Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State on Friday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the APC chairman for Ikorodu, Alhaji Waheed Animashaun, received the over 5,000 new entrants, into the...
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The Defence Headquarters has said troops have eliminated no fewer than 358 terrorists, apprehended 431 suspects and rescued 249 kidnapped hostages between Jan. 1 and 31. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, on Friday in Abuja. Buba said the troops...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, has arrested 18 suspects with different quantities of illicit substances in the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, disclosed this in a statement in Kano on Friday. Muhammad-Maigatari quoted the State Commander of the agency, Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, as...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abba Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, said the appointment, effective from Jan. 23, is for an initial term of four years....
A Zenith Bank Plc staff, Eucharia Ezeodi, and a director with the federal civil service, Felix Nweke, on Friday, testified against Anamekwe Nnabuoku, former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), in the alleged N1.96 billion fraud. They gave their testimonies before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum concluded its fifth meeting in Maiduguri, Nigeria, with a renewed commitment to regional stability, peace, and sustainable development. The three-day conference, which took place from January 29-31, 2025, brought together governors from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has been nominated as the new Chairman of Lake Chad Basin Governors Forum (LCBGF) from a unanimous endorsement of the state governor’s at their Thursday’s meeting in Maiduguri. As the Chief Host of the 5th LCBGF meeting, in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has appealed to the Lake Chad Basin Governors to endeavour to concentrate on the possibility of recharging the drained Lake Chad Rivers and waterways to boost agricultural activities, create employment and social economic potentials...
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has said the U.S. government’s announcement to halt donations for HIV treatment in developing nations is a wake-up call for self-independence. Salako during his visit to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta in Lagos on Friday, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sounded the alarm on what he calls a systematic campaign by President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to harass, intimidate, and dismantle opposition figures in Nigeria. Atiku in a statement post on his X handle...
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Isaa-Onilu, has delivered a cheque of N30 million naira to the family of late Nigerian flag designer, Pa Taiwo Akinkumi more than a year after his demise. The NOA DG made this known during a working visit to the Oyo...
Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed another tanker explosion which occurred at a filling station in Dutse metropolis on Thursday. The Police Spokesperson, SP Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, saying that no life was lost. He said that the incident occurred at Shakkato filling...
Sen. Ned Nwoko, has said that the Delta North Senatorial District, had yet to feel the impact of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and Local Oil Companies (LOCs) operating in the region. Nwoko, who represents Delta North Senatorial District, said this during an interview with the News Agency of...
U.S. President has threatened the BRICS group of emerging economies with tariffs of 100 per cent if they move away from the U.S. dollar as an international means of payment. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar, while we stand by and...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has commissioned a hospital with about 40 beds at Zarewa in Rogo Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hospital, which was facilitated by Sen. Kawu Sumaila as part of his 2024 constituency projects, was constructed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governors’ Forum of the Lake Chad Basin on Thursday officially launched the Community-Based Reconciliation and Reintegration (CBRR) Policy and the Transitional Justice Framework in a major step towards fostering peace and stability in the region. The initiative was inspired by the successful adoption of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will now commence on Monday, February 3, 2025, instead of Friday, January 31, 2025. In a statement by the Public Communications Advisor, at JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Friday in Abuja, this change is necessary...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A day after the suspension of 8 universities, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the suspension of admissions into the Law Faculty of Fountain University, Osogbo for the 2025/26 academic session also for the same reason of .violation of regulatory procedures....
JBy JOHN ONAH, Abuja – J Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has said the establishment of five Mini Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants in Ajaokuta by the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and its private sector partners will strategically position Kogi as an...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammad has said that he and other members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were committed not to bring shame to the party. Mohammed stated this during the PDP North-East Zonal Caucus meeting, on Thursday in Bauchi. He said that leaders of the party from...