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*We Can't Pay Children's School Fees, Feed, Transport Ourselves To Work, They Lament By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Striking non-academic staff of Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM) have insisted that their ongoing industrial action would continue until their demands are met. Barely two weeks ago, the University's branch of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), under the auspices of Joint Action Committee (JAC), declared a strike to press home their demands for better welfare and operational conditions. Disturbed by the development, the management of the university led by the Acting Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor…

*Princely Sums Expected As Early Millions Roll In *Weeklong Celebration *Live Media Coverage, Others By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) is rallying influential indigenes of the city to support the planned weeklong celebration of new Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, who takes crown next Friday as the 44th Olubadan. President-General of CCII, Chief Ajeniyi Ajewole, recently inaugurated a committee headed by two of the city’s billionaire businessmen, Engr. Dotun Sanusi and Chief Adegboye Adegoke, to co-chair a team for the celebration. The Oyo State government had earlier inaugurated a Chief Adebayo Oyero-led committee…

By our reporter Reinstated Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has specially thumbed up President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for the return of normalcy and stability to the oil-producing South-South state. He resumed office today at the expiry of a six-month emergency rule slammed by President Tinubu on the State, suspending all elected structures in the process following protracted political crisis between Wike, the governor's estranged political godfather, and Fubara. The crisis spilt into the State House of Assembly where factions of agitated lawmakers queued up behind both gladiators, further disrupting stability,governance and peace…

By our reporter Reinstated governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, said he will address the state in a broadcast at 6pm today, six months after President Bola Tinubu slammed emergency rule on the oil-laden state, dissolving all elected structures in the process. Tinubu lifted the emergency two days ago, meaning Fubara was to resume in office yesterday, but the governor only arrived Port Harcourt International Airport today, to, possibly, serve out his term of office. Fubara told a crowd of his supporters at Government House, Port Harcourt, that the broadcast will, among others, thank all personalities who helped restore what…

*I Was Appointed By Mandate Secretary, Won't Step Down, She Says *No, You Must Quit, You're Not Most Senior --Perm Sec, Staff Members By Felix Durumbah, Abuja A huge leadership succession storm has engulfed the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), popularly known as Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) in Abuja, in the wake of the retirement of the agency's Director, Malam Abdulateef Bello. Bello retired on mandatory age grounds and was pulled out on September 12 this year, handing over as acting Director of the money-spinning agency to the body's Deputy Director (Operations), Mrs…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan A coalition of Ekiti personalities in continental diaspora across the United Kingdom, Canada, Asia Major, Australia and the United States of America, has risen up to present a political challenge across all the political parties in the state. The group claimed that crises across the parties in the state had suffocated good governance and community development across the state, a development it said made delivery of dividends of democracy a mirage. The group, Continental Coalition of Ekiti in Diaspora (COCOED), in a press statement issued at the end of a parley in Abuja made these statements.…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Sokoto State House of Assembly has called on the State government, the national and state Emergency Management Agencies (NEMA and SEMA) and other relevant authorities to, as a matter of urgency, come to the aid of victims of flood in Dange Shuni, Kebbe and Gada Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The call was made under a matter of urgent public importance on a flood disaster that affected several communities in the area. The motion was seconded by Hon. Bashir Isah, member representing Tambuwal East constituency. In their separate elaborations on the matter, members representing…

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE CESSATION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE My Fellow countrymen and, in particular, the good people of Rivers State. I am happy to address you today on the state of emergency declaration in Rivers State. You will recall that on 18th March, 2025, I proclaimed a state of emergency in the state. In my proclamation address, I highlighted the reasons for the declaration. The summary of it for context is that there was a total paralysis of governance in Rivers State, which…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has debunked reports circulating on social media claiming that crude oil was discovered in a well at Yemetu, Ibadan, the state capital. The government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, clarified that investigations revealed the substance found was diesel, not crude oil. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, gave the explanation in a statement on Wednesday (today). He said according to the Environment Ministry, officials launched a three-day investigation, following a petition received on September 8, regarding suspected water pollution at a house in Yemetu Igosun. "Findings…

Muck raking newspaper publisher, human rights activist and 2023 presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has sued the Department of State Services (DSS), Meta (owners of Facebook), and X Corp. (formerly Twitter) at the Federal High Court, Abuja, challenging what he described as unconstitutional censorship of his social media accounts. This was contained in a story run by Sahara Reporters, his newspaper, today on the matter. In a suit filed on his behalf by his lawyer, Tope Temokun, Sowore asked the court to restrain the DSS from directing global social media platforms to delete his posts, including…