December 2025 – Page 189

2027: It’s Unfortunate Bauchi Gov Can’t Stop PDP Mass Defection –Wike

09.12.2025

Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday night, said that Governor of Bauchi state and Chairman of Governors Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) is shameless as he is incapable of stopping the continued mass defection of both governors and other stalwarts of the party. Wike, who said that he...

Law Student Commits Suicide For Missing Out On Bar Final Examinations

09.12.2025

A 27-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School, Yola campus identified as Ojajuni Ayomiposi an indigene of Ondo State has been reported dead. The Adamawa State Police Command through the Police Public Relation Officer Adamawa state Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement made available to Newsmen in Yola. SP Nguroje said...

Osun Maintains Lead As CVR Hits 2.68m Nationwide

09.12.2025

On Monday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed that a total of 2,685,725 newly registered voters were added through online and physical Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) nationwide. Thi is contained in the latest update on its verified X handle, indicating that 1,576,137 applicants completed the online pre-registration, while another 1,109,588 finalised their in-person registration. New...

Wamakko Awards Full Scholarships To 29 Indigent Students

09.12.2025

Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has awarded full scholarships to 29 indigent students for studies at Huda University in Gusau, Zamfara State. The presentation ceremony, held at his Gawon Nama residence in Sokoto, featured a call from the senator urging the beneficiaries to justify the opportunity through discipline, focus, and good character. He emphasized education as...

Nasarawa Unveils Clearance Operations By Joint Security Forces To Flushout Bandits

09.12.2025

The Nasarawa State Government has announced the conduct of clearance operations by joint security forces targeted to flushout bandits and kidnappers tormenting communities and villages along the Nasarawa local government Areas of the state. There has been public outcry over persistent bandits attacks and kidnappings along communities and villages in the Nasarawa local government Area...

Nigeria, West, Central African Airlines Implement Free Route Airspace to Save Fuel, Reduce Emissions

09.12.2025

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has ushered in a new era of African aviation with the full operational deployment of Free Route Airspace (FRA) in the Western and Central Africa (WACAF) region, effective October 30, 2025. Free Route Airspace (FRA) is a modern airspace design that allows airlines to plan more direct flight paths between...

Alleged Breach of Requirements: UniAbuja VC’s Appointment Triggers Crisis

09.12.2025

A major leadership crisis has erupted at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) now known as Yakubu Gowon University, following the appointment of Prof Hakeem Fawehinmi as the new Vice-Chancellor last month, amid allegations that the Governing Council violated the advertised requirements for the position. The controversy has sparked intense legal, regulatory and institutional scrutiny, with...

Court Bars AMCON-Appointed Lawyer From Representing GHL Over Disobedience of Court Order

09.12.2025

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday stopped a senior lawyer, Oluseye Opasanya (SAN), from appearing as counsel for General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) in a suit between the oil firm and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and three others. Justice Lewis-Allagoa held that Opasanya’s purported appointment by AMCON appointed Receiver/...

CBN licenses 82 BDCs under new guidelines for 2025

09.12.2025

The Central Bank of Nigeria has confirmed that only 82 Bureaux De Change have been licensed to operate, having met its new guidelines. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Hakama Ali, on Monday. The PUNCH reports that the CBN introduced a new regulatory framework for BDCs in...

Naira depreciates slightly at official FX market to N1,451/$

09.12.2025

Nigeria’s currency weakened slightly at the official market on Monday, as the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market rate closed at 1,451.86/$ from 1,450.43/$ recorded on Friday. According to data from the NFEM daily exchange summary available on the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the naira traded at an intra-day high of 1,457/$ and a...