Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Federal Workers Forum has written to President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly, demanding that federal civil servants’ salaries be reviewed immediately and the minimum wage be increased from N70,000 to N300,000. The letter, dated September 2, 2026, and signed by FWF’s National Coordinator, Andrew Emelieze, and General Secretary, Ogundele Ayodele, was addressed to the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives via the Clerk of the National Assembly, with Tinubu, Nigeria’s Chief Justice, and the Head of the Federation’s Civil Service also listed as recipients. The forum also advocated a compensation of N1.5 million for Level…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone C has issued a warning to tertiary institutions across the North-Central region against withholding refunds due to students whose tuition fees were paid before the disbursement of loans by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund. The NANS also condemned what it described as arbitrary and exploitative charges imposed by some institutions. Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin, the NANS Zone C Zonal Coordinator, Abiola Babatunde, said students who had already benefited from the Federal Government’s student loan scheme should not be subjected to additional financial hardship. Babatunde stated that the association was…

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) rejected ten candidates named by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  for the 2027 Anambra State House of Assembly elections, claiming that it neither nominated nor filed the Form EC9E paperwork. The party also sought an instant electronic audit of INEC’s nomination portal to discover how the candidates’ names and credentials were purportedly entered into the commission’s system. Theophilus Agada, NDC Director of New Media and Strategic Communications, revealed the party’s position in a statement made in Abuja on Wednesday. He said, “The 10 names published by INEC neither emerged from the party’s nomination process…

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, urged Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke to write a statement praising President Bola Tinubu following his victory in the August 15 governorship election. Wike said this during a media roundtable he organized on Wednesday and aired on Channels TV. He made the remarks while discussing his friendship with Adeleke and his role in the Osun governorship election. The minister expressed concern over whether Adeleke, who had stated that he backed Tinubu, would maintain that attitude if he won the election. He noted that he called Adeleke while he was in Croatia and…

The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has been commended by former Super Eagles player and 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medallist, Daniel Amokachi, for fulfilling a 30-year-old promise made to members of the Nigerian football team that won gold at the 1996 Olympic Games. Amokachi stated that the governor’s gesture of allocating plots of land to him and fellow Atlanta ’96 gold medallists, Garba Lawal and Emmanuel Babayaro, as well as naming streets after some of the members of the victorious squad, had restored their confidence in government. The former Super Eagles player remarked on Tuesday while inspecting the Ahmadu Bello…

Nollywood actress Atinuke Kareem has passed away after a battle with breast cancer, the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, announced. Owolabi Ajasa, the executive governor of TAMPAN Ogun State, announced Kareem’s death on his Instagram page on Tuesday. The statement included a video clip of Kareem seeking support and prayers during her battle with breast cancer, highlighting the physical impact of the illness. “I’m a breast cancer patient. It has been going on for a while. My family has spent a lot of money; I’ve come to seek help. The association I belong…

Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has expressed his condolences on the demise of Chief Dan Orbih, Peoples Democratic Party National Vice Chairman (South-South), calling him a loyal friend and political ally. Orbih died on Monday, August 31, 2026, according to a statement released by his family and signed by Francis Udukhomoi Orbih. “With profound sadness and a heavy heart but in total submission to the will of the Almighty God, the family of Chief M.C.K. Orbih announces the passing of our beloved brother, husband, father, and uncle, Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, who passed away on Monday, 31…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged Nigerians, particularly youths, not to support calls by some politicians to return to the fuel subsidy regime. The students’ body stated that the emphasis should be on maintaining accountability in the utilization of savings from gasoline subsidy reduction rather than promoting a return to the subsidy regime. Babatunde Akinteye, NANS’s National President, made the plea on Tuesday during a youth summit in Akure, the state capital. The summit, sponsored by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, was titled ‘Unlocking Ondo State students’ potential for economic growth. The students’ body stated that…

Amnesty International has expressed concern that security agencies have failed to hold Borno State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Sainna Buba, accountable following his alleged threats to flog anyone who does not support the All Progressives Congress in the state. The organization expressed serious worry that, despite publicly available evidence, security services had yet to take action on the problem. Chronicle NG reports that Buba, in a video now circulating on social media, said “the government is our government,” adding that whoever followed it would enjoy “the honey.” Buba made the statement at a campaign inauguration organized by the…

Police tear gas reportedly disrupted a pensioners’ protest in Alausa, Lagos, on Monday, prompting human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) to demand the arrest and prosecution of the operatives involved. The pensioners had congregated at the Lagos State Government Secretariat and the House of Assembly complex to demand outstanding pension adjustments and pay awards before the police intervened. The development occurred amid a long-running disagreement between former Lagos public employees and the state administration about pension hikes, consequential adjustments, and wage awards, which the pensioners claim remain unpaid. The pensioners are set to meet with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu later this…