By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has commended Governor Uba Sani for transforming the agricultural and agro-industrial landscape of Kaduna State within just two and a half years in office. Speaking when he led a delegation of Commissioners of Agriculture from...
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Kaduna State Government, in collaboration with the Global Peace Foundation Nigeria (GPFN) and the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, has trained 30 journalists on conflict-sensitive and peace-oriented reporting. The one-day capacity-building workshop, held in Kaduna, focused on enhancing the role of the...
Nigerian Senate has approved a bill prescribing up to 14 years in prison for lecturers and educators found guilty of sexually harassing students in tertiary institutions. The passage of the bill follows growing reports of lecturers demanding sexual favours in exchange for grades, admissions, or other academic advantages. The...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Idris Ibikunle Olorunnimbe (representing South West) as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This followed a successful screening carried out by the Senate Committee on Communications, according to a statement by the Head, Public Affairs of the...
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the country has witnessed a significant decline in terrorism-related incidents over the past two years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Idris addressed the U.S. Government’s recent designation of Nigeria...
U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday pressed the Trump administration with tough questions over whether President Donald Trump had the legal authority to impose broad tariffs under a decades-old emergency law. During the more than two-hour hearing, both conservative and liberal justices challenged the administration’s interpretation of the International Emergency...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has reiterated the Nigerian Army’s commitment to grooming highly skilled and battle-ready soldiers capable of confronting the nation’s security challenges with renewed strength and resilience. Shaibu made this known on Wednesday at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State while declaring...
Suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that his late father left over 20 houses for his children in Maiduguri, Borno. Kyari, who is facing a charge bordering on allegations that he failed to disclose some of his multi-million assets in line with...
The factional acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammed has cancelled the party elective national convention scheduled for Nov. 15. Muhammed, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike’s backed factional National Working Committee (NWC) announced this on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has announced a comprehensive overhaul of Kaduna State’s transportation sector, anchored on a N30 billion counterpart funding for the Kaduna Bus Rapid Transit (KBRT) project, a joint initiative between the state government and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Speaking at the 7th National...
Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association of Nigeria (BAVCCA) has called for stronger collaboration between the judiciary and the digital media community to promote ethical reporting, digital accountability, and justice literacy among Nigerians. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Honourable Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)...
Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a 25-year old man identified as Sufiyanu Aliyu of Gwanyal Village, Tangaza LGA, over alleged killing of his 15-year old wife, Suwaiba Abubakar Bawa. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufai, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the incident occurred...
Members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Plateau State have petitioned the party’s national leadership, alleging bias, conflict of interest, and disregard for due process in the ongoing reconciliation exercise conducted by the North Central Reconciliation Committee. This was made known during a press conference in Jos, where...
Dozens of University of Jos (UNIJOS) dental students have taken to the streets to protest the non-accreditation of their courses, which has resulted in them spending over ten years in school without graduating. This is as the graduates of Medical Laboratory Sciences of the Enugu State University of Science...
Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed its confidence in the leadership of the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, declaring that the party remains “united, formidable and focused” as it prepares for its elective national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed a sense of loss at the passing of Major General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba (rtd.), a former Chief of Staff to Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua. General Mohammed, who died at the age of 86, left indelible marks on the nation’s security architecture, particularly...
General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, and Commander, Sector 1 Joint Task Force, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Major General Abubakar Sadiq Muhammed Wase, commended troops for their bravery and professionalism during a recent operation against bandits in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State. Major General Wase gave...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has pledged partnership with Rotary International to strengthen healthcare delivery and expand access to quality medicare in the state Eno stated this on Tuesday when he received members of the Rotary International, led by the Trustee Chairman of the Rotary Foundation, Holger Knaack,...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have successfully rescued a military officer and nine other abducted persons from kidnappers in Benue State. The operation was detailed in a statement issued by Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer at the OPWS Headquarters in Makurdi, on...
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