• Iran Faces Growing Humanitarian Emergency As War Continues

    Iran Faces Growing Humanitarian Emergency As War Continues0

    The United Nations has raised alarm over a growing humanitarian crisis in Iran as millions of people have been forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing Middle East war. According to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, up to 3.2 million people have been internally displaced across Iran since the conflict intensified in late

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  • Major Defection Hits Senate As Nine Lawmakers Switch Parties

    Major Defection Hits Senate As Nine Lawmakers Switch Parties0

    Nine senators in the National Assembly have defected from their former political parties to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), marking one of the largest political shifts in the current Senate. The lawmakers announced their defection during plenary at the Senate chamber on Wednesday. The development involves senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party

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  • Tinubu Holds Security Meeting with Service Chiefs, IGP at Aso Rock

    Tinubu Holds Security Meeting with Service Chiefs, IGP at Aso Rock0

    President Bola Tinubu on Thursday presided over a high-level security meeting with the nation’s service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, in what marked the first such gathering since Tunji Disu assumed office as Inspector-General of Police. The meeting, which lasted nearly two hours, was held behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa. Security

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  • Power Crisis Looms As Gas Companies Cut Supply To Thermal Plants

    Power Crisis Looms As Gas Companies Cut Supply To Thermal Plants0

    Nigeria may face a deeper electricity shortage in the coming weeks after gas suppliers halted fuel supply to several thermal power plants over an estimated ₦3.3 trillion debt owed by power generation companies. Industry operators warn that the development could trigger widespread blackouts across the country. The warning was issued by Dr Joy Ogaji, Chief

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  • Reps Ask FG To Reverse Ban On Degrees From Benin And Togo

    Reps Ask FG To Reverse Ban On Degrees From Benin And Togo0

    The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to reverse the blanket ban placed on university degrees obtained from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The resolution followed the adoption of a report presented by the House Committee on Public Petitions during plenary in Abuja. Presenting the committee’s findings the chairman Bitrus

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  • ASUU Targets Transparency In Use Of TETFund Allocations

    ASUU Targets Transparency In Use Of TETFund Allocations0

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced plans to closely scrutinise how funds allocated to public universities through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) are being managed across Nigeria’s higher institutions. The union said the move is aimed at improving transparency and ensuring that intervention funds are used for the purposes they were

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