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Stay connected via Google News Safety in Nigerian schools, especially in areas of the north-east, has faced major challenges from security threats in recent times. It is said that over 42,000 primary and secondary schools in northern Nigeria lack perimeter fencing while roughly 65 per cent do not have security guards.

Stay connected via Google News “Hopes and Impediments” is the title of a 1988 collection of essays by the legendary writer, Chinua Achebe, and it is perhaps the most appropriate phrase to describe Nigeria’s present condition as the country celebrates its 66th independence anniversary on October 1. At 66, Nigeria is “biologically” a mature nation.

Stay connected via Google News Obunike Ohaegbu, a legal practitioner, has sued the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the party’s failure to collate, declare and publish the result of its primary election for the Nnewi north/Nnewi south/Ekwusigo federal constituency in Anambra state.

Stay connected via Google News The federal high court in Nasarawa has convicted and sentenced 21 companies for operating investment schemes without licences from the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa, the presiding judge, convicted the companies on a one-count charge bordering on illegal operation, contrary to section 57 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act of 2020.

Stay connected via Google News Chimamanda Adichie, Nigerian author, and her husband, Ivara Esege, have asked the Lagos high court to dismiss a suit filed by Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital seeking to halt the coroner’s inquest into the death of their son, Nkanu Adichie-Esege. Kemi Pinheiro, counsel for Adichie and Esege, told the court on Monday that the suit filed by the hospital was “premature”.

Stay connected via Google News The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) says the Shehu Mohammed-led executive is the only duly recognised leadership of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN). In a statement issued on Monday, Nuhu Toro, TUC secretary-general, said the congress had observed with serious concern the activities of unauthorised individuals and groups parading themselves as leaders or representatives of ASCSN.

Stay connected via Google News Reports on a court order directing the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to continue issuing petroleum products import licences to three local oil marketing firms dominate Nigerian newspapers. Punch reports that the order of a federal high court in Abuja directing the NMDPRA to continue granting petroleum products import licences has opened a fresh battle over fuel imports as domestic refining capacity expands.

Stay connected via Google News Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has endorsed the Tinubu Must Go (TMG) movement, saying the campaign reflects a collective determination to “rescue” Nigeria. According to a statement issued on Monday, Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), endorsed the movement after hosting Abba Hikima, one of the conveners of TMG, at his residence in Abuja.

Stay connected via Google News Last week Thursday September 24, 2026 at the 81st United Nation’s General Assembly New York, Vice-President Kashim Shettima in his address to the global gathering of world leaders on behalf of President Bola Tinubu called for a reconstitution of the United Nation’s Security Council, UNSC. to allow for two permanent seats for Africa on the council.

Chaos erupted in the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) ‘Show Ya Sef’ house on Monday night when a heated argument between Keivo and Tram turned violent. The trouble began when Tram accused Keivo of stealing a black shirt. Keivo denied taking the shirt, explaining that he owned a similar one. He also voiced frustration at the situation, insisting he refused to be tagged “a thief”.