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BREAKING: DSS Files Charge Against Sowore, Facebook, X Over Tinubu Post The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a criminal charge against a politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, for allegedly making a false claim against the person of the President, Bola Tinubu, by referring to him as a criminal. The five-count charge was filed on Tuesday before the Federal High Court in Abuja, a few days after an earlier request by the DSS on Facebook and X, the platforms allegedly deployed by Sowore for his said false claim, to pull the misleading message down. The charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025,…

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A crisis over non-remittance of N138 million check-off dues is brewing in the Academy Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar (Unical) chapter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged fraud dates back to 2019 under the leadership of the immediate past executive of the chapter led by John Edor. The non-remittance of the said dues to the national secretariat of the union led to the suspension of the chapter by the national leadership of ASUU. NAN reports that the alleged fraud has been the subject of a suit at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. Some concerned…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has concluded his work vacation ahead of schedule and will return to Abuja on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, to resume official duties.The President departed for France on September 4, 2025, to spend part of his annual holiday and was initially scheduled to divide the period between France and the United Kingdom.Last week in Paris, President Tinubu held a private luncheon with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron, at the Élysée Palace. Both leaders reviewed key areas of cooperation between Nigeria and France and agreed to deepen the partnership for mutual prosperity and global stability.

Guinness World Records (GWR) has confirmed Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Baci’s successful attempt at cooking the ‘Largest Serving of Nigerian-Style Jollof Rice’ on Monday. Baci completed a nine-hour open-air cooking session on Saturday at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, where she prepared 200 units of 20-kg bags of rice. The record-breaking attempt, which took nine months of planning and two months of pot fabrication, was organised in collaboration with Gino Nigeria. In a statement published on its website, GWR announced that Hilda, together with Gino Nigeria, cooked the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice — an astonishing 8,780…

Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have commenced an indefinite strike effective Monday, September 15, 2025, citing the government’s failure to meet their long-standing demands. The Association of Resident Doctors, FCTA (ARD-FCTA), announced the decision in a statement issued by its General Secretary, Dr. Agbor Affiong, following an Emergency General Meeting held on September 14. “This action follows the failure of management to address any of our legitimate demands, even after a one-week warning strike,” the statement read. The doctors vowed not to return to work until the government and hospital management demonstrate “genuine commitment to the welfare…

The management of Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, on Monday debunked a sexual infidelity report against a former university pastor and Associate Vice President for Spiritual Life, Afolarin Ojewole, describing such a report as “fabricated, baseless, cheap blackmail and figment of imagination of the unconscionable writer.” An online medium was quoted to have alleged that the university is doing everything to favour Ojewole above other candidates jostling for the office of the Vice Chancellor of the institution, despite being sanctioned in the past for alleged sexual infidelity against one of the students of the university. Recall that the Vice Chancellor of…

The Lagos State Government has reduced the minimum land size for estate development from 10,000 sqm to 5,000 sqm. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, during the maiden Quarterly Media Parley held at the Conference Room of the Ministry in Alausa recently. Olumide stated that the lowering of the land-size requirement for estate developments in the state was in sync with current realities in Lagos State, where increasing population and urbanisation continued to push the demand for housing and estate developments, in particular. He said, “Some of the promoters of the…

The Niger State Government has introduced a policy requiring religious preachers to submit their sermons for approval before delivering them publicly. Governor Umar Bago confirmed the new measure during an interview on TVC’s Politics on Sunday. Bago explained that the measure is aimed at ensuring that sermons do not contain messages that are harmful to the people or the government. “I didn’t ban evangelism… For everyone going to sermon on Friday, he should bring his scriptures for review, and it’s normal. Even in Saudi Arabia, this is done,” Bago said. “We cannot say because you have been given the opportunity…

The Federal High Court in Abuja will today (Monday) hear an application by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking an order for his transfer from the custody of the Department of State Services to the National Hospital, Abuja, for urgent medical care. The motion, filed by Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN) on September 3, followed what his lawyers described as a “worrisome decline” in his health while in detention. Vacation judge, Justice Musa Liman, had earlier granted leave for the application to be heard during the court’s annual vacation period, citing its urgency. “I…