November 2025 – Page 54

Buratai, Others To Chart Pathway To National Security

18.11.2025

Amidst escalating issues within the nation’s security architecture, the Institute of Security Nigeria (ISN) has concluded plans to host its 18th international conference in Lagos, with top political office holders, security chieftains, diplomats, traditional rulers, academia and media practitioners in attendance. The conference, with the theme: ‘Expanding Frontiers of Innovations in Security Enhancement and Nation...

PDP NEC Expels Makinde, Bala Mohammed, Bode George, Others

18.11.2025

…Dissolves Oyo, Bauchi, Ekiti, Lagos Excos, Others In a swift turn of events, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday expelled the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed and Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, from the party. The party also announced the expulsion of the former...

UNICAL Lecturer, Ndifon, Jailed 5 Years For Sexual Harassment

18.11.2025

The suspended Dean Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Cyril Ndifon, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. James Omotosho, the presiding judge in the case, handed down the sentence at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday. In 2023, Ndifon was removed as a UNICAL dean over alleged...

Sule Departs Abuja For Johannesburg To Join Presidential Delegation At G20 Summit

18.11.2025

Nasarawa State Governor and Chairman of the North Central Governors’ Forum, Abdullahi Sule, has departed Abuja for Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the 2025 G20 Summit. Governor Sule will join eight other governors as part of the presidential delegation to the summit, following President Bola Tinubu’s approval for their participation. The 2025 edition of the...

BVAS Antidote To Identity Theft In Nigerian Elections

18.11.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Joash Amupitan, SAN, has declared that the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has successfully ended the challenge of identity theft in Nigeria’s elections. Amupitan made this remark at the 2025 Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibitions in Abuja, an event organised by the National Information...

FG Appoints Adenike Iyelolu As Registrar Of Ships

18.11.2025

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has approved the appointment of Barrister Adenike Adeyele Iyelolu as the Registrar of Ships for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. According to NIMASA’s Deputy Director/Head of Public Relations, Osagie Edward, Iyelolu’s appointment is for a four-year tenure and follows the recommendation of the agency’s Director-General, Dr....

PDP Chair, Turaki Calls Trump To Salvage Nigerian Democracy’,

18.11.2025

The leadership crisis rocking the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) took a dramatic turn on Tuesday, November 18, as the newly elected National Chairman of the party, Kabiru Turaki, called on the United States (US) President, Donald Trump, to urgently intervene and save Nigerian democracy. Turaki made this call at the PDP National Headquarters in...

VDM Apologises For In-Flight Brawl Says It Might Happen Again

18.11.2025

Controversial social media critic, Martins Otse Vincent, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has issued a public apology to Nigerians after engaging in a physical confrontation with Nigerian comedian, Mr Jollof, during a United Nigeria Airlines flight. The altercation, which occurred on a flight reportedly travelling from Asaba, Delta State, to Lagos, quickly went viral after...

Nigerians In Diaspora Rally Support For Tinubu, Akpabio

18.11.2025

Some Nigerian professionals in the Diaspora have declared their support for the re-election bids of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senate President Godswill Akpabio. In a statement titled “Let Us Build on President Bola Tinubu and Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s Impactful and Exemplary Leadership,” the group praised what it described as a “divinely inspired collaboration”...

Sanwo-Olu Seeks Support For Lekki-Epe International Airport

18.11.2025

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday appealed to investors to support making the Lekki–Epe International Airport project a reality. He made the call during the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) National Aviation Conference in Lagos. According to him, the airport is designed to transport at least five million passengers annually and serve as the...