THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University chapter, has appealed to the state government to urgently address its concerns. The branch’s Chairman, Abubakar Abdullah, made the appeal during a press engagement in Kaduna on Thursday. Abdullah said the union remained ready to negotiate with the government to resolve the issues affecting the university and avert industrial action. He said ASUU did not desire a strike, stressing that shutting down the university would negatively affect students, lecturers and the institution. “We are ready to move whenever the government calls us for engagement and negotiation,” he said. The chairman…
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BY IDUH ONAH THERE are moments when a celebration transcends the ritual of cake, balloons, music and congratulatory messages. There are occasions when a gathering becomes a testimony; a public acknowledgement of a life whose quiet impact has been felt by many. Such was the 60th birthday celebration of Pastor Onoja Innocent Ella at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Resurrection Power Assembly Parish, Hilltop FHA Phase 2, Karu, Abuja on Sunday, August 16, 2026. Mr&Mrs Onoja and children during the church celebration on Sunday: From left – Agbenu Glory and Angel Onyigwe, and from right; Agaba David and…
BY TOM CHIAHEMEN THERE is something profoundly unsettling about a government announcing a policy ostensibly designed to resolve one of Nigeria’s most intractable security and agricultural problems, only to discover that the announcement itself has become another source of anxiety. That, increasingly, appears to be the predicament of the Federal Government’s proposed National Ranching Policy. On paper, few would quarrel with the idea of modernising Nigeria’s livestock industry. A country struggling with farmer-herder violence, cattle rustling, dwindling agricultural productivity and an increasingly stressed food system ought to be thinking seriously about how to move livestock production away from open grazing…
PRESIDENTIAL candidates and leadership of political parties contesting the 2027 general elections had on Tuesday in Abuja signed a Peace Accord. They all committed to peaceful, issue-based campaigns and the non-involvement in electoral violence before, during and after the 2027 polls. Some of the presidential candidates that signed were President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Peter Obi of Nigeria Democratic Congress and Adewale Adebayo of Social Democratic Party. Others were candidates for the governorship and National Assembly. The peace agreement, organised by the National Peace Committee (NPC)…
THE NATIONAL Institute of Caregivers (NIC) has unveiled a national initiative, aimed at strengthening professional caregiving in the country. The Director-General of the institute, Mr Olusan Victor, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, welcomed the Federal Government’s growing focus on Nigeria’s care economy. Victor said that the institute’s announcement comes at a significant moment for Nigeria’s social-development agenda. He recalled that in February 2026, President Bola Tinubu declared 2026 the “Year of Social Development and Families in Nigeria”. He added that Tinubu also directed coordinated action across all levels of government, placing families, women and social…
THE INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) has projected that Nigeria’s registered voting population will surpass 100 million ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mallam Mohammed Haruna, INEC’s National Commissioner, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. Haruna, also the Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), spoke at INEC’s “Joint Implementation Meeting of the Departments of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) and Gender and Inclusivity (G&I) for the 2027 General Elections”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the meeting was to draft the communication and inclusivity roadmap for the 2027 General Election, to ensure the elections were free, fair, credible,…
By Our Reporter, With Agency Reports THE MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to transforming Abuja’s infrastructure, while ordering the immediate demolition of structures built on waterways and right-of-way corridors across the territory. Wike gave the directives on Tuesday in Abuja after inspecting ongoing road projects and flood-affected areas in the capital. Inspecting the Inner Southern Expressway (Goodluck Jonathan Way) and the service carriageways of the Southern Parkway in Gaduwa District, the minister expressed confidence that the projects would be completed by December 2026 or early January 2027. He said the completion…
The controversy over the Federal Government’s National Ranching Policy has taken a new turn in Benue State, with the state’s three principal socio-cultural organisations speaking with one voice against its proposed pilot implementation. The groups argue that what the government describes as “Renewed Hope Livestock Villages” goes beyond conventional ranching and could create permanent settlements with far-reaching demographic, land-use and governance implications. They are calling instead for a state-led, voluntary and commercially-driven livestock model that operates within Benue’s existing legal framework and gives priority to security, the return of displaced farming communities and meaningful stakeholder consultation. Preamble and Mandate WE,…
FOR CENTURIES, historians have believed the explorer was born in Genoa, Italy, rising from humble beginnings to persuade the Catholic Monarchs to finance what many considered an impossible voyage across the Atlantic. Now, researchers at the Citogen laboratory and the Complutense University of Madrid have released a preprint study suggesting Columbus may instead have descended from Galician nobility in Spain, with genetic links pointing to the powerful Sotomayor lineage. The Sotomayors were one of medieval Galicia’s most influential noble families, wielding political and military power across northwestern Spain during the 15th century, a background that sharply contrasts with the long-accepted…
Raises Land-Use Concerns Suggests Sambisa Forest, Other Locations As Alternatives THE BENUE State Law Students Association of Nigeria (BENLAWSAN) has rejected the Federal Government’s plan to designate five states in the Middle Belt region, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for the pilot rollout of its proposed National Ranching Programme. Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development. In a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Iortyom Ushahemba Moses, dated August 18, 2026, and made available to National Record, BENLAWSAN said while acknowledging Federal Government’s responsibility to develop policies aimed at addressing insecurity, improving agricultural productivity and reducing the…