The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated 90 medical specialists, reiterating that it places a high premium on medical services, not just as a support function but as a force multiplier. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, stated this at the combined graduation of the Sundry...
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The Naira depreciated on Friday at the official market, trading at N1,602.18 to the dollar. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) website showed that the Naira lost N5.49. This represents a 0.34 per cent loss when compared to the N1,596.69 per dollar recorded on Wednesday, April 30,...
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has placed its search and rescue team on high alert following expected rains in FCT Abuja and neighbouring states. The acting Director-General (D-G) of FEMD, Mr Abdulrahman Mohammed, disclosed this on Friday in a statement signed by the department’s Head of...
President Bola Tinubu has called on governors to remain focused on delivering tangible results that improve the lives of their people, urging them to disregard armchair critics. The President gave the charge during a two-day visit to Katsina, adding that the accurate measure of leadership is a positive, visible...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced plans to inaugurate some projects across the nine states of the Niger Delta region before May 29. Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday that the inaugurations would form part of the activities...
A former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Bode George, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to implement the recommendations of the 2014 Constitutional Conference to honour Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark. George, a retired Naval Commodore and former military governor of Ondo, made this appeal at a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Details have emerged of how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) rescued a factional President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Hon. Abubakar Isa Atiku, Tuesday in Abuja, after an attempt to inaugurate factional executives ended in a free for all....
The principal witness of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People’s of Biafra on Friday told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the illegal radio transmitters found in his hotel room at the time of arrest in...
A Lagos High Court at Tafawa Balewa Square on Friday, sentenced a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death by hanging for the murder of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Ominikoron was arraigned for rape ad murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Ayanwola, who boarded his BRT bus...
A prosecution witness, identified as PW-AAA, on Friday, said that Simon Ekpa would soon be brought from Finland to Nigeria to face trial for supporting Nnamdi Kanu in the agitation for Republic of Biafra. PW-AAA, one of the Department of State Service (DSS) operatives that arrested Kanu in 2015...
App-based drivers have threatened to switch to new indigenous ride-hailing apps if Uber, Bolt, inDrive and others fail to meet their stated demands. Public Relations Officer of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria, Lagos Council, Mr Steven Iwindoye, issued the warning in a statement on Friday in...
Nigeria has introduced the fully digital e-Visa regime and an automated landing and exit card system as part of major reforms under Nigeria’s 2025 Visa Policy. This is contained in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, (NIS), Mr Akinsola Akinlabi, on Friday in Abuja. The NIS...
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has announced a new 191 million dollars Health Systems Strengthening (HSS-3) grant to Nigeria aimed at improving immunisation coverage and reaching underserved populations. The initiative targets 1.8 million zero-dose children, those who have never received any routine vaccines and aims to raise immunisation coverage to...
A federal lawmaker, Sen. Garba Maidoki (PDP–Kebbi), has attributed the recent wave of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ongoing internal crises within the party. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, Maidoki reacted to the defection of several...
Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, operating under the Central Naval Command, has handed over three suspects to the Department of State Services (DSS) for illegal possession of firearms . The suspects were found to have also acted as unauthorised security escort aboard the Motor Fishing Trawler (MFT) Olokun VIII....
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has denied claims of mismanagement in disbursing student loan funds. This development comes after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it was investigating alleged corruption in the disbursement of the funds. In a statement by the fund’s Director...
The trial of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has resumed on Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Earlier, the court, led by Justice James Omotosho, granted the request of the Federal Government for witnesses to testify behind screens. At the resumed...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has declared Friday a public holiday to enable civil servants to participate in welcoming President Bola Tinubu to the state for the commissioning of key projects completed by his administration. Governor Radda disclosed this on Thursday after his address at the 2025 International Workers’...
Rite Foods Ltd, the manufacturer of Fearless Energy Drinks, have sought a N1.6 billion in damages from Mamuda Beverages Nig. Ltd, the maker of Pop Power Energy Drinks, over allegations bordering on trademark infringement. Rite Foods Ltd, in a fresh suit filed by its team of lawyers led by...