Financial burdens, housing shortages, inadequate facilities and safety gaps cut short many academic journeys. Undergraduates facing steep tuition amid rising living costs, unreliable laboratory and internet access, long commutes from off-campus lodgings and limited counselling services often decide to quit before graduation. Each dropout represents both personal loss and wasted institutional effort as campuses must…
Nollywood actor and self-proclaimed traditionalist Yul Edochie has penned a passionate appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, calling for the return of the cashless policy initially introduced under the Buhari administration. In a post shared on his official Instagram page, Yul described the policy as a powerful tool that once helped stabilise the naira and…
A Magistrate Court sitting in the Gyadi Gyadi area of Kano State has sentenced popular TikTok content creator, Umar Hashim, widely known by his online alias Tsulange, to one-year imprisonment for engaging in what the court deemed “indecent conduct” in a public space. Presiding over the case, Magistrate Hadiza Muhammad Hassan found Hashim guilty of…
Labour Party’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has expressed deep scepticism over the integrity of the newly formed African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, warning that the alliance risks replicating corrupt primary election practices of the past. Appearing on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Thursday, July 3, Baba-Ahmed specifically took aim at former Vice President…
President Bola Tinubu and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi have paid glowing tributes to the late Nigerian football legend, Peter Rufai, who passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the age of 61 after a brief illness. In a condolence statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President…
First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has donated the sum of ₦1 billion to victims of recent attacks across Plateau State, informing the beneficiaries that the funds didn’t come from the government coffers. The First Lady made this announcement while visiting Jos, the state capital, on Thursday, July 3, 2025, to extend her condolences. Tinubu revealed…
A former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed his readiness to serve a single term in office if elected President in 2027. Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, is a vocal member of the opposition coalition spearheaded by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The group has vowed to show President Bola Tinubu and the…
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has declared that his children are well within their constitutional right to own land in Nigeria. Wike, who spoke at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, July 3, 2025, defended his children’s rights as Nigerian citizens to own land, provided due process is followed….
The exclusion of Nigeria from a high-profile US-Africa summit hosted by former President Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism from opposition figures, who call it a damning indictment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and its dwindling global relevance. On July 9, Trump is scheduled to welcome leaders from five African nations —Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,…
Seven members of the House of Representatives have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Young Progressives Party (YPP). The Speaker of the House, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, announced the defection notices on the floor of the green chamber during plenary on Thursday, July 3, 2025. The PDP…
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