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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to commence an indefinite nationwide strike starting November 1, 2025. NARD President, Mohammad Suleiman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the strike directive was issued after the expiration of a 30-day ultimatum earlier given to the Federal Government over unresolved demands. This latest […]

  In a dramatic turn that underscores Nigeria’s worsening fiscal and energy crisis in the wake of a N500 billion revenue shortfall at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) in 2024, President Bola Tinubu is said to be planning to lead a high-level delegation to the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh with a pointed, if […]

Nigeria has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, in what officials are calling a major diplomatic and financial breakthrough for Africa’s largest economy. Multiple Interior and Justice Minister sources told culled from Culled From From aso.rocks that a high-level Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General […]

  President Bola Tinubu has made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs, replacing General Christopher Musa with General Olufemi Oluyede as the Chief of Defence Staff.   The President also appointed Major-General W. Shaibu as the new Chief of Army Staff, Air Vice Marshall S.K. Aneke as the Chief of Air Staff and […]

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says the Commission has recorded unprecedented achievements in the last two years.   Olukoyede made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja during a media briefing to mark his second anniversary in office. He said, “The EFCC has recovered over ₦566 billion, several […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, swore in the sixth substantive chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN).   At the ceremony held at the State House Council Chamber, President Tinubu urged the new INEC Chairman to serve with integrity and beyond reproach.   “Your nomination and the […]

 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended the two-week warning strike it began on October 13, 2025.   The strike, which was set to expire next Monday, was suspended following renewed commitments from the Federal Government and the National Assembly to address the union’s demands. ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, made the announcement […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the Federal Government to immediately clarify the true nature of an alleged coup plot involving arrested military officers.   In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party emphasised that it takes any threat to Nigeria’s democratic order with the utmost seriousness. The […]

Ahead of the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protests slated for Monday, October 20 in the nation’s capital, the US Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert to Americans.   In a statement published on its website on Friday, the Embassy cautioned that the protest could lead to disruptions and potential violence. The embassy advised US citizens to […]

  As Nigeria’s domestic politics intensify ahead of the 2027 elections, a quiet yet consequential tug-of-war is unfolding in the corridors of Washington, DC. While Biafran independence activists openly wage a campaign to cast Nigeria’s security challenges as a Christian genocide, new reporting and sources told culled from Culled From From aso.rocks that President Bola […]

Joash Amupitan (fourth-right), a professor of Law, was confirmed by the upper chamber after his screening on Thursday.   The Senate has confirmed Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   Amupitan, a professor of Law, was confirmed by the upper chamber after his screening on Thursday. His confirmation […]

The team led by the president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said the ailment complained about by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is not life-threatening.   Justice James Omotosho had ordered the medical team to ascertain Kanu’s actual health status following conflicting claims on the issue by […]