By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The newly appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army and Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj.-Gen. Eyitayo Oyinlola, has vowed to end the persistent violence in Plateau State, declaring that communities must no longer live in fear. Oyinlola, who...
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Embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and his successor Usman Ododo visited the Abuja residence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on Thursday. The appearance of the three politicians who belong to different parties has set tongues wagging online since Wike’s media aide...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu led administration is not about party but about changing the lives of Nigerians. Wike stated this while inaugurating the five-kilometre dualised Kuje township road, from Tipper Garage Junction to LEA Secretariat, in Kuje...
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday fixed till Feb. 19 to hear a preliminary objection filed by Martins Otse also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), challenging a defamation suit against him. A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin, popularly known as Falz, filed the defamatory...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, made an order proscribing the Lakurawa sect and other similar groups in any part of Nigeria, especially in the North West and North Central regions of the country. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on the ex-parte originating summons filed by...
NUC approves establishment of 2nd Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology in Oferekpe
NUC approves establishment of 2nd Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology in Oferekpe
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology, Oferekpe. Presenting a letter of recognition of the new university to Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State on Thursday, Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu,...
A General Physician, Dr Tunji Akintade, has said Nigeria faces critical health challenges that demand immediate and sustained action to bridge funding gaps amid global aid shrinking. Akintade said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, while reacting to the withdrawal...
Ekiti State Government has denied the establishment of a Sharia Court or an Independent Sharia Arbitration Panel in the State. In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Dayo Apata SAN, also said...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday destroyed substandard and falsified goods estimated at N1,367 billion in Abuja. Speaking during the destruction exercise, the NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said that the exercise was part of the agency’s routine operations across all the...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the newly constructed barracks in Abuja to accommodate officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to address the shortage of accommodation. The barracks named “Bola Ahmed Tinubu Barracks”, Asokoro Abuja, comprise 16 Major Generals Quarters, 34 Brigadier Generals Quarters, 60 Major – Colonel...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, assured officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army that their welfare would not be compromised. The President gave the assurance at the inauguration of the newly constructed “Bola Ahmed Tinubu Barracks,” named after him, in Abuja. He said the barracks project aligned with the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Wife of the Garrison Commander, 8 Division, Nigeria Army, Giginya Barracks, Sokoto, Mrs Anne Umoh Tawasimi has been commended for remodelling the Division’s vocational center. Mrs. Tawasimi, who is the Zonal Coordinator of Nigeria Army Officers Wife’s Association (NAOWA) had divulged that the center...
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter, has expressed optimism of a bumper harvest in 2025 with the first rainfall of the year. The Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Lagos State, Mr Femi Oke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has expressed the need to revive the “Black is Beautiful” movement, celebrating Afrocentric beauty and dismantling harmful beauty standards. Salako spoke at the regional awareness-raising workshop on eliminating lightening cosmetic products held in Gabon. In a speech...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, signed an executive order to re-classify Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organisation. “The Houthis have fired at U.S. Navy warships dozens of times, launched numerous attacks on civilian infrastructure in partner nations, and attacked commercial vessels transiting Bab al-Mandeb more...
A 36-year-old man, Nibras Isah, was on Thursday remanded by a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly attempting to rape his neigbour’s 12-year-old daughter. The Isah, who resides at Ungwan Sanusi in Kaduna, is charged with attempted rape. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of...
British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua, has raised questions about dating and decision-making in relationships. The boxer took to his Snapchat stories to pose a thought provoking question about the criteria for making dating decisions. He posted, “If you knew what you know now about your boyfriend, would you still date...
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Thursday, cautioned the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police in the charge filed against Sen. Andy Uba, and two others, over allegations bordering on N400 million fraud . Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warming after I-G’s lawyer, M.C. Anthony, relied on the FHC...
Adamawa State Police Command is to appeal against the judgement of a Yola High Court directing it to release a defendant in a kidnap case and pay him N5m as damages for wrongful detention. The development was made known in Yola on Thursday in a statement by the command...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said its operatives have rescued nine pregnant women from a baby factory in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by Mr Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer, NAPTIP, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Adekoye...