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The Enugu State Working Committee, SWC, of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has issued a pre-action notice to the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, demanding the immediate ratification of congresses conducted across the 260 wards, 17 local government areas and the state. The congresses, which ended with the state congress on May 4, 2026, produced Dr. Johnpaul Ani as State Chairman and Dr. Sebastine Okafor as State Secretary. The development followed alleged delays by the party’s National Secretariat in ratifying the congresses despite the submission of a report by the Secretary of the Congress Committee, Engr. Echezona Ogbanufe, affirming that…

The Bauchi State Police Command says it has arrested four men in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area, over allegations of criminal conspiracy, adultery and inciting public disturbance. A report by a security expert, Zagazola Makama said the suspects were brought to the Azare Division by the Zonal Commander of Hisbah, Katagum Zone, Mallam Rilwan Khairan. He identified the suspects as one Bashir Adamu of Comprehensive Area; Auwalu Mohammed of Gadum Area; Mohammed Mohammed of Sabuwar NEPA Area; and Salisu Mohammed of the same locality. Quoting police sources, Makama said the men were alleged to have entered into an agreement among…

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has explained why he made six changes to the team to face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Wednesday night. Guardiola has left out the likes of Erling, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki for the game at the Etihad. City are looking to move within two points of league leaders Arsenal, before playing Chelsea in the FA Cup final in Saturday. Guardiola said: “We have to make decisions before and after it depends on results whether we judge it nicely or the opposite. We have to take it. “People don’t believe me, but the players who sometimes…

Some contract workers from Egi communities in Ogba’Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State, including widows, have threatened to shut down the operations of TotalEnergies in Oil Mining Lease (OML-58) over the alleged dismissal of 47 indigenous contract staff by the company since 2014. The affected workers, under the auspices of ‘Egi Indigenous Contract Staff/Service Workers’, in collaboration with the ‘Niger Delta Widows Prayer Forum’, issued the threat in a petition addressed to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies in Paris, France. The petition, signed by representatives of the workers and widows from the LGA, accused the company…

The personal driver of a Pentecostal bishop of End-Reconciliation Ministry in Asaba, Delta State, has been arrested for allegedly killing his employer and fleeing with the victim’s Toyota Prado Jeep. The suspect, whose identity was withheld due to ongoing investigations, was arrested alongside another suspect in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, while allegedly attempting to sell the vehicle. The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Awka on Wednesday. According to the CP, the suspect allegedly murdered the cleric before fleeing to Anambra State…

There was a time in Nigeria when poverty still had dignity. A poor man could rent a room close to his place of work. A civil servant could dream of owning a modest bungalow before retirement. A roadside food seller could afford school fees. A university graduate, even while unemployed, could at least breathe within the society without feeling like an illegal occupant in his own country. That Nigeria is disappearing. What we are witnessing today is not merely inflation, economic reform or the hardship that government spokespeople love to describe as “temporary pains”. It is the gentrification of Nigeria…

NEM Insurance Plc has released its audited financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025, showing strong growth in assets and revenue across its group and parent operations. At the Group level, total assets rose significantly by N61.81bn to N186.04bn in 2025, up from N124.23bn recorded in 2024. This growth reflects the company’s continued expansion and strengthened investment base. Group liabilities also increased to N101.58bn from N58.79bn, in line with higher underwriting activities and obligations, while total equity climbed to N84.46bn, compared to N65.44bn in the previous year, underscoring improved shareholder value. The Group recorded a strong rise in…

The Super Falcons have suffered another setback in their preparations for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations following Jamaica’s withdrawal from their planned international friendly in the UK later this month, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Nigeria and Jamaica were billed to meet during the Super Falcons’ training camp scheduled to take place from May 23 to 28, with the Nigeria Football Federation using the opportunity to keep the squad active despite the absence of a FIFA international window. Jamaica’s withdrawal has, however, ruined those plans, compounding the recent lack of friendlies that have affected the team’s preparations for the…

As NECO marks 25 years of existence, GIFT HABIB writes on the evolution of the national examination body, its role in expanding access to assessment, the challenges of examination credibility, and its vision for the future of educational testing By the late 1990s, the secondary school examination system in Nigeria was facing a combination of administrative, demographic, and integrity-related pressures. The West African Examinations Council established in 1952 and responsible for secondary school certification across Anglophone West Africa, remained the primary examining body for Nigeria during this period. However, the country’s education system had expanded notably over the decades, with…

Aerodrome voting opens May 28. Mainnet Launch: June 4.This quarter, AI started writing its own exploits. Tea is shipping the trust layer underneath it. Code Is Abundant. Trust Is Not.In the span of seven days, the ground beneath the software shifted twice. On May 4, The Conversation published the most widely-circulated post-mortem yet of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, the frontier model Anthropic itself declined to release, because it can autonomously discover zero-days, generate working exploits, and execute multi-step cyber operations with minimal human oversight.Days later, Google’s Gemma 4 landed inside Android’s AICore and Google AI Edge, putting agentic code generation, function…