By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has carried out an operational tour to assess the security situation and reinvigorate ongoing counter operations being conducted by troops of Joint Task Force Operation HADIN KAI in the North East Theater. ...
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Leaders of the pan Esan socio-cultural organization, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI) and other stakeholders, are anxiously awaiting report of the Implementation Committee led by revered Constitutional Law Professor, Michael Ikhariale, to resolve the knotty issue of pruning the load of persons of Esan extraction angling for the Edo State...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Abuja, declared his unwavering support for a partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health’s National Eye Health Programme and the Peek Vision Foundation to provide more than 5 million pairs of eyeglasses to Nigerians with sight impairments. ...
Naija To The World’, a pro-Nigeria showcase, kicking off with a premiere dedicated to the Niger Delta, is set to tour multiple cities and venues around the world for a year. Efe Omorogbe, Chief Executive Officer of BuckWyld Media, organisers of the event, said this in a statement...
Liverpool have rejected a 150 million pounds (190 million dollars) offer for Mohamed Salah from Saudi Arabia Pro League side Al-Ittihad. The Egypt international has been the subject of interest from the Middle East for some time and a verbal offer was made on Friday. However, the...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and Committee of Vice Chancellors (VCs) have denied bribery and extortion allegations against the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing job racketeering and mismanagement of IPPIS in MDAs. The acting Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Chris Maiyaki and Prof. Isiah Tanko, the VC...
Spotify, global online streaming platform, says Olamide, Odumodublvck, Blaqbonez, Zlatan and Ice Prince are most streamed Nigerian Hip hop artistes on its platform. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to Okpala, Hip Hop has achieved global...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says airstrikes have destroyed terrorists’ camps in Borno State as well as illegal oil refining sites in Rivers State. The NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. ...
The Federal Government says it will set up a formal negotiation team between the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and relevant stakeholders to look into recent hike in fees in schools across the country. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made this known at a news conference to...
The Nigeria Labour Congres (NLC) has declared a two-day warning strike, beginning on Tuesday, September 5, in protest against the Federal Government for failing to address the challenges caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the declaration on Friday during a press...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following the protests that rocked the announcement of a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart as the representative of the state in the NDDC board, Cross River Governor, Bassey Otu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will address the issue in the party’s interest...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The move by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to attract major international research grants to Nigerian scholars has received a massive boost as the European Union has committed to provide 440,000 euro to support shortlisted research teams in the country under the...
Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Auwal Jatau, has disowned some Facebook accounts that are being operated in his name by unknown persons. Hon. Jatau said that these accounts bear his name and are currently being used to disseminate information ostensibly on his behalf. According to him, he has...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has disclosed that British investors are planning to take over the Yankari Game Reserve and Safari and are ready to invest $18 million in the tourist site. He however lamented that despite these investments coming to the State,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has mourned Chief (Lady) Monica Ali, wife of Senator Francis Alimikhena, whose passing occurred on Thursday, August 31, 2023. Agba, in a Letter of Heartfelt Condolence and...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Taraba State chapter has inaugurated their newly elected officials to pilot the affairs of the association in next two years. Engr. Collins Awosika who emerged as the branch Chairman of the association said his leadership will...
President Bola Tinubu has solicited the support of the United Nations in Nigeria’s fight against terrorism in the light of its rippling effect on global peace, displacements of people and rising poverty. He made the appeal at an audience with the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of additional 26 members of the party for alleged anti-party activities. The suspension is coming barely few days after the party expelled 84 members for taking up political...
Without France’s military operations in the Sahel “there would probably no longer be a Mali … Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger”, French President Emmanuel Macron told French publication Le Point. Macron is referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in the mid-2000s, Operations...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Association of Igede Media Professionals (AIMP) has urged lawmakers to always see journalists as partners and desist from attempts to intimidate them at the slightest opportunity. In particular, AIMP urged the member representing Oju/Obi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. David...