By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Following the kidnapping of four female students of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM) the management of the university has ordered the closure of the institution for one week. A statement from the institution signed by the Registrar, Dr. John David, said...
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Forty-six people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, the regional government said Wednesday. The Antonov aircraft went down on Tuesday night near Wadi Seidna air base, one of the army’s largest military hubs in Omdurman, northwest of...
Police Command in Plateau has foiled a kidnap attempt and arrested four suspects at Little Rayfield Community in Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in...
The Jigawa State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has recovered N300 million embezzled funds in the last six months. Its Chairman, Mr Salisu Abdu told journalists in Dutse on Wednesday, that the agency received and resolved 200 complaints since inception in 2022. “We have dual functions of attending...
The embattled National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-East Zone, Chief Ali Odefa, was on Wednesday re-elected for another four years. Odefa was re-elected at the party’s South-East Zonal Delegates Congress held at Okpara Square, Enugu. Also re-elected were Zonal Secretary, James Ugwu, Treasurer, Ochebu Regina,...
A coalition of 17 Ogoni women groups in Rivers has strongly opposed the Federal Government’s proposed resumption of crude oil extraction in Ogoniland. The coalition, which made its opposition known in a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, comprised of thousands of Ogoni women. It insisted that the...
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), at its meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu. The motion was moved by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and seconded by Sen. Adams Oshihomole, a former APC National Chairman and one...
Nigeria’s top-ranked table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup in Tunis, Tunisia, marking a major achievement for him. Quadri first defeated Salifou Abdel-Kaden of Benin 3-0 in Group 2, securing his spot in the knockout stage with a dominant performance....
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has said around 6,000 transformers were vandalised across Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina states during the four-day nationwide blackout. Regional Manager of Katsina North, Mr Auwal Yusha’u, revealed this at a town-hall meeting with stakeholders in Katsina on Wednesday. He stated that, in some...
Erling Haaland returned from injury to clinch Manchester City’s 1-0 win at Tottenham as the troubled champions moved into fourth place in the Premier League on Wednesday. Haaland had missed City’s Champions League play-off second leg exit against Real Madrid and the Premier League defeat to Liverpool with a...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a reduction in the ex-depot (gantry) price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol, by N65.00, from N890 to N825 per litre, effective from 27th February 2025. A statement issued on Wednesday by the management of the...
Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have converged at the National Secretariat of the party for its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in the nation’s capital, Abuja. All roads leading to the venue of the meeting on Blantyre Street were cordoned off by a combined team of...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday said he inherited N8.98 billion debt in legal liabilities. He said this in Abuja at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party held at its national secretariat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – No fewer than 3 students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Tuesday night. The Registrar of the university, Dr John David confirmed this in a circular issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi. David said that...
U.S. President Donald Trump has released a video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) promoting his vision for the future of the Gaza Strip. The 30-second clip, shared on the president’s Truth Social platform on Wednesday, begins with images of fighters and children in ragged clothes among ruins with the...
An impressive crowd witnessed the Oba of Benin, Ewuare 11 as he commemorated the Isoton rite on his Queen mother, Iyoba Omo N’ikuoyemwen, Iyoba Ewuare II, who died 49 years ago. The Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro, said on Wednesday that Isoton, a...
Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has said the house will thoroughly scrutinise the tax reform bills to ensure they align with interests of Nigerians. Abbas stated this during a public hearing on the bills organised by the Special Committee on Tax Reform Bills on Wednesday in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday, publicly destroyed 25 tonnes of seized hard drugs in Kogi Stste. The NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.- Gen. Mohammed Marwa, who made the disclosure during the exercise held near Confluence Beach Hotel, Ganaja Village in Lokoja, described it as “very satisfactory.”...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said the Nigeria Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP) has the potential to unlock 2.5 billion dollars investment in oil and gas sector. The commission is also set to hold its first Nigeria Upstream Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Forum in March, to...
Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday honoured former President Goodluck Jonathan, former governor Seriake Dickson and other prominent donours to the Bayelsa Educational Development Trust Fund (EDTF) as Honorary Ambassadors of Education. Also honoured were Sen. Emmanuel Paulker, who represented Bayelsa Central for three terms, Chief Ndutimi Alaibe, former Managing...