Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has confirmed that life-saving antivenom for the treatment of snakebites is readily available across all public hospitals and health centres within Abuja. This reassurance follows heightened public concern triggered by the recent death of popular singer, Ifunanya Nwangene, which sparked questions about the availability...
By VICTOR CHIAHEMEN, Abuja
As part of the ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of Benue State, Governor Hyacinth Alia has immortalised late Gen. Murtala Muhammed and other prominent past leaders from the state. This declaration by Governor Alia was made during a live broadcast to the people of Benue State to mark...
Immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has described the 50th anniversary of the creation of Benue State as a significant milestone that calls for sober reflection on the state’s journey so far, as well as renewed commitment to its future. A statement by the Special Adviser to...
A senior lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Modibbo Adama University (MAU) Adamawa, Arch. Bala Baba, has traced the causes of massive collapsed of buildings in Nigeria to quacks handling those projects. Baba, who is also the Adamawa State Chairman of Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) chapter told NATIONAL...
Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) has recorded a major operational breakthrough following a carefully coordinated operations in the last 2 weeks leading to the capture and destruction of notorious ISWAP terrorists detention facility deep within the forested Timbuktu Triangle in Gujba Local...
Taraba State Government has threatened to sack workers of the Taraba State Environmental Sanitation Agency (TSESA) who fail to provide evidence of registration in the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) e-registration exercise. Findings revealed that workers of the agency have been directed to present proof of their APC e-registration...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani on Monday commissioned a 35-kilometre asphalt road stretching across Igabi, Kajuru and Chikun local government areas, described as the longest single road project executed in Kaduna State in the last 20 years. The road, which links Gadan Gayan through Gwaraji to Kujama Junction, also...
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged African countries to stop positioning themselves as dependants on a shrinking pool of foreign aid, insisting that the continent must instead present itself as a major destination for global investment and trade. Okonjo-Iweala made the call on...
The Plateau State Government has launched the Sing for Plateau Initiative, a creative talent programme aimed at rebranding the state and empowering young creatives through music, poetry, dance and digital content. The initiative was unveiled on February 3, 2026, at a press conference in Jos, and is being implemented...
Abuja — The Federal Government of Nigeria, working with global and local partners, has intensified efforts to strengthen translational research across Africa, emphasising that the continent must urgently shift from being a source of extracted data to a driver of scientific innovation, health solutions and economic growth. The call...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has commissioned the new state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, Oyo State, at Ibadan. The secretariat, which was built and donated by the Governor, Eng. Seyi Makinde, has offices and meeting rooms for party officials. Commissioning...
Fifty years is more than a milestone. It is a testament to resilience, shared sacrifice, and the enduring hope of a people committed to progress. As Niger State marks its golden jubilee, we celebrate not just the passage of time but the collective journey of our people, our achievements,...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the chairman of the board of NNPC Limited, Ahmadu Musa Kida, on his 65th birthday on February 3. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, celebrated Kida’s sterling career in the public and private sectors, as well as his engagement with...
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja has fixed April 30, 2026 for ruling on the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for final forfeiture of a property owned by the former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT has restated Nigeria’s readiness to collaborate with African nations, global partners and the private sector to deliver cleaner, affordable, inclusive, and more secure energy. He said energy plays a critical role as the invisible force holding the modern world together, as well as the...
After over two years since its inauguration, the Sokoto State Judicial Commission of Inquiry, on Tuesday, submitted its report, noting that no fewer than One Hundred and Seventeen Billion, Two Hundred and Fifty-Two Million, Two Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Naira were lost, based on testimonies. One Hundred and Thirty-Five...
Africa’s future is too often discussed in the abstract, as if it were a distant promise. In truth, the continent’s youth are already powerful force— dynamic, restless, and actively shaping realities on the ground. The central question is no longer whether Africa’s youth will influence the continent’s trajectory, but...
A phenomenal wind of change is blowing across third-tier governance in Borno State, with the inauguration of the state’s 27 newly elected local government council chairmen on Thursday, January 29, as a Launchpad. In a strategic shift in grassroots governance, named Zulum’s New Formula, about sixty per cent of...