By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, returned to Marte, Thursday, after spending a night in the community on Saturday. The visit was part of the ongoing efforts to restore peace, rebuild trust and foster sustainable development in the Lake Chad region. Zulum, who left...
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, admitted in evidence videos of Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, in Nnamdi Kanu’s defence. Justice James Omotosho admitted the flash drive containing the three separate videos...
A presidential candidate in 2019 elections, Mr Ademola Babatunde, has advised the Federal Government to allocate the 753 duplexes recovered by EFCC from a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, to armed forces personnel. Babatunde in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, urged...
By IBUKUN EMIOLA, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In the clinical halls of some In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) centres across Nigeria, a new kind of transaction is quietly thriving. University students, especially, often driven by financial hardship, ignorance or peer pressure, are becoming the unseen suppliers of eggs and...
by EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The North Central All Progressives Congress (APC), stakeholders have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office. The endorsement followed a motion moved by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume and supported by Niger State Governor,...
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim said that he was confident he was still the right man for the job. This was after the club’s woeful Europa League loss to Tottenham Hotspur, but would quit with no compensation if the club’s board believed otherwise. Amorim and his men had hoped...
A young couple that worked at the Israeli embassy was shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday evening by a gunman. The gunman who was allegedly chanting “free Palestine’’ while being arrested, local and federal law enforcement authorities said. U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of...
Nigeria’s losses due to crude oil theft are more significant than those of some other OPEC members. The Chairman, Senate Ad hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft, Sen. Ned Nwoko, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Nwoko emphasised...
U.S. President Donald Trump has condemned the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday evening, calling it a “horrible” act of anti-Semitism. “These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on...
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump has violated an earlier court order by attempting to deport migrants to South Sudan. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy said at a hearing that the administration had violated a preliminary injunction he issued in April....
Team Bayelsa has maintained its lead on the medals table of the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abeokuta, Ogun. Bayelsa amassed 19 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals four days into the festival. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the official medals table released by the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra has rejected any planned political coalitions with other political parties and strongly advises its members and stakeholders to steer clear of such coalitions. The party made this known in a communique issued at the end of an enlarged meeting of the State...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja- The Managing Director, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, has identified technology, digital skills and Literacy as critical tools to boost service delivery in the operations of the Fund and other government agencies. To this end, he stated that the NSITF...
Mr Lere Olayinka, spokesman to the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says those waiting for the minister’s political downfall will wait endlessly. Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, made the remarks while reacting to comments by former governor of Ebonyi Sam Egwu....
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says they have intensified moves to recover assets outside Africa that are perceived to be proceeds of crime. Chairman of ICPC, Dr Musa Aliyu, said this in Abuja, at a one-day stakeholders engagement on the assessment of Nigeria’s asset...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has announced a cash reward of N5 million for credible information leading to the rearrest of inmates that recently escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesha, Osun. The Service’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar, disclosed this in a...
Brennan Johnson’s scrambled goal ended a 17-year Tottenham trophy drought with a battling 1-0 win over Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday. Spurs, who had not won European silverware since 1984, will play in next season’s Champions League, while failing to qualify for it is a...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the National Assembly to approve the FCT’s N1.78 trillion Statutory Budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year. Wike made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representative...
Senate on Wednesday summoned National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to explain unchecked use of harmful chemicals by fruit vendors to hasten the ripening of fruits. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Sen. Anthony Ani (APC-Ebonyi) during plenary in Abuja. The motion...