Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said his administration’s urban renewal programme will transform Yenagoa, the state capital, into a modern city. Diri stated this against the backdrop of the recent relocation of inter-state commercial transporters to the new state-owned transport terminal at Igbogene. Speaking on Wednesday during the...
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The University of Lagos (UNILAG), is set to confer Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (D. Sc) on the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at its 55th convocation. No fewer than 16,409 students will be graduating during the week-long activities scheduled to commence with...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has advised the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, to engage in ventures that protect the interest of the Igbo nation. He gave the advice in Umuahia on Wednesday during the inauguration of the new executive of the state chapter of the...
The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday received a list of commissioner nominees from Gov. Monday Okpebholo for screening and confirmation. The list of the commissioner nominees is contained in a letter titled, “Request for the confirmation of commissioner nominees”, dated Jan. 7, 2025. The governor urged the Assembly...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Government would no longer sit back and wait for criminals to attack its citizens before reacting. Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor on Media, Ismaila Isah, made this known while featuring on a TrustTV News programme, “Daily Politics“, on Tuesday. He said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The General Manager of Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEOA), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has commended the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development for its exceptional humanitarian work in supporting survivors of the Boko Haram insurgency. Abubakar praised the foundation for being the only vibrant...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday dismissed the application filed by the embattled ex-Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear his case. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had filed a 26-count charge against Emefiele, for alleged misuse of office,...
A skit by popular comedian Bello Galadanci, widely known as Dan Bello, has ignited controversy over alleged ethnic bias within the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The satire suggested that the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, annulled a 2024 promotional examination due to allegations of malpractice tied specifically...
Nigerian music superstars Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, and Tems have received nominations for the 2025 National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) Image Awards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the artistes received nods in the nomination list for the annual event released by the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has announced the donation of N300 million to support the families of soldiers who lost their lives in the ongoing battle against Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum announced this on Wednesday while speaking to journalists after attending the 2025...
France on Wednesday described as “groundless” the allegation by Niger that Nigeria had offered space in its territory to France in order to destabilise the former French colony. Political Counsellor to the Embassy of France in Nigeria, Mr Bertrand de Seissan, expressed this thought in an interview with the...
The Defence Headquarters has said the troops of `Operation Hadin Kai`, have eliminated 34 terrorists in an encounter at Sabon Gari Village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Wednesday, said the encounter took place on Jan....
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has said its aircraft engineers and technicians have, in a phenomenal display of ingenuity, reactivated a Dornier DO-228 aircraft which had been grounded for 23 years. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olusola Akinboyewa, in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Tuesday appointed former Malian coach, Éric Sékou Chelle, as Head Coach of the Super Eagles. Chelle, who hails from Mali, makes history as the first non-Nigerian African to coach the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The 47-year-old French-Malian coach was born on Nov. 11,...
A housewife, Mrs Mariam AbdulLateef, on Wednesday prayed an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve her marriage to her husband, AbdulLateef Tahjudeen, alleging lack of sex. Mariam, who resides at number 144, Cemetery Road, Irewolede Area, Ilorin, told the court that she got married to her husband in 2016 in...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has recovered a mini-bus driver lifeless from an accident scene. The accident involved the mini-bus and a truck. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement was signed by Mr...
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has said telecom tariffs would soon increase but not by 100 per cent. Rising from a stakeholders meeting with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, Tijani said that consultations and engagements were ongoing on the issue. The...
Football fans in Aba have expressed disappointment over the appointment of former Mali coach Éric Chelle as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles. Some of the fans who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Wednesday said that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)...
Israel on Wednesday denied agreeing to a week long ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for a list from Hamas of hostages that the group would release. Media reports claimed the proposed deal would include a six-to-eight-week ceasefire, expanded aid access to the Palestinian enclave, and efforts to rebuild its...
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes near Los Angeles on Wednesday as three out-of-control wildfires fuelled by hurricane-force winds tore through the city’s suburbs, destroying dozens of houses. At least one firefighter was injured battling a blaze near the upmarket Pacific Palisades neighbourhood, US media said, with...