Defence Ministry Explains Delay in Interns’ Allowances, Blames Funding Shortfall
The Ministry of Defence has dismissed claims that House Officers and Interns at the Armed Forces Reference Hospitals have been abandoned without payment, attributing the delay in their allowances to a funding gap in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The ministry said payment of the outstanding allowances had already begun and stressed that the delay was […]
Atiku, Obi React as FG Bows to Pressure, Suspends WAEC, NECO Fee Hike
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the party’s presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, have welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to suspend the proposed increase in registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination. The Federal Ministry of Education […]
Rescued Oriire Principal Breaks Silence on 56 Days Ordeal
The principal of the school abducted alongside teachers and pupils in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Racheal Alamu, has opened up about the traumatic 56 days they spent in captivity, describing how the victims endured hunger, fear and repeated forced movements through the forest. Speaking on Monday after she and the rescued […]