Tom Chiahemen
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed confidence that the long-standing relationship between Nigeria and the United Kingdom will continue to flourish, as he delivered a landmark speech at a state banquet held in his honour at Windsor Castle. Speaking on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, the Nigerian leader described the...
Text of the Speech By President Bola Tinubu at the State Banquet in His Honour at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Your Majesty, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, Distinguished Guests, Ladies...
STATE VISIT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND MRS. TINUBU Your Excellency, Mr President, and Distinguished First Lady, Ekabo. Se Daaa Daa Ni. (Greetings! I hope you are well.) My wife and I are delighted to welcome you to Windsor Castle here on this occasion. We...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) in the early hours of Wednesday successfully repelled a coordinated and simultaneous five-pronged terrorist attack on own positions at Mallam Fatori in Sector 3. Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI, Lieutenant...
Federal Government is advancing plans to establish a Coventry University campus in Nigeria through a Transnational Education (TNE) partnership aimed at expanding access to globally recognised degrees. The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, CON, is currently in the United Kingdom accompanying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR,...
A telecommunications engineering professor at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Danjuma Dajap, has said Nigeria’s environmental conditions, particularly the harmattan season and its tropical climate, significantly affect mobile network signals, often resulting in dropped calls and weak coverage. He made this known while delivering the university’s 118th inaugural lecture...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has handed over the contract for the proposed Zariagi International Airport to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and Gamji Nigeria Limited. The brief ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Government House in Lokoja, with key stakeholders and international partners in attendance. Governor...
The head of Nigeria’s electoral body has admitted that the commission faces a significant “trust deficit” with the public, calling on the media to help reshape the national narrative ahead of a busy cycle of polls and 2027 general election. Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, Chairman of the Independent National...
Mobile internet has become the primary means of accessing online games in Kenya. Thanks to the active development of telecommunications infrastructure, the spread of smartphones and the popularity of mobile payment services, millions of users play online games directly from their phones every day. One such activity can be...
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 handed over a total sum of N3,936,145, 822 (Three Billion, Nine Hundred and Thirty Six Million, One Hundred and Forty Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Two Naira) to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NPC) Ltd. The presentation...
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has raised fresh concerns over internal complicity in the protracted insurgency in the North-East, urging residents of Borno and Yobe to take ownership of the fight against terrorism. Oluyede’s position, articulated after a high-level security meeting in Maiduguri, signals a strategic...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, affirmed the voluntariness of the extra-judicial statements of Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is prosecuting Ali Bello, a nephew of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello,...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged King Charles III to use the state visit by President Bola Tinubu “to raise concerns about the serious and continuing violations of human rights and the shrinking civic space in Nigeria.” President Tinubu’s visit to the United Kingdom is expected to...
BY AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna The Kaduna State Police Command has announced comprehensive security arrangements to ensure a peaceful and hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr celebration across the state. In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, the Command said it has deployed tactical commanders, intelligence operatives and...
The Kaduna State Government has allocated new plots of land to residents of Malali Low-Cost area in Kaduna whose homes were demolished during the administration of Nasir El-Rufai. Presenting the land titles to beneficiaries, the Director General of Kaduna Geographic Information Service, Dr Bashir Garba Ibrahim, said the gesture...
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed deep concern over the escalating wave of terrorist attacks across parts of the country, warning that Nigeria risks sliding into anarchy if urgent and decisive measures are not taken. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Prof. T. A. Muhammad-Baba, the...
Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has announced that the new moon of Shawwal 1447AH was not sighted across Nigeria. According to the Sultan, reports from the National Moon Sighting Committee and various local committees nationwide...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday visited victims of the recent multiple bomb explosions in Maiduguri, Borno State, who are currently receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). The Vice President, accompanied by the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Hajiya Zubaida Umar, toured...