The United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States will need $15 million to upscale the quality of life of their citizenry. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Christian Munduate, said this at a news briefing in Gusau on Wednesday shortly after holding an interactive session...
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Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has vowed to ensure the prosecution of the man who allegedly set his wife ablaze in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state. Soludo, the founder of Healthy Living Initiative, told journalists on Thursday in Awka, that she would...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said the Federal Government will not accept the N532 billion contract variation requested for by the contractors handling the Abuja International Airport second runway. Keyamo stated this when he appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Theater Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Shaibu Wahidi, has highlighted the longstanding friendship between Nigeria and the UK, spanning decades. Maj. Gen. Wahidi made this statement while welcoming the Defence Adviser, British High Commission Abuja, and Head of British Defence Staff (West...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Kawuri village of Konduga Local Government Area in Borno State recently suffered an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday. A statement issued and signed by Bashir Sandia, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Executive Chairman, Konduga LGC on Wednesday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of State for Defence, House of Lords United Kingdom, Lord Vernon Coaker has said that United Kingdom see Nigeria as a partner in tackling some of the challenges confronting the country. He also assured of continuous security support and personnel training in...
Operatives of the Lagos Police’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have detained a 42-year-old suspected army impersonator, for allegedly abducting and robbing a man of his valuables. RRS made this known in a post shared on its official X handle @ rrsLagos767 on Wednesday. It stated that the suspect, a...
Sokoto State Government has alerted boarder communities and other citizens of the state to be cautious of fleeing bandits. Ahmad Usman, Special Adviser to Gov. Ahmad Aliyu on Security Matters, gave the warning in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Sokoto. He said the move was sequel...
The UK Minister of State for Defence, Lord Vernon Coaker has reaffirmed the longstanding defence partnership between his country and Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and counter insurgency operation in the North-East. Coaker, who is on a working visit to Nigeria, stated this at the Headquarters of the...
Chief Jude Opara, a political affairs analyst says the establishment of South East Development Commission (SEDC) is solution to plethora of agitations in that part of the country. Opara said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He commended President Bola...
The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the kidnap of Dr Cornelius Onuigbo, an urologist with Department of Surgery, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Onitsha on Wednesday, said that Onuigbo was kidnapped...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, fixed Feb. 19 for hearing in a suit filed by Global Gas and Refining Limited against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) after an attempt to settle amicably failed. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to Global...
An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced 22- year-old Jamiu Malomo to death by hanging for stabbing a sex worker to death. Malomo, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was convicted on a one count charge of murder. Delivering his judgment, Justice .O. Ogunfowora held that the prosecutor...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian military troops have neutralised popular terrorists leader, Bello Turji’s second-in-command, Aminu Kanawa and other major commanders. The Director Defence Media Cooperation, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Maj. Gen. Buba said: “Sequel to ongoing...
Chris Brown is suing Warner Bros. for $500 million over a docuseries titled: “Chris Brown: A History of Violence,” Brown accuses the producers of libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress as he said the docuseries made defamatory claims against him. He claimed the evidence provided was completely false...
Nigerian singer Oluwafemi Oladapo, popularly known as Slimcase, is facing backlash on social media after a video surfaced showing him prostrating before Burna Boy. The video captures Burna Boy walking into a club, where Slimcase is seen prostrating to greet him, while greeting D’banj in an upright position. Netizens...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The 5th edition of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum (LCBGF), organised by the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will take place at the Indimi International Conference Centre in...
Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria. A reliable source confirmed this on Wednesday, January 22, according to Vanguard report. It will be recalled that Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court over...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday announced February 21, 2026 as the tentative date for the conduct of the chairmanship and councillorship elections into the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory. Speaking at the first...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has called on the general public to disregard Doctor of Medical Laboratory Science (DMLS) programme in any university in the country, saying it is not approved. The commission, which disclosed this in a statement signed by its Acting Director...