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The House of Representatives sitting on Tuesday July 22, 2025 constituted a committee to probe University of Calabar (UNICAL) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi. The decision of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance co-sponsored by the House Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda and Hon. Ahmad Jaha during Tuesday’s plenary. Speaking on the substance of the motion, Jaha noted that over 300 Dentistry students at the University of Calabar, Cross River State are going through difficult times, following the refusal of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to induct graduates from the…

The presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticized the Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar (UNICAL) over recent students welfare which has given rise to pockets of protests. Obi, calling for urgent intervention in the crisis affecting dental students at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), stressed that “no student should suffer as a result of leadership failings”. Obi stated this in a post on his official X handle, following reports of issues surrounding the graduation and induction quotas of dental students at UNICAL. “No student should suffer due to what I consider…

Yesterday, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the 10th Nigerian Senate, Sen. Natasha Akpoti forced her way into the National Assembly complex but was denied access into the Senate Chamber as she attempted resuming from “controversial” suspension. This development has forced the leadership of the Senate to issue a fresh update on when the lawmaker would be allowed to resume legislative proceedings. Senate spokesman Yemi Adaramodu says Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan remains suspended till the red chamber resume from recess in two months’ time. Adaramodu said this yesterday when he sat as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on…

In a strange turn of events, Muslims, irrespective of social status often pay no serious attention to the graves of their deceased. However, members of the late President Muhammadu Buhari have chosen to design the grave of their late military dictator. Here are pictures of the current design of the grave that is trending on social media and newspaper pages:

A serving governor in Nigeria was hospitalized yesterday evening, Sunday July 20, 2025 after being involved in a road accident. The governor, Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State who was returning from Daura along the Daura–Katsina Road, had gone to pay respects at the residence of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari and receive condolences. According to a statement from Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Governor Radda “sustained no serious injuries and remains in stable condition.” As a precaution, the governor is undergoing routine medical evaluations at a facility in Daura under the care of attending medical…

The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has fined Multichoice Nigeria the sum of N766,242,500 (Seven-Hundred-and-Sixty-Six-Million-Two-Hundred-and-Forty-Two-Thousand-Five-Hundred naira). According to FG, the South Africa company, DSTV violated the Nigeria Data Protection Act. According to an investigation which commenced in the second quarter of 2024, DSTV breached the privacy rights of Multichoice subscribers and also guilty of illegal cross-border transfer of personal data of Nigerians. “NDPC found, among others, that Multichoice violated the data privacy rights of subscribers and their friends who are not necessarily subscribers”, NDPC Head, Legal, Enforcement & Regulations, Babatunde Bamigboye, said in a statement on…

In a judgement delivered on Friday, June 4, 2025 by Justice Binta Nyako, in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025 filed by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Court described Natasha’s suspension as excessive, advising the Senate to lift it. However, the Senate, responding immediately, mentioned one condition the suspended senator must meet before she will be allowed to return to Chamber. The Senate Spokesperson, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu, said the Red Chamber would not immediately reinstate the embattled senator, stating that the court judgment did not override the Senate’s constitutional powers to discipline its members. “Which judgment are we appealing when they (the…

Investigations carried out to ascertain the cause of the Air India plane crash that killed all 270 passengers on board has been completed and here is what the airplane’s black box revealed. Deaths: 270 people died Plane Type: Air India Boeing 787 Accident Time: Happened during takeoff Early Investigation Says: Main Cause: The captain’s seat had a problem—it couldn’t stay locked in place. What Happened: The seat suddenly slid backward. This caused the captain to accidentally pull the engine controls (throttles) back to idle (low power). Result: The engines lost power quickly, and the plane stalled (lost lift) while still…

Suspended Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara has disclosed the “tough” terms he entered with Nyesom Wike. He disclosed this when he addressed his supporters over the weekend. Read his address below: Address of Governor Siminalayi Fubara At A Meeting with Simplified Stakeholders on Saturday, June 28, 2025 Protocols I had a meeting with you on the 29th of May, 2025, here, and in that meeting, I did inform you that we are in a peace process. I know, and not just being in the process, I said it’s ongoing. I called for this meeting to address you formally, for you…

Ali Bukar Dalori, the Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is currently in Abuja to resume office. Dalori emerged as the party’s Acting National Chairman following Abdullahi Ganduje’s resignation on Friday. Here are five things to know about the new APC National Chairman: Born in Dalori town, Konduga LGA, Borno State, he rose through local politics—starting as a councillor, serving as Local Government Chairman, and twice in the Borno State House of Assembly—before entering national party leadership. In August 2023, Dalori was elected Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), replacing Abubakar Kyari. He’s…