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Abdullahi Fodio University Orders Immediate Shutdown, Students Given One Hour to Vacate Campus

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- In an official memo obtained by The News Chronicle, dated November 22, 2025, and signed by the Registrar, Maiharo Alhaji Tilli, the university stated that the decision was made und... Read More


Five Killed, 34 Injured in Early-Morning Crash on Lapai-Suleja Road

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- A fatal accident early Saturday morning claimed the lives of five people on the Lapai-Suleja Road, while 34 others are being treated at the Lapai General Hospital. The crash happen... Read More


Assam: Pollution from cement plants poses risk to IAF equipment at Digaru base, says research group

India, Nov. 21 -- As the Indian Air Force marked its 93rd anniversary with an impressive aerial display over the Brahmaputra recently, a civic research organisation has issued a warning about a growin... Read More


The Coming of Trump and the Rising Genocides

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- Since the United States President Donald Trump threatened to invade Nigeria and the US Department of War signaled its readiness, things have been topsy-turvy. Cases of kidnappings,... Read More


Wike: PDP Bites the Bullet

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- "Finally, finally, PDP has held Wike's bull by the horns..." "You mean with his expulsion from the PDP by the factional PDP convention held in Ibadan?" "You are partisan! The way... Read More


How Decades of Soldiers in Power Militarised Nigeria's Mind, Institutions and Everyday Life

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- When Nigerians speak of "the military era," they often imagine a distant past-khaki uniforms on the evening news, martial music before national broadcasts, decrees read through str... Read More


Abducted Schoolgirls: Tinubu Orders Matawalle to Relocate to Kebbi

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, to move to Kebbi State following the kidnapping of 24 schoolgirls. Matawalle, a forme... Read More


Things Happen: Trump, the Crown Prince and Killing Khashoggi

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is at it again. Gulling, wooing, and grinning his way into the establishment of another country, he is greasing palms and making ... Read More


Dan Agbese (1944-2025): A Craftsman of the Written Word

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- Dan Ochima Agbese, veteran journalist, master prose stylist, and co-founder of Newswatch magazine, has passed on, leaving behind one of the most enduring legacies in Nigerian media... Read More


BREAKING: Bandits Raid St. Mary's Papiri School, Kidnap Over 100 Students and Teachers

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- Terrorists stormed St. Mary's Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State in the early hours of Friday, abducting an unknown number of s... Read More