On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) staged protests across Nigeria’s federal universities, calling on stakeholders, including the National Assembly and traditional leaders, to urge President Bola Tinubu to address their demands or risk a nationwide strike, as reported by Vanguard and AllAfrica.com. The protests, spanning institutions like the Universities […]
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Omobolanle Agboola, a US-based Nigerian nurse researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, highlighted income insecurity, transportation challenges, and social isolation as major drivers of poor health in Nigerian communities, based on a whole-person health study conducted in Lagos, as reported by Vanguard. The study, involving 180 participants […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the second day of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference at the International Conference Centre in Enugu was marked by protests demanding the release of Hon. Bright Ngene, a Labour Party member of the Enugu State House of Assembly and NBA member, currently serving a seven-year sentence, as […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) announced the closure of 22 illegal Colleges of Education operating without government accreditation, following a nationwide crackdown, as reported by Vanguard and Punch. The NCCE also conducted personnel audits and financial monitoring across all 21 federal colleges of education to ensure compliance, […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the Anambra State Police Command launched an investigation into the disturbing case of a young man, Chigbo (alias Agudo), allegedly chained by his father for five years in Igboukwu, Aguata Local Government Area, as reported by Vanguard and Punch. Commissioner of Police Ikioye Orutugu, commending community youths for exposing the […]
On Sunday, August 24, 2025, Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening family values and accelerating development in Niger Delta communities during the 90th birthday celebration of Mama Keketobou Jane Kuku, mother of Hon. Kingsley Kuku, former Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, held at the First African Church, Arogbo, as […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, industry stakeholders expressed growing concern over the widening gap between Nigeria’s real and services sectors, with the real sector—encompassing manufacturing and agriculture—facing a sixth consecutive year of decline in 2025, while the services sector surges, reinforcing economic structural flaws that hinder industrialization, per Vanguard and ThisDay. National Bureau of Statistics […]
On Sunday, August 24, 2025, domestic airlines in Nigeria raised airfares to South-East and South-South regions by 131% ahead of the Yuletide season starting December 1, 2025, driven by high demand, as reported by Vanguard and Businessday.ng. Air Peace increased one-way economy tickets from Lagos to Asaba (Delta State) from ₦147,000 to ₦337,500, and from […]
On Thursday, August 21, 2025, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) announced a profit after tax of N185 billion for July 2025, as detailed in its Monthly Report Summary, released Thursday night, per Vanguard and Nairametrics. The report recorded a revenue of N4.4 trillion for the month and disclosed that NNPCL remitted N7.9 trillion […]
On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) expressed deep concern over the worsening scourge of banditry, kidnappings, and other criminal activities devastating Northern Nigeria, as stated by ACF Chairman Chief Mamman Osuman, SAN, during the 78th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the Forum’s Kaduna secretariat, per Vanguard and New National Star. […]