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President Bola Tinubu on Monday, appointed a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, as Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Universities Commission, NUC.This was confirmed in a statement signed by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga.Ogundipe replaces Emeritus Professor Olufemi Raphael Aina, who resigned from the position less than a year after his appointment.Aina was appointed by President Tinubu in July 2025, while members of the NUC governing board were inaugurated in November 2025.A botanist and academic administrator, Ogundipe served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos from 2017 to 2022. He is currently the Pro-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State.The 66-year-old scholar holds...

Some Nigerians stranded in South Africa amid renewed xenophobic attacks have expressed frustration over delays in evacuation arrangements, staging a protest at the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria.The affected citizens, who are seeking to return home, accused authorities of slow processing and delays in organizing repatriation flights. In a video shared online by News Central, protesters were seen and heard chanting, “We no go gree o, we wan go,” as they demanded urgent action from Nigerian officials.The demonstration comes as efforts continue to evacuate Nigerians who wish to leave South Africa following rising anti-immigrant tensions and fears of xenophobic violence.The protest follows the successful evacuation of the first batch of returnees about two weeks ago. A total ...

Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court Abuja has remanded activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Custodial Centre, following revocation of his bail last week.The judge also dismissed Sowore's application for the trial Judge to recuse himself from the matter over allegations of bias.Sowore is facing trial by the Department of State Services, DSS, for cybercrime charges after he allegedly called President Bola Tinubu "a criminal" in his social media post.In a short ruling delivered this morning, Justice Umar ordered Sowore to be kept in the correctional centre pending the hearing and determination of his motion for stay of the order for revocation of his bail and bench warrant.The judge subsequently adjour...

A Russian journalist who was among the first to expose reports of Vladimir Putin’s relationship with former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva has died in Latvia after reportedly consuming poisonous mushrooms he had gathered near his home.Grigory Nekhoroshev, 69, died in Riga, where he had lived in exile for more than a decade after fleeing Russia. Friends said the veteran editor, known for his passion for mushroom foraging, accidentally ate toxic mushrooms collected from his yard.Nekhoroshev was the editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Moskovsky Korrespondent, the newspaper that published a bombshell report in 2008 claiming Putin planned to divorce his then-wife, Lyudmila Putina, and marry Kabaeva. The report caused a major political storm in Russia and ultimately led to the newspaper’s ...