Felix Duru Mbah

Apparently dismissing the upbeat tone of President Bola Tinubu's Democracy Day nationwide broadcast today, a mammoth crowd of protesters staged a fresh #EndBadGovernance protest in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. In his broadcast, Tinubu had reminded Nigerians of his administration's accomplishments in three years in the fields of security, investments, deepening of democracy, and other areas. The Lagos protesters, however, demanded for immediate government solutions to the prevailing economic hardship, insecurity, unemployment and cost-of-living crisis rocking the lives of majority ordinary Nigerians. Nonetheless, it was not a sole sojourn on the streets for the group, snaking in the Ikeja under bridge…

*Nigerian-Briton Popoola, Council's Exco Member, Confirms Seizure In a country where the rules are of equal application to everyone, a London Council has seized a social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Jabbe-Bio. Southwark Council confirmed it had repossessed the two-bedroom home in Walworth previously occupied by Jabbe-Bio, whose tenancy was reported by The Times last year. In Southwark alone, more than 18,000 households are on the waiting list for social housing, Council figures show. About 4,000 households are living in temporary accommodation while waiting for a permanent home. Jabbe-Bio, who is married to Sierra Leone’s President,…

For any government serious about delivering quality education to the citizenry, strict monitoring of examinations is vital to expected high outcomes. With this in mind, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through the Education Resource Centre (ERC) of its Education Secretariat, demonstrated its commitment to promoting excellence, quality assurance, and integrity in public examinations by monitoring the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) English Language Paper across selected schools in the Territory. English Language subject is crucially essential for further academic attainments of students as higher institutions locally and internationally demand at least a Credit score for courses to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The 82 Division, Nigerian Army, with headquarters in Enugu, has moved to defuse tension following the incursion of Camerounian soldiers into a community in South-South Nigeria, a potentially provocative act capable of sparking crisis. On 9 June, troops of the neighbouring Francophone country crossed into Danare community, Boki Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River State over a farmland levy dispute between border settlements of both nations. In a statement today in Enugu, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Lt. Col. Olabisi Ayeni, disclosed that the situation was immediately contained without further escalation. According…

None of the 268 Nigerians who arrived at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, for repatriation yesterday was staying in the late Nelson Mandela's country legally. This is according to the Department of Home Affairs' Head of immigration enforcement, Stephen van Neel, who gave an update to Newzroom Afrika at the airport as buses ferrying the first group arrived. The group is being repatriated to Nigeria with the assistance of Abuja following a 30 June deadline set by South African anti-immigration groups for all undocumented foreigners to leave the country. All 268 will be declared undesirable with a…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Fresh crisis is brewing for allegedly ill former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, as senators today (Wednesday) ordered his immediate arrest "wherever he is." The order followed his failure, yet again, to appear before the federal lawmakers to explain how a jaw-dropping sum of N210 trillion allegedly was unaccounted for from 2017-2023, mainly during his tenure. Kyari was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, now late, whose two terms in office ended 29 May 2023, with incumbent President Bola Tinubu taking over. Senate issued the warrant for Kyari's arrest…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi As the sun set on Dr. Moses Agbogbo Ode, Benue State Head of Service (HoS), Governor Hyacinth Alia has named the government's housing estate for civil servants after the top civil servant. Governor Alia also declared tomorrow (Thursday) a work-free day to enable the state's civil servants pay their last respects to the deceased at his burial. Speaking during a valedictory session held today in honour of the late HoS at the old Banquet Hall of Government House, Makurdi, the state capital, the Governor was effusive with eulogies on the late HoS, describing him variously as…