The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Renewed Hope Nigeria First Policy, an initiative by President Bola Tinubu aimed at placing Nigerians at the heart of all business and economic activities in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House...
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Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has ordered the demolition of 24 two-storey buildings illegally constructed on a waterway in Guzape District, Abuja. AMMC Coordinator, Chief Felix Obuah, issued the directive during an inspection tour of various parts of Abuja on Monday, alongside...
A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a request by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans living in the United States. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to...
The Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University has taken leading positions in one of the international rankings of the best universities in Egypt and Africa, Sada El-Balad, a partner of TV BRICS reports. According to the report, the faculty topped national and continental rankings in more than ten medical...
President Bola Tinubu is dedicated to achieving rapid, sustained, and inclusive economic growth that will lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty. This was stated by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, while briefing State House Correspondents after the fifth Federal Executive...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – A group known as North West Good Governance Forum has accused Zamfara Governor Dauda Lawal in cahoot with state officials of alleged financial recklessness, misappropriation and diversion of local governments allocations into personal advantages. The group in a press conference in Kaduna on Monday...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned a suit filed by some vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, petty traders, among others, against the Minister, Nyesom Wike, until May 29 for hearing. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter after Adamu Mahmood, who appeared for the plaintiff, sought...
The Federal Government has officially ratified and adopted a comprehensive roadmap for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) through the approval of the National Integrated Electricity Policy (NIEP). Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, disclosed this in a statement...
Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi,has announced that President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate a 30-kilometer, over 70 per cent completed portion of Section One of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway before May 25. Umahi made this statement while briefing State House Correspondents following the fifth Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting...
The Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi, has announced that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved alterations to the scope of several inherited road projects across the country, within the available funds. Umahi made this statement while briefing State House Correspondents after the fifth FEC meeting on Monday....
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will prosecute any developer caught developing illegal structures on waterways and green areas across the city. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Chief Felix Obuah, stated this during a joint inspection of parts of the city on Monday. During the inspection,...
Prof. Aminu Ado, has emerged as the elected acting Vice-Chancellor, (V-C), Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), in Katsina State. Ado, until his emergence as the acting V-C on Monday, at the 130th special Senate meeting, was the Deputy vice-chancellor of the university. This was announced in a statement in Katsina...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted haziness and thunderstorms from Tuesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Monday in Abuja envisaged slight dust haze over parts of Katsina and Kano states during the forecast period on Tuesday. It anticipated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba...
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has set up a 5-man committee to probe the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Elemoro Division for alleged attempting to jail two innocent mechanics. Jimoh, made this known in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin in Lagos...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) agencies with DRC Monay launched three Initiatives worth €60 Million in Sokoto with the aim of enhancing social protection, access to health and resilience-building in the state. The launch officially done by Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has received with deep sorrow preliminary reports indicating that members of professional hunters on a route patrol along Duguri , Mansur and Dajin Mada forest were ambushed and killed by suspected bandits in Mansur village, Alkaleri Local Government Area...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organizations Borno State (NECSOB) has pledged to collaborate with the Borno State Agency for the Great Green Wall (BSAGW) to combat climate change and promote sustainable development in the state. During a congratulatory visit to Ambassador Usman Aliyu,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The staff of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has commended President Bola Tinubu for the appointment of Professor Patricia Manko Lar which they said had saved the institution from sinking. In statement jointly by Dr Godwin Okaneme,Department of Philosophy,Faculty of Art, Dr. Iheanyichukwu Hilary...
Afrobeat superstar Davido, celebrity bar man, Cubana Chief Priest and other Nigerians have condemned the arrest of social media influencer and activist, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan(VDM). The celebrities and fans of VDM said his arrest was carried out like an “abduction”, which left many Nigerians worried, and...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the statistical analysis of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The statistical analysis was released on Monday via the board’s official X handle. From the statistics released, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME, more...