THE VICE Chancellor of Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi (MOAUM), formerly Benue State University, Prof. Timothy Alabar, says the institution is grappling with inadequate student accommodation, unreliable electricity and water supply, ageing infrastructure and funding constraints. Alabar, who made the disclosure on Monday in Makurdi while presenting his six-month scorecard, said that the institution is also faced with several other challenges. The VC particularly identified inadequate accommodation as a major challenge, particularly with the growing student population and the need to rehabilitate existing hostels. He also listed unreliable electricity and water supply as major concerns affecting hostels, lecture theatres, laboratories…
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THE NATIONAL Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has secured more than 20 convictions for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) offences and rescued over 3,000 victims in 2026. Mr Vincent Adekoye, Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, NAPTIP, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Adekoye said three of the convictions resulted in life imprisonment, adding that most of the cases involved rape. “From January 2026 to now, we have rescued over 3,000 people from critical situations. We have also arrested a whole lot and…
THE JAMA’ATU Izalatil Bid’ah wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS Nigeria), in collaboration with the Muslim World League, will convene an international conference in Abuja to examine national security, counter-extremism and sustainable socio-economic development. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will declare the conference open. The International Conference on National Security for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development is scheduled to hold on August 12, 2026, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The conference is expected to bring together Islamic scholars, policymakers, security experts and international stakeholders to deliberate on practical approaches to promoting peace, stability and inclusive development. Judicial leaders, security experts and international delegates are…
YEMEN’s Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery, they said on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The alliance with Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, Turkey and Pakistan, is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three would be regarded as an attack on all. It was not clear whether or how either Pakistan or Turkey would join in any Saudi response to the latest attacks. The…
IRAN said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened. The strait, through which about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flowed prior to the conflict, has been effectively blocked since the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran on February 28, pushing up oil prices and inflation. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that talks with Oman on arrangements for…
BY LANRE OGUNDIPE THERE is a curious contradiction in Nigeria’s economic story today. From the distance at which economists, investors and international financial institutions observe the country, the picture is beginning to look considerably better. Inflation has moderated. The external position has improved. Fiscal conditions have strengthened. Economic growth has remained positive. The reforms of the past three years, difficult and deeply unpopular as some of them have been, are beginning to produce signs of macroeconomic stability. That is worth acknowledging. A country may attract greater investor confidence while the small business owner remains worried about the cost of credit.…
BY OWEI LAKEMFA LIFE is in flux and labour in Nigeria is caught in its crosswinds. To navigate the strong currents of change, and produce a compass, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Port Harcourt Zone, turned to the union’s 2003–2005 president, Louis Brown Ogbeifun. They asked the 71-year-old former manager, Employee Relations of the conglomerate Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to dissect the key issue of “Navigating Change.” The President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Festus Osifo, who also doubles as PENGASSAN President, at the August 5, 2026, meet in Port…
THE GOVERNMENT of Tanzania has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening economic cooperation with Dangote Group, expressing strong interest in attracting new investments in fertiliser production, energy and industrial infrastructure to support the country’s long-term development agenda. Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Planning and Investment, Hon. Prof. Kitila A. Mkumbo, disclosed this during a visit by a Tanzanian delegation to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals in Lagos, Nigeria. According to the Minister, the visit was aimed at following up on discussions held earlier this year between President Samia Suluhu Hassan and President and Chief Executive of…
THE EXECUTIVE Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Zacch Adedeji, has dismissed online reports linking the NRS to an imaginary fraud related to the Frontier Exploration Fund, calling it sponsored fake news. The report had alleged the transfer of $279 million from the Fund’s account to some unnamed accounts and claimed that Adedeji and the NRS were in the know of the ‘illegal’ movement of money. According to the report, the alleged fraud had put Adedeji under pressure with stakeholders calling for forensic audit of the Fund’s account. But in his reaction via telephone, Adedeji dismissed the said report…
By Iduh Onah THOUGH the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has profoundly altered journalism, particularly how newsrooms operate in their reporting and editing styles, the value of human moderation remains paramount. This was the central message at the official presentation of “Newsroom AI Policy Guidance Resources”, a package of three documents produced by a non-profit, non-governmental media-oriented organisation, Safer-Media Initiative (SMI), under its Artificial Intelligence and Media (AIM) Project: Navigating the Present, Shaping the Future, held on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Savannah Suites and Resort, Area 3, Garki, Abuja. The theme came out very clearly in both the opening…