The Head, Paediatric Emergency Division, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Dr Fidelis Eki-Udoko, has said more than 60 per cent of child mortality at the hospital is caused by emergency conditions. Dr Eki-Udoko, a consultant paediatrician who disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, a Muslim pilgrim from Temeshi village in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, led fellow pilgrims in prayer to seek divine intervention and protection from kidnapping and banditry in their area. After prayers, held at the Holy Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, Abdullahi told the News Agency...
By SUMAILA OGBAJE, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Since its establishment on April 18, 1963, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has played a vital role in defending Nigeria’s sovereignty, protecting its airspace, and contributing to regional stability. By many accounts, the NAF has demonstrated remarkable commitment to its mission,...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has commissioned the Kagarko township road, three months after it was flagged off, bringing joy to the people of the local government, after 20 years of failed promises. The governor, who commissioned the road on Monday as part of...
Allamin Foundation organises interfaith dialogue for religious leaders, emphasizes unity and harmony
Allamin Foundation organises interfaith dialogue for religious leaders, emphasizes unity and harmony
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, in collaboration with the Temple Foundation, recently organized a one-day interfaith dialogue on peace, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence for spiritual and religious stakeholders. The event held on Monday in Maiduguri, the Borno State’s capital, aimed to provide...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has intervened in the ongoing dispute over Ground Rent payments in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), granting a 14-day amnesty to defaulters. According to a statement by the Director of Land Administration, FCT, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, the President’s intervention allows property holders...
The Federal Capital Administration (FCTA) has sealed the premise of Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS) Access Bank and Total Energy in Wuse over unpaid ground rent. The FCTA also sealed the Chinese Cultural Centre, Wuse, belonging to Jade Garden Restaurants, for nonpayment of ground rent for 19 years. The...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it has rescued a victim and commenced investigation into an explosion incident that occurred along Mararaba-Nyanya bypass area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh said this in a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Youths in Kano State have attacked a police station and murdered the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rano division over the death of a detainee. The incident occurred on May 25 in Rano Local Government Area. The Kano State Police Command spokesman, SP Abdullahi...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that no Local Government Area in the state falls to Boko Haram or ISWAP terrorists. Zulum said this while speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa. The...
The seventh prosecution witness, Mr John Adetola, told an Ikeja High Court that he did not document the alleged $400,000 he handed to the former Central Bank Governor (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Adetola, an executive assistant to the former CBN governor, said this on Monday while being cross-examined by Emefiele’s...
Saudi Arabia has stopped Kaduna-based Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi from performing the 2025 Hajj and deported him back to Nigeria. Sheikh Gumi confirmed this in a post made on Monday, May 26, 2025, via his Facebook page. He said the Saudi government had granted him a visa to...
National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said about 34,647 Nigerian pilgrims have so far been received in Makkah from Madina to perform the 2025 Hajj rites. The Deputy Coordinator of NAHCON Office in Makkah, Alhaji Alidu Shutti, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Makkah on Monday. Shutti,...
The outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said hundreds of million lives were directly impacted during his 10-year stewardship of the regional development bank. Adesina disclosed this on Monday during a Media Welcome Breakfast that marked the beginning of the 2025 Annual Meetings...
Police command in Benue has confirmed the killing of its personnel and three others in Gwer West Local Government of the state by suspected armed herdsmen. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene told newsmen on Monday in Makurdi that the attack took place in Aondona Village...
Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 27 suspects who allegedly attacked and burnt part of the Rano Divisional Police station. The Commissioner of Police in Kano, Mr Ibrahim Bakori, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano. “Yes, we have...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Monday, assented to 18 Executive Bills to strengthen the operations of the structured reforms introduced by the state to improve the people’s lives. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Okey Kanu, said this while briefing newsmen at the Government House, Umuahia on the outcome...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has confirmed 17 out of 18 Administrators and their members for the 18 Area Administrative Councils sent to the House by Gov. Abdullahi Sule. Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Dr. Danladi Jatau, announced their confirmations after the nominees appeared...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Kelly Okungbowa a.k.a Ebo Stone, a Benin City-based socialite before Justice C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City on a two-count charge of Naira abuse and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Officers of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 49 suspected internet fraudsters in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The commission in a post via its X handle on Monday, said the suspects were arrested between Saturday, May 24, 2025 and...