President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Vice President Kashim Shettima, on the occasion of his 60th birthday on September 2. The president in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, rejoiced with Shettima’s wife, Nana, children, family and political associates on this important milestone. According to him, Kashim is not just a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja
Former Vice President and Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to ensure that federal allocations meant for local governments are paid directly to the councils if he is elected president. Atiku made the commitment in a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo,...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reaffirmed his political partnership with the party’s vice presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, describing it as a united effort to rescue Nigeria from what he called years of ineffective leadership. Obi made the remarks on Tuesday in a post...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has said the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are laying a solid foundation for long-term growth and positioning Nigeria to achieve a $1 trillion economy by 2030. Yilwatda made the remarks after representing President Tinubu...
Google’s products and services generated an estimated $1.8 billion in economic activity in Nigeria in 2023, according to the United States Mission in Nigeria, highlighting the growing impact of digital technology on businesses, entrepreneurs and content creators across the country. The U.S. Mission disclosed this in a post shared...
. Fourteen years after leaving the Bafana Bafana job, the former South Africa international, Pitso Mosimane, has been named head coach of the national team again by the South African Football Association (SAFA). Mosimane’s return closes a long chapter away from the national team and gives him another opportunity...
Antonio Rudiger has announced his retirement from the Germany national team. The Real Madrid defender posted the news today on social media. The photo showed him in a Germany shirt with the words *“CHAPTER CLOSED”* across it. Rudiger is 33. He made his Germany debut in 2014 and went...
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disowned a letter circulating in sections of the media and purported to have come from FIFA, while confirming that football’s world governing body has already accepted the resignations of the federation’s former principal officers and Executive Committee members. The Federation made the clarification on...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have introduced a one-time verification system for candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. Under the new arrangement, candidates will be required to verify their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE/O’Level) results only once through...
Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), Kaduna State University (KASU) Branch, has called on the Kaduna State Government to urgently implement outstanding agreements and settle various...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Hon. Abubakar Mai Deribe as a Special Adviser to the Governor. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dauda Iliya, said the appointment was made pursuant to the powers conferred on the Governor...
Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed profound appreciation to the security agencies and groups involved in the successful rescue of the sixteen Corps Members abducted in Kogi State on 26 August 2026, while they were travelling from the Bayelsa State camp on relocation to Abuja...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the encouraging news on Monday from the National Bureau of Statistics, which shows that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2026 grew by 4.43 per cent, up from 4.23 per cent in the second quarter of 2025. The report also...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the G-100 (a group of 100 opposition stalwarts) driven process of creating an all-opposition front to challenge the incumbent APC candidate in the 2027 general elections. National Publicity Secretary, Interim National Working Committee of the PDP, Comrade Ini Ememobong, confirmed this in a...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has broken its monetary asset recovery record in both national and foreign currencies in the 34 months of Ola Olukoyede’s leadership. The disclosure was made on Monday, when the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, addressed the media on his stewardship. Available...
Nigeria’s economy maintained a strong growth trajectory in the second quarter of 2026, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanding by 4.43 per cent year-on-year, according to the Federal Ministry of Finance. The latest economic performance represents an improvement over the 4.23 per cent recorded in the second quarter...
Nigerian Navy has taken a basic but significant need to the heart of Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State, commissioning three solar-powered boreholes as part of a new water supply project for the community. The intervention comes with more than the boreholes themselves. The Navy also provided an...
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has expanded Nigeria’s national tertiary education ranking framework to cover universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, with participation now compulsory for all tertiary institutions across the country. Dr. Alausa announced this in Abuja at a meeting with the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned and handed over a newly constructed 42-room patients’ apartment to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) as part of his administration’s commitment to improving healthcare delivery in the state. The facility, which has a 42-room lodge, was constructed by...
Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Union (EU), has concluded the implementation of its Support for the Disengagement, Deradicalisation, Reintegration and Reconciliation (SD3R) project in Borno State with a dissemination event highlighting its achievements, lessons learnt and...