‘Owambe Thieves’, a movie starring Shola Shobowale, Zubby Michael and a host of others, is the highest-grossing Nollywood film for the second consecutive weekend. FilmOne Entertainment, the distributing company disclosed on its Instagram page that the movie grossed N126 million over the weekend. They revealed that the movie defeated...
Offor Callistus
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr Mark Joseph Carney on the Liberal Party’s victory in the recent Canadian parliamentary elections. President Tinubu also felicitated him on his election as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada. The President in a statement by his media aide,...
TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has recorded N221.61 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2025. This figure represents a year-on-year decline of 18 per cent when compared with the N269.84 billion posted in the first quarter of 2024. The company disclosed this in its financial results, which were...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has said that the Administration is poised to reposition the area councils as thriving tourism and investment hubs. The Minister stated this at the maiden edition of the FCT area councils’ tourism and hospitality investment carnival...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has frowned at a publication by a National daily titled “51 varsities, others embroiled in illegal deductions from students’ loans”, published on April 29, 2025. In a statement by its Managing Director,. Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, NELFUND clarified that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Renowned media company Neptune Network Nigeria Limited (NNNL), publishers of Neptune Prime English and Neptune Hausa, will be holding a Zonal Engagement and Training on Citizen Reporting and Dissemination of Information through Social Media in Potiskum, Yobe State, tomorrow, Wednesday, sponsored by Yobe First...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, has intensified efforts to eradicate polio as part of activities marking the African Vaccination Week 2025 and the National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs) campaign. Speaking at a press briefing in Jos, the Commissioner for Health,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, jos – A coalition of legal professionals under the aegis of Lawyers for the Cause of Bauchi (LAWBA) has raised alarm over alleged plans by Governor Bala Mohammed to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group warned that such a move could compromise ongoing...
By JOHN ONAH Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has been hailed for breaking barriers in Nigeria’s education landscape by providing full support for 501 physically challenged candidates writing the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, across 11 specialized centres nationwide. Minister of State for Education,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 7 mourners were killed while others sustained gunshots injuries when suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded Kopl village, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident is coming barely 7 hours when dozens of motorists and passengers were...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced a N110 billion investment towards enhancing the study of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nursing in 18 universities across the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this known while inaugurating the...
NOA North East Zonal Director lauds agency’s reforms, vows to boost staff welfare, regional programs
NOA North East Zonal Director lauds agency’s reforms, vows to boost staff welfare, regional programs
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Alhaji Ali Audu, the newly appointed Zonal Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) for the North East Zone, has praised the federal government’s reform agenda, particularly the creation of zonal offices nationwide. During a working visit to the Borno State NOA Directorate in...
Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, has assumed command as the 15th Theatre Commander, North East Joint Task Force of the Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abubakar succeeds Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu. NAN also reports that Abubakar who took over from his predecessor at a handover...
The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced on Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for the good of the Church. Cardinal Angelo Becciu’ s status has dominated discussions in the days after Pope...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appointed 168 political aides to reinvigorate the machinery of governance and deepen participatory leadership. This is contained in a statement by Mr Mukhtar Gidado, the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Bauchi. Gidado said the move was...
The Police Command in Oyo on Tuesday said that the video of alleged invasion of the state by suspected Boko Haram currently circulating on social media was recycled. The Command’s spokesman, CSP Adewale Osifeso stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. The News...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has suspended the Executive Secretary of Edo Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Caulson Oahimire, over alleged financial infractions. This is contained in a statement by Umar Ikhilor, Secretary to the State Government, on Tuesday in Benin. The statement directed the most senior staff of...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has started hearing on Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organisations in Gaza. The ICJ, which sits in The Hague and is the UN’s top court, is expected to hear from 40 states and four international...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, granted a n application by the Federal Government to shield identities of witnesses billed to testify against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Omotosho granted the application after federal government’s counsel, Chief Adegboyega...
The Assistant General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Ehi Barnabas-Henry, has said Jos, the Capital of Plateau is a place rich in culture, warmth, peace and not a war zone. Barnabas-Henry made the assertion on Tuesday in Abuja following the successful hosting of the NBA Section...