cash component of the Presidential Reward for their historic 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket triumph. Each player received the naira equivalent of $100,000, while team officials were paid the equivalent of $50,000. …

The Federal Government has taken a major step towards decriminalising attempted suicide in Nigeria, following the approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the position of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on the matter. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, …

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has returned to the court registry for reassignment a fundamental rights suit filed by the detained self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi. The court declined to proceed with the hearing after establishing that the 72-hour …

Air Peace has recorded the fastest capacity growth among the 10 largest airlines operating in the African market, adding more than 125,000 scheduled seats as a wider aviation expansion gathers pace across Nigeria. The Nigerian carrier increased scheduled capacity by 54.7 percent year on year to 354,804 seats in September …