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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Terhemba Daka |Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, directed Governor Caleb Mutfwang to summon the necessary political will to resolve the ethnic and religious crisis to establish an enduring peace in Plateau State. Tinubu, who decried the recent bloodshed and tragedy that has claimed the lives of over 40 individuals, in a statement, by Bayo Onanuga, condemned the development, just as he called for harmony among the people of Plateau State.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Rotimi Agboluaje |Jimisayo Opanuga
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, declared their support for the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. The PDP Governors’ Forum made the declaration while speaking with journalists after a meeting held in Ibadan. The meeting was held at the Conference Room of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan. The governors frowned at the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Adewale Momoh |Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Command, has intercepted over 140 sacks of Cannabis sativa, popularly known as Indian hemp, weighing over 1,400 kilograms. With the substance valued at N112 million, the suspects as well as the hard drugs were handed over to the state command of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]A major tragedy was averted in Enugu on Monday as an articulated vehicle, loaded with 33,000 liters of fuel, collided with a tipper at the notorious Ugwu Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in Enugu State. No fewer than six occupants of the vehicles escaped death from the incident. They, however, escaped unhurt.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]JAMB has cautioned newly established, upgraded, and adopted tertiary institutions against conducting illegal admissions, emphasizing that there will be no leniency or regularization for non-compliance. At an interactive session in Abuja, JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stressed that all admissions must go through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) and adhere to proper procedures. He said: “CAPS ensures transparency, fairness, and integrity in admissions.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Obinna Nwaoku |Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]A Chief Magistrate, Ejike King George, has resigned from the Rivers State Judiciary, citing discomfort with the recent appointment of a “quasi-military administration” to oversee the state’s affairs. In his resignation letter dated April 11, 2025, addressed to the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, George expressed discontent over the direction of the state’s governance, describing it as “alien” and “antithetical” to the values of the legal profession.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Jimisayo Opanuga
The Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) has sealed a residential building in Ilorin over the unsafe disposal of human waste which violates the environmental law. The building at Alagbede Compound, Ita-Elefun, Adabata Area in Ilorin was sealed off at about 2:00 pm on Friday following reports that human excreta from the property was being openly discharged due to a defective soakaway system.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has denied claims that it sold hosting rights for its 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC) to the Rivers State Government, stating that the ₦300 million received from the state was a donation, not a payment tied to any agreementNBA, through its Chairman for the 2025 NBA AGC Planning Committee, Emeka Obegolu, disclosed in a statement on Monday.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, has explicitly stated that Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is unwelcome in the All Progressives Congress (APC) if he decides to join ahead of the 2027 governorship election. Nwoko, who recently joined the APC, cited the governor’s alleged inability to deliver good governance and implement projects beneficial to the people of Delta State as reasons for his stance.
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1 week ago | 
guardian.ng | Jimisayo Opanuga
[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]Two labour leaders, Andrew Emelieze and Itoro Obong, have written a letter to the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) over the alleged exploitation of workers by President Bola Tinubu. Emelieze is a former Chairman of the Trade Union Congress [TUC] in Oyo State, while Obong is the Vice Chairman of the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State chapter.
