President Bola Tinubu has approved the renewal of the appointment of Professor Ayo Omotayo as the Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru. A state by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the appointment is for a final term of four years. It would...
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Vice President Kashim Shettima, has said the implementation of new tax reforms will eliminate the burden of multiple levies and charges on small businesses and low-income earners in Nigeria, thereby helping to reduce poverty. Shettima noted that the planning and implementation of the tax reforms were carefully designed to improve...
About nine months after attack on Yelwata town in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen, where over two hundred residents were massacred, life is slowly returning to the area. Already, the Benue State Government has commenced the process of resettlement of the affected victims of...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointment of Chairmen and members of the Governing Councils for the Colleges of Nursing Sciences located in Maiduguri, Gwoza, and Monguno. Special Adviser to Borno State Governor, Media/Spokesperson, Dauda Iliya, announced this in a statement issued to newsmen in Maiduguri. Those...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of Hon. Tijjani Lawan Kukawa and Hon. Abubakar Umar Mazhinyi as Special Advisers. The governor’s approval was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Dauda Iliya. Hon. Tijjani Lawan Kukawa is a former member of the Borno State House...
D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, convicted and sentenced the duo of Ademola Joshua Oluwadamilare and Dolapo Adisa to various terms for involvement in sextortion. The convicts were arraigned by the EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate on a nine-count charge bordering...
Former senator representing Plateau North, I.D. Gyang, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu would secure re-election in 2027 despite political rhetoric suggesting resistance from parts of Northern Nigeria. Speaking during a media chat with journalists at his Rayfield residence in Jos, Gyang dismissed claims that the “far North”...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has declared that he has no preferred aspirant ahead of the forthcoming party primaries in the state, assuring that he will not interfere in the process that will produce flag bearers of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor made the disclosure on Tuesday...
Six Nigerian tertiary institutions are set to host new centres of excellence in Robotics, Coding, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Centres and Cybersecurity, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced. It also disclosed that once operational, these additions will raise the total number of TETFund-supported Centres of Excellence from...
President Bola Tinubu has felicitated with former president and elder statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on his 89th birthday on March 5. The President in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, rejoiced with Chief Obasanjo, whose towering influence in the country, Africa, and beyond is significant. President Tinubu noted the...
Nigeria will launch the highly anticipated National Single Window (NSW) platform on March 27, a move described by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, as a “monumental” step in transforming the country’s trade ecosystem. Gbajabiamila disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting at the State House, Abuja, attended...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a five-person delegation to represent him and the country at the final burial rites of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights leader, activist and former presidential candidate. Jackson passed away at age 84 on February 17, 2026, in Chicago. Senator George Akume,...
The University of Jos (UNIJOS )has held its first oath-taking and induction ceremony for engineering graduates, marking a historic milestone for an institution that operated for nearly four decades without a Faculty of Engineering. The ceremony, held in Jos on Wednesday, formally inducted a new batch of engineering graduates...
University of Jos (UNIJOS) has inducted 182 graduates into the library profession in its first-ever oath-taking and induction ceremony for students of Library and Information Science, marking a major milestone in the institution’s academic history. The ceremony, at the Faculty of Management Sciences Auditorium, was conducted in collaboration with...
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) has formally admitted 6,505 new students into its various faculties and colleges for the 2025/2026 academic session. The matriculation ceremony, held on Wednesday at the university campus in Sokoto, welcomed the fresh students into 17 faculties and colleges, marking the beginning of their academic...
A Professor of Economic Geology and Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Raymond Ishaya Daspan, has warned that unregulated mining and mineral processing activities on the Jos Plateau may be exposing residents, particularly children and workers, to dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals. Daspan gave the warning...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has commissioned 70 electricity transformers for distribution to communities across the state and announced the conclusion of financial mobilization for the installation of a 132KVA transmission line to serve the Southern and Central Senatorial Zones. The governor flagged off the distribution exercise on Tuesday,...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced a far-reaching review of its Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, signaling its determination to tighten party operations and introduce stricter compliance standards ahead of the 2027 General Election. The three-day Technical Review Workshop, which commenced on Wednesday, 4th March 2026, in...
Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in collaboration with the MedServe Cancer Center, has launched Nigeria’s first immunotherapy clinical trial for colorectal cancer. Speaking at the press conference, the Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, described the initiative as a landmark achievement. “This launch represents the culmination of...
National Forum of Former Legislators (NFFL) has congratulated Alhaja Lateefat Olufunke Gbajabiamila, mother of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on her 96th birthday. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the National Coordinator of the Forum, Raphael Igbokwe. Hon. Igbokwe described her...