By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has launched investigation into the brutal murder of a father and son at their family residence in Igwuruta-Ali community of the state. The older victim, identified as Timothy, 59, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Adokiye Amieseimeka International Stadium, Omagwa,...
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The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has approved the appointment of Prof. Adamu Ahmed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. This is contained in a statement issued by Malam Auwalu Umar, the Director of Public Affairs of the university on Wednesday in Zaria. The appointment of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa State, has appealed to the citizens of the state especially the youths, to study necessary technical courses that would afford them the opportunity to work in the sprouting Chinese mining companies in the state. The governor, made the call...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– The newly sworn-in Commissioner for Livestock Development, Veterinary Services, and Fisheries in Plateau State, Dr. Sunday Akpa, has vowed to introduce structured policies to enhance productivity and accountability in the livestock sector. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Akpa emphasized the need to shift from subsistence...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command said a team of its operatives in a joint operation with a group of special hunters have killed two suspected bandits during an exchange of fire in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced an increase in funding to support child nutrition initiatives in the state. This is an effort to combat food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly among children under five. Governor Zulum made the announcement during a high-level roundtable discussion...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As cancer remains a significant public health challenge, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud has called for urgent, inclusive, and sustained action in the fight against disease. The Minister made this call at the commemoration of 2025 World Cancer Day organised by...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced one Olayiwola Oguntade to prison for fraud. Oguntade, a former staff member of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of...
Industrial action that may cripple academic activities in the nation’s public universities is imminent following a plot allegedly hatched by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) in cahoots with officials of the Federal Ministry of Education to frustrate the release of about N300 billion University...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the...
The Senate has expressed concern over consistent failure of some critical revenue generating agencies to respond to expenditure queries raised by Office of Auditor-General for the Federation, (OAGF). It also vowed to report and recommend sack of the chief executives of such agencies to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for...
Anambra State Police Command has detained one Obinna Anene, the alleged principal suspect in the reported killing of a 74-year-old woman in Abagana Community in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made...
The death toll from the tanker explosion on Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway has risen from 21 to 23 as confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Enugu State Command, Mr Franklin Agbakoba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to extend their electoral monitoring efforts to party primaries, particularly focusing on the growing issue of political aspirants buying delegates. The appeal was made by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Uwokwu Movement for Abba Moro (UMA) has congratulated the Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Abba Moro on signing into law on Tuesday by President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the Establishment of North Central Development Commission (NCDC) and Federal College...
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for peace and patience among residents of Rimin Zakara town, following the recent unrest over a land dispute between the community and Bayero University Kano (BUK). Sanusi made the call on Tuesday during a symphathy visit to the community upon...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has said the reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu led administration are working and have started bearing fruits. The minister said this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Tuesday. “The government of...
The Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa in the 2023 election, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, on Tuesday in Yenagoa formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eradiri said President Bola Tinubu is behind all the projects in his Agudama/Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the 2025 budget will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent as soon as it is passed into law. Akpabio, who gave the assurance at plenary on Tuesday, emphasised the senate’s commitment to ensuring a seamless budgetary process. He commended...
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, has appointed Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (ACI) Akinsola Akinlabi as the new Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO). This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Principal Staff Officer to the NIS CG, Mr Adedotun Aridegbe, on Tuesday...