The internal crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party took a new dimension on Friday as the party’s National Executive Committee dissolved the National Working Committee led by suspended National Chairman, Shehu Gabam, over the leadership tussle. The resolution was reached at an emergency NEC meeting held in Abuja and presided over by the party’s National Financial Secretary, Ibrahim Biu. “The NWC, by this resolution, stands dissolved. We hereby nominate the following persons to take charge of the affairs of our great party, and to move the party forward,” Biu announced. The newly constituted interim leadership includes Adamu Modibo (National Chairman),…
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Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Maiduguri chapter, on Friday, “vehemently rejected and strongly condemned” the Federal Government’s decision to rename the institution after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. It vowed to challenge the FG’s decision in court. ASUU-UNIMAID, in a statement jointly signed by its Chairperson, Abubakar Mshelia, and Assistant Secretary, Peter Teri, said that the resolution followed an emergency congress held on July 24, 2025. The union said the congress was attended by ASUU members, representatives of the Student Union Government as well as other critical stakeholders. ASUU said after extensive deliberation, the congress unanimously demanded…
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has urged the Supreme Court to compel Osun State Government to refund seven months’ local government allocations to the Ministry of Finance. The AGF’s request was contained in a response filed through Fagbemi’s counsel, Chief Akin Olujimi SAN, to a suit instituted by the government via its attorney general. Osun State had sued the AGF as the sole defendant, alleging that the Federal Government failed to release the statutory allocation due to its 30 local government councils for March 2025. According to the state government in the suit…
Panic has gripped thousands of Nigerians working in the United Kingdom on Certificate of Sponsorship or Skilled Worker visas over the new regulations announced by the British government. The UK government, in its efforts to control immigration, has removed over 100 jobs, including skilled worker roles, from CoS eligibility, while the salary thresholds for other jobs on the scheme have also been increased by at least 30 per cent. The government removed lower-skilled roles (previously at RQF Level 3–5) from CoS eligibility unless they appear on a newly created Temporary Shortage Occupation List. Some of the delisted jobs include managers and…
Manchester United boss, Rúben Amorim, has given the only condition for the likes of Jadon Sancho, Antony, and Alejandro Garnacho to remain at the club. According to him, the trio could only play for the Red Devils next season if the club could not get a price for them. The players have been tipped to leave the club this summer, as reports suggest they have no place in the manager’s plans. They are among the stars dropped from Rúben Amorim’s squad for the pre-season tour. Others include Jadon Sancho, Antony, and Tyrell Malacia. They have been told to look elsewhere,…
Former Manchester United assistant manager, Rene Meulensteen, has predicted that Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal will win the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He said that 40-year-old Ronaldo still has what it takes to lead Portugal to World Cup glory despite his age. The Al Nassr attacker previously led his country to glory in the UEFA Nations League. Speaking to Grosvenor Sport, Meulensteen also praised Ronaldo’s physical condition. “Cristiano Ronaldo is still playing and keeping fit and wanting to get to the World Cup,” he said. “Ronaldo has a chance of lifting the World Cup. They’re definitely a team that can progress.…
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed that the club has made a special request to UEFA. Laporta was speaking on Friday as he addressed the delays in returning to the Camp Nou. According to him, Barça asked UEFA to schedule their first Champions League game away from home. Under UEFA rules, a club is not allowed to use two different venues as home stadiums. This could thwart Barcelona’s hopes of playing all four games of the league phase at the Camp Nou. The LaLiga giants had initially planned a return to their iconic stadium in late 2024, but this was…
New National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Yilwatda, says he will take some tough decisions as the new leader of the ruling party. Yilwatda stated this while appearing as a guest on an interview programme, Politics Today on Channels TV. The APC chairman also said the party is willing to receive the leader of Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his supporters and any other person willing to come on board. He however added that no stronger party existed in the country capable of defeating President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The APC chairman said he would embark on wide…
Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) popularly known as Doctors Without Borders, on Friday, raised the alarm over rise in the number of malnourished children, saying it admits over 400 on a daily basis in Kebbi State. MSF attributed the rise in the number of malnourished children to limited access to healthcare, high inflation, poverty, desertification and low agriculture productivity during planting season. It stated that it was imperative that more non-governmental agencies and other international organisations intervened because the surge was overwhelming. MSF senior medical Doctor, Hamza Bello, who is in charge of Maiyama ITFC Main Centre in Kebbi, disclosed that…
Agency Report More than 220 British MPs, including dozens from the ruling Labour party, demanded on Friday that the UK government formally recognise a Palestinian state, further increasing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The call, in a letter signed by lawmakers from nine UK political parties, came less than 24 hours after French President Emmanuel Macron said that his country would formally recognise a Palestinian state at a UN meeting in September. France would be the first G7 country — and the most powerful European nation to date — to make the move, already drawing condemnation from Israel and…