The Ivory Tower in Ruins: Is the Nigerian University Still an Engine of Social Mobility? For months of Sundays, the Nigerian public university was the great equalizer. It was the place where the son of a palm wine tapper from a remote village in Ekiti could sit in the same lecture hall as the daughter…
About the new Director of Public Prosecution, Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo, SAN, the newly appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of the Federation, as approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on December 30, 2025, is a prominent Nigerian legal practitioner and prosecutor with widely recognized expertise in asset forfeiture and the prosecution…
Adamawa Govt cancels cross over night activities The Adamawa State Government has cancelled all activities scheduled for the Cross Over Night celebration at the Unity Fly-Over in Jimeta, Yola, citing security concerns. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the government said the decision followed credible intelligence reports bordering on security threats ahead of the December…
EFCC Arraigns Bauchi State Commissioner Over N5.7bn Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, dragged Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance and former Bauchi State Branch Manager of Polaris Bank Plc, Yakubu Adamu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, The commissioner was brought before the court over alleged…
Breaking: FG Denies Plan to Target Opposition, Calls Allegations Fabricated, Reaffirms Commitment to Rule of Law The Federal Government of Nigeria has categorically denied allegations that it plans to target opposition figures through a purported task force, describing the claims as “fabricated” and “baseless”. In a statement issued by the minister of Information and…
BREAKING: Ex-AGF Malami, Son, Wife Remand in Kuje Prison The Federal High Court, in Abuja, on Tuesday, has ordered the remand of the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), at the Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the hearing and determination of their bail application. The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite,…
Information Minister Mourns Journalists Lost in Gombe Road Accident The honourable minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, FNIPR, has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the tragic death of seven journalists who were confirmed killed in a lone road crash in the South area of Gombe State, on Monday. In a press…
hither the Nigerian University System? III By Prof MK Othman As I was concluding this article last week, news broke of a significant milestone in the ASUU-FGN impasse: FGN and ASUU had signed a comprehensive agreement signaling the end of the 8-year ASUU industrial action. It was an impasse that cost billions of Naira in…
U.S-backed airstrikes cripple terrorists in Sokoto, Army confirms The Nigerian Army has confirmed a major operational success following a United States–led airstrike on Lakurawa terrorist hideouts in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. A credible source at the Army Headquarters disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the strike was part of…
Tertiary Institutions in Nasarawa State Begin Indefinite Strike The Joint Unions of Nasarawa State Tertiary Institutions, JUNSTI, have instructed its members to proceed on an indefinite strike action, saying that the government has failed to comply with the mutually agreed full implementation of the New National Minimum Wage. Chairman of JUNSTI, Samson Kale Gbande, disclosed…
