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Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from detention days after he was arrested for organising a protest demanding the release of the detained leader of...

Barely four days after assuming office, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, has been honoured by the Federal University of Lokoja for his “dedication, hard...

President Paul Biya has been re-elected for an eighth term following Cameroon’s presidential election held on October 12, 2025. The 92-year-old leader secured 53.66 percent of the votes, according to official results...

The Federal Government has rolled out a national plan to provide teachers across Nigeria with free internet access and subsidised smart devices, as part of efforts to advance digital learning in schools....

In what could pass for the largest skills drive in recent years, the Federal Government has enrolled nearly one million Nigerian youths in trades ranging from GSM phone repair and fashion design...

Governor of the Power State (Niger State), Mohammed Umaru Bago, has announced free tuition for all 809 newly admitted students of Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna (AKUM), for the 2024/2025 academic session. The...

Former Vice President and three-time presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and others arrested during and after a nationwide protest....

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the suspension of its two-week warning strike, granting the Federal Government one month to conclude the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and...

President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr Bernard Mohammed Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  The President’s letter seeking Senate confirmation was transmitted to the upper...

The Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja has produced seven graduates in 2025, including one PhD holder and six Master’s degree holders, in what the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, described as...