Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Peace Committee (NPC) have forged a strategic partnership to strengthen election security and promote peaceful conduct ahead of the forthcoming Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election. The renewed collaboration was affirmed on Wednesday, 11th February 2026, at the Commission’s Headquarters...
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Professor Samuel Danjuma Wapwera of the University of Jos has attributed the growing pattern of unsafe developments and environmental degradation in Jos to the prolonged failure to implement the Greater Jos Urban Master Plan. Wapwera, the first academic in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the fourth...
Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Kogi State, Hon. Ismaila Isah, has released a summary of the performance update of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo in the first two years in office as the Chief Servant of the people of Kogi State. The report featured in the 8...
North West University, Sokoto (NWUS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Lahore, Pakistan, in a move aimed at strengthening academic cooperation and international engagement. The Vice Chancellor of NWUS, Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists in Sokoto, describing the...
Nigerian Association of Nephrology (NAN) has raised concern over a sharp rise in kidney disease infections in the country, reporting that cases have surged by approximately 30 per cent, with one in every ten Nigerians now affected. The President of the Association, Professor Jacob Awobusuyi, disclosed this on Tuesday...
Education remains a central pillar of post-insurgency recovery and long-term development in Borno State in 2025, as the Babagana Umara Zulum-led administration intensified policy interventions, funding commitments, and partnerships aimed at restoring access, quality, and inclusiveness across the education sector. However, despite notable gains in infrastructure, scholarships, and enrolment...
The former National Woman Leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Hon. Kayauta Yakubu, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection ceremony took place on Tuesday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, where she was officially received into the ruling party by the APC...
Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas has denied granting the United Methodist Church of Nigeria (UMCN) access to the Jatutu Memorial Cathedral Magami in Jalingo, the state capital to conducted their reconciliation service come February 22nd 2026. Governor Kefas also revealed that he has embraced the recent reconciliation process carried...
Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja has slated March 23, 2026 for delivery of judgment in the trial of Nicholas Mutu, a serving member of the Federal House of Representatives. Mutu is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside Airworld...
A coalition of governorship aspirants from Kunav community in Vandeikya Local Government Area has called for the replacement of Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, ahead of the 2027 gubernatorial election, despite the governor’s insistence that he still has six years to complete his tenure. The group, drawn from different...
As part of efforts to fight insecurity, the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia has pledged to construct the Nyihemba-Anwase-Abande road to ease movement and also enhance patrol and rapid response by security operatives. Governor Alia also assured the community that he would revive the energy (power) at Anwase,...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has approved the appointment of Professor Timothy Terseer Alabar as new Vice Chancellor, Father Adasu University, Makurdi (FAUM). Governor Alia who is the visitor to the university made the approval following due process leading to the appointment as was carried out by the Governing...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, is set to flag off Renewed Hope rally in support of the achievements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. Similarly, the National Chairman is expected during the rally on Thursday to receive some...
Federal Government of Nigeria, in partnership with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), is set to launch the ‘Connect NextGen’ Innovation Hackathon in Nigeria, targeted at upskilling Nigerian youths in modern technologies. The four-month programme being overseen by the Office of the Vice President will be launched tomorrow, February 11, 2026, at...
*Prosecution tenders autopsy report confirming victims died of gunshot wounds A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS), in the ongoing trial of four men accused of being behind the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francs Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State on Tuesday identified one...
Operatives from the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a syndicate for the illegal withdrawal of ₦4.2m using Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) in Uyo, the state capital. The arrest followed a petition received by the command on November 20, 2025, detailing an incident that occurred a day earlier...
Akwa Ibom State Government has moved steadily to restore public confidence in its healthcare facilities by initiating programmes and policies that have expanded access and provided the people with improved services. With the construction of new Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) in all 31 local government areas of the state...
Federal Controller of Works in Borno State, Engr. Salisu Adamu, has disclosed that security challenges and rising construction costs have continued to affect the pace of work on the Maiduguri–Monguno road rehabilitation project. Speaking to journalists at the project site, he explained that the 105.5-kilometre road was initially awarded...
North East Development Commission (NEDC), has donated equipment to journalists who were involved in a motor accident during an inspection tour in Bauchi State. Receiving the items, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Abdullahi, appealed to the Commission to pay the health insurance...
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard Doro, on Thursday flagged off the distribution of Presidential Emergency Food and Nutrition items in Maiduguri, Borno State. The flag-off ceremony, held at Ramat Square, marked the beginning of a large-scale humanitarian intervention aimed at providing relief to vulnerable households...