Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the 2025 Free Annual Transportation Programme, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to compassion, inclusivity, and people-centred governance. The programme, which commenced on Sunday, 21 December 2025, has continued to provide critical mobility support to thousands of Nigerians since its inception...
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Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was aglow over the weekend as former Governor of the state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, played host to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the wedding Fatiha of his son, Sadiq Ali Modu Sheriff. President Tinubu arrived in the ancient city to honour the Sheriff...
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, and Central South University (CSU), China, have agreed to reactivate and broaden their 3+2 Double Degree Programme, marking a major revival of an academic partnership disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was reached during a virtual meeting where both institutions resolved not only...
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to building an inclusive society where diversity is harnessed as a source of strength and every citizen is guaranteed dignity and opportunity. Governor Sani stated this on Saturday while hosting the 50th anniversary celebration of the Nigeria Aid...
The Member representing Mangu/Bokkos Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ishaya D. Lalu, has identified economic empowerment as a critical strategy for reducing insecurity, poverty and social vices, arguing that sustainable livelihoods remain central to restoring peace in local communities. Lalu made this assertion while unveiling a...
New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on Saturday re-elected Dr Ahmed Ajujia as its National Chairman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajuji was re-elected unopposed through voice votes at the party’s National Convention held in Abuja. The convention, which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission...
Motorists heading along the Lokoja–Abuja highway were left frustrated over the weekend as severe gridlock brought traffic to a near standstill, leaving hundreds stranded for hours just days before Christmas. Travelers reported being trapped in traffic from early Saturday morning through Sunday, with little to no movement along the...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched its 2025 “Operation Zero Tolerance” nationwide crackdown to combat reckless driving and reduce road crashes during the busy festive season. The initiative, which started on December 15, 2025, and will run until January 15, 2026, is a comprehensive, intelligence-driven operation aimed at...
A fire outbreak at the Abuja headquarters of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) was swiftly brought under control on Saturday, with authorities confirming that no life was lost in the incident. The blaze, which broke out on the fourth floor of the FIRS building, triggered an immediate response...
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to peace-driven development and inclusive governance, assuring the Okoyong community of sustained infrastructural and socio-economic growth. The governor gave the assurance through his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, on Saturday, at a civic reception and chieftaincy coronation ceremony...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renaming of the Federal University of Sciences, Azare, in honour of the late Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, a move widely seen as a tribute to a lifetime devoted to faith, learning and moral leadership. The President announced the decision on...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has charged 3,391 newly inducted soldiers of the Nigerian Army to uphold the highest standards of discipline, professionalism, courage and patriotism as they formally commence their military careers. Lieutenant General Shaibu gave the charge on Saturday during the Passing Out...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has restated his administration’s commitment to ensuring that the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming the financial independence of local governments is implemented. President Tinubu made the commitment on Friday night at the 15th National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress, held at the State...
President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno State, applauded the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, for continuously investing in education, health, and transportation and for steadily improving the livelihoods of indigenes. The President, who was on a three-state official tour of Borno, Bauchi and Lagos States,...
Borno State has emerged as the overall winner in the male category of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, ‘Borno 2025’. Announcing the results, the Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies at Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Professor Abubakar Yelwa, declared Musa Ahmed Musa from Borno the overall male...
The Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, has lost his father, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Nawuya Wushishi. Alhaji Wushishi, a respected community leader in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, died at the age of 106. A terse statement signed by...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to due process as it convened a crucial meeting with contending factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), assuring all parties that it will be guided strictly by the final decision of the Court of Appeal on the party’s...
Following the recent arraignment by the Department of State Security (DSS) of Abdulmalik Abdulazeez Obadaki, the suspected mastermind of the 2012 gun attack on a Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite, near Okene, in Kogi State, which killed over 19 worshippers, families of victims and survivors have thanked the secret...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has approved new service conditions for teachers in the state, extending their retirement age and introducing a rural posting allowance as part of efforts to strengthen the education sector. Under the new policy, which takes effect from August 1, 2025, the mandatory retirement age...
A legal practitioner, Sunday Enegbuma, has called on the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo to restrict the Ogieaga of The Three Ivie clan to his domains. Enegbuma accused the monarch of ascribing the title of Ogieaga of Ivie, instead of Ogieaga of The Three Ivie to himself. The Edo...