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The Benue state government has banned graduation parties by kindergarten, nursery, and elementary schools in the state. Secretary of Permanent, Ministry of Education and Knowledge Management, Ny. Helen Nambaliv, stated this in the memo dated August 21, and addressed to stakeholders, parents, and guardians in Makurdi. He said the decision would reduce financial burden on parents and direct attention to …

The federal government has sent 51 foreign citizens who were punished for cyberspace terrorism, internet fraud, and other crimes. This operation was coordinated by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS). The Commission confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Deported foreigners include 50 Chinese and one Tunisia. Also read: EFCC Arrest …

The United States government stated that Nigeria’s minimum wages Nigeria was unable to raise millions of citizens of the country by poverty. In its 2024 national relations on human rights practices, issued on August 12, 2025, the United States Department of State stated that the minimum wage, currently evaluated at $ 47.90 per month, had been seriously eroded by the …

Boko Haram members suspected of being reported to have killed four security agents in the Dalori Gari community in Borno State. The victims- a soldier, a mobile police officer, and two volunteers of the civilian task force were killed during the attack on farmers in the community on Monday morning. Dalori Gari is about 13 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital …

Loom Ethnic Crisis: Arewa Vanguard accumulated to attacks on CFO nnpcl, segun, Abuja (basic reporter) A group under the auspicies of Arewa Progressive Vanguard (APV), has warned against the imminent ethnic crisis if the attacks on the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), AdeDapo Segun, is Checkmated. APV, a group of socio -political network …

Gov Rotimi Akeredolu ● Mulls far-reaching changes in cabinet, others The news of the return of ailing Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, to the country from Germany has been conflictual. While a report published on August 31, 2023 by a section of the media said that Akeredolu had returned quietly to Ibadan from Germany, another report credited to …

Nigerian currency, Naira, recovered to the US dollar on an official window on Thursday. Nigerian central bank data (CBN) shows that Naira is closed on N1, 535.78/$ 1 compared to N1, 536.73/$ 1 which is traded on Wednesday. This is the advantage of N0.95 for local currencies against American Greenback. In the black market, Naira closes flatly against the dollar …

Bafana Bafana, from the chief coach of South Africa, Hugo Broos, announced his preliminary team for the next qualifiers of the FIFA 2026 World Cup with Lesotho and the Super Eagles of Nigeria, reports the South Africans. The Broos team will face Lesotho and the Super Eagles on September 5 and 9, respectively, in their attempt to make a first …

The electoral observers under the aegis of the coalition of the groups of rights and electoral monitors have described the bye elections recently concluded in the state of Kaduna as free, right and transparent, praising the performance of the independent national electoral commission (INC) and security agencies. The groups, which have deployed monitors in different areas of the local government, …

Global technology giant Google, Microsoft, and Tiktok have confirmed to deactivate 13.5 million joint accounts in Nigeria as part of a strong action on fraud, dangerous, and policy violation activities. This development was expressed in their latest compliance and transparency report submitted to the Nigerian authority, detailing how each company increases law enforcement steps in one of the largest digital …