By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a significant move to protect the environment, improve public health, and reduce public nuisance across Borno State, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has signed two executive orders aimed at addressing these critical concerns. The first executive order prohibits the indiscriminate felling of trees, while...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced that the state government is working on a comprehensive strategy in collaboration with the federal government to strengthen security architecture, enhance intelligence sharing, and equip security agents with necessary tools to confront the recent security...
No fewer than 23 farmers and fishermen were killed in an attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the village of Malam Karanti near Baga, in the Kukawa Local Government Area of the northern part of Borno State, sources have said. Our correspondent gathered...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has charged the state contingent to the 22nd National Sports Festival in Ogun to bring home gold medals and make Edo proud. Okpebholo gave the charge on Friday while addressing the 774-member team shortly before they departed Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium to Abeokuta for the...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said President Bola Tinubu, upon assumption of office in 2023, directed priority attention to 2,694 inherited projects across the geopolitical zones. Umahi made this known when he featured at the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing Series on Friday in Abuja. The minister added that...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday said traditional institutions remained integral to the country’s development and called for more support in implementing policies that directly impacted people’s livelihoods. The President spoke when he received Oba Abimbola Owoade I, the 46th Alaafin of Oyo, his wife, Abiwumi, and a delegation of...
A civil society organisation, Yiaga Africa, has kicked against a bill before the National Assembly seeking to introduce compulsory voting in Nigeria and prescribe six months jail term for any eligible voters who refuses to vote. Executive Director of the NGO, Mr Samson Itodo, in a statement issued on...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Anambra Chapter has condemned gruesome murder of its member, Mr Ifeanyi-Rolex Iloakasia. Iloakasia, a member of Otuocha Bar was killed alongside his client in Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area as they were returning from court sitting in Ekwulobia High Court on May 15....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja –. The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N1.681 trillion, being April revenue among the Federal Government, states and the Local Government Councils (LGCs) . This is acccording to a communiqué made available by Bawa Mokwa, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of...
The Naira ended the trading week on a positive note, recording a bullish close on Friday at the official foreign exchange market. It appreciated to N1,598.72 against the U.S. Dollar, reflecting a modest gain that suggests continued efforts to stabilise the local currency. According to figures published on the...
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has emphasised that legal advocacy on issues affecting the Niger Delta holds the potential to accelerate the region’s development. Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, made this assertion during the 2025 MOOT and Mock Trial Competition, which featured participation from 20 law...
The 2023 PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos State and Lead Visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has said his assignment presently is working towards the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Adediran said this during a rally to announce his return to the APC in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Federal Government has called on all relevant stakeholders to unite in mentoring the boy-child towards becoming responsible, productive, and value-driven members of society. This appeal was made by the Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, during his keynote address to mark the 2025...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government contractor and CEO of Formal Act Legacy Limited, over alleged multiple fraud amounting to N30 billion. According to the EFCC, Ibrahim’s contract with the state government had...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Tragedy was averted on Friday, 16 May 2025, when a gas explosion erupted at the Nobpet Filling Station, directly opposite the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Port Harcourt. The incident, which occurred around 4:11 pm, sent shockwaves through the area, triggering panic among...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday, said the service chiefs were on top of their game in tackling insecurity in the country. The CDS said this while addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and service chiefs at the Presidential Villa....
Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that 23 people comprising of 10 civilians and 13 vigilante were killed when daredevil bandits attacked three villages in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the State about 11 days ago. He said that the bandits also suffered...
Troops have neutralised two bandits and recovered about 1,000 cattle in Taraba and neighbouring Plateau. This is contained in a statement, signed on Friday by Capt. Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations of the VL Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Jalingo. The said the operation...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration has renovated and furnished more than 60 public schools across the territory. Wike stated this after inspecting some ongoing projects in Gwagwalada and Kwali Area Councils of the territory on Friday. He explained that...