Latest from Wednesday, November 19th, 2025

Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), says securing Nigeria from drug abuse, trafficking, and related crimes must be treated as a shared responsibility.

The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has warned that Nigeria’s democracy, economy and security architecture are in a state of severe distress, calling for urgent reforms to protect citizens and restore public trust in national institutions.

President Bola Tinubu has postponed planned trips to the G20 leaders’ summit in South Africa and the AU-EU summit in Angola as he awaits security briefings on the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and a bloody attack on worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State.

A former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, has warned that former U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed claims of widespread killings of Christians in Nigeria could strain bilateral ties and inflame existing religious tensions.

The Federal Government has launched a nationwide campaign to tackle the rising misuse of antibiotics as Nigeria marks the 2025 World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week.

A labour union says the federal government’s planned ban on sachet alcohol could trigger massive job losses and wipe out billions in investments.

The South-West caucus of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday threw its weight behind the nationwide strike declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors, saying the region’s doctors will stand in solidarity until their welfare concerns are resolved.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority is tightening the screws ahead of Detty December.

American rapper Onika Maraj, better known as Nicki Minaj, on Tuesday addressed a United Nations event in New York, where she spoke about reports of alleged genocidal attacks on Christians in Nigeria.

President Bola Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to travel to Kebbi State on Wednesday to meet with state officials and assure families of the kidnapped schoolgirls that the government is working to secure their safe return.

Season 9 of Nigeria Info’s ‘I Beg To Differ’ student debate continued on Tuesday with Rahmaniyah Private Schools facing Heritage Group of Schools to argue the motion, ‘School Corporal Punishment Should Be Reintroduced in Lagos.’ 

President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Wednesday for a two-nation trip to South Africa and Angola, where he will participate in high-level global and regional summits, the presidency said in a statement Tuesday.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dismissed the federal government’s proposed salary increase for lecturers, calling it “a drop in the ocean” that cannot address the worsening brain drain in universities.

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed a deadly attack on the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun, in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area, where two people were killed and several worshippers abducted on Tuesday evening.