Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Rights

August 28, 2025

NIS announces passport fee hike 

According to the NIS, the reviewed passport fees will not affect Nigerians in diaspora.

Nigerian passports
August 28, 2025

Assault on VIO officials will not go unpunished: Lagos Govt

The Lagos government has vowed to prosecute attackers of VIO personnel.

VIO used to illustrate the story
August 28, 2025

CSO demands justice for survivors of sexual violence, exploitation

Talk Initiative declared its solidarity with Ms Baffa and other survivors.

Lady Justice photo used to illustrate the story
August 28, 2025

Peter Obi threatens to sue activist Deji Adeyanju for defamation

“He tried to give me money and called it thank you for coming, it’s 100% true,” Mr Adeyanju claimed in a previous post, insisting the gesture was an attempt to buy his loyalty.

Peter Obi and Deji Adeyanju
August 27, 2025

ASUU Strike: Tinubu government urged to review lecturers’ salaries

He pointed out that the salary of a professor in a Nigerian university is approximately N500,000, excluding deductions, which reduces it to about N300,000 after deductions are made.

LECTURERS (credit: the Abusites)
August 27, 2025

Gaza War: Killing of journalists should shock world, says UN

Overall, 247 journalists have been killed since the war began and should shock the world into action, according to the UN.

Collage of killed journalists
August 27, 2025

Amnesty International decries Nigerian government’s continued harassment of Sowore

It stated that the latest arraignment of Mr Sowore was another attempt to suppress his fundamental rights.

Omoyele Sowore
August 27, 2025

Kano Science University: ASUU renews call for 2009 agreement

“Professors in Nigeria earn less than $300 monthly. Our union will continue to fight for dignity within the system,” Mr Yusuf-Ahmed said.

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar branch protesting used to illustrate the story
August 27, 2025

Plateau: ASUU rejects Tinubu’s loan scheme for lecturers

The chairman also described the scheme as a “poisoned chalice” and urged members to stay away from it.

Tinubu signing a document
August 27, 2025

Alex Ekwueme University: ASUU threatens to down tools on Thursday

Mr Omenyi said ASUU remained committed to quality education and the defence of university autonomy.

Alex Ekwueme University.