Workers at Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Ikere-Ekiti, have warned that they may embark on industrial action over what they described as deteriorating staff welfare, inadequate government funding and the absence of capital grants since the institution was established.
Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has recorded another increase in confirmed infections, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reporting 14 new cases during epidemiological Week 33.
A House of Representatives investigative panel has uncovered a series of documents it says were allegedly forged, altered or fabricated to create the appearance that the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) had been legally established by the Federal Government.
The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed three officers implicated in the shooting and death of 22-year-old Anthony A. Obodo, a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, following an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Amedspor winger Yira Sor is expected to spend about six weeks on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury during his side’s Turkish league victory over Trabzonspor.
A United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has alleged that an individual it believes is connected to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu offered $3 million in an attempt to persuade the firm to discontinue its campaign concerning allegations of heroin trafficking records involving the Nigerian leader.
Ukraine’s Minister for Youth and Sports, Matvii Bidnyi, has criticised the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) for reversing restrictions on Russian and Belarusian competitors, arguing that the circumstances that prompted the original ban remain unchanged.
The Nigerian Navy has handed over 19 bags of substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following their recovery during security operations in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.
A Utah judge has ruled that Tyler James Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will stand trial for murder after determining that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence for the case to proceed.
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Palestinian singer and songwriter Marwan Abdelhamid, widely known by his stage name Saint Levant, has postponed his planned North American tour after encountering what he described as major complications with his United States visa.
The Ogun State Government has issued a fresh warning to residents in flood-prone communities as the state prepares for the second phase of the 2026 rainy season, with forecasts indicating the possibility of intense rainfall and rising flood risks across vulnerable areas.
The United Nations has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is advancing faster than efforts to contain it, as the reported death toll approaches 3,000 and humanitarian agencies struggle to close a widening response gap.
Germany has formally accused Russia of carrying out a suspected hybrid attack involving an explosives-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport earlier this month, prompting Berlin to announce a series of diplomatic and security measures against Moscow.
Nigeria’s economic ambitions, a major rescue operation involving abducted corps members, fresh tensions over the legal case of detained Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu and a fatal road crash involving a Nigerian taxi driver in the United Kingdom dominated the evening’s major headlines.
United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s controversial White House ballroom project to continue, overturning a lower-court order that had temporarily stopped construction and handing the administration a significant legal victory.