Edo State House of Assembly has approved a N100 billion loan for Governor Monday Okpebholo to fund infrastructural development projects across the state. The approval followed Okpebholo’s letter to the House, requesting legislative backing for the loan facility from First Bank Nigeria Plc. According to the letter, signed by...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Deputy Chairman North, Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, has visited Konduga town to console the families of victims of the recent female suicide bomb explosion at the fish market. The blast claimed 12 lives and injured 22 people. Dalori...
Media entrepreneur and founder of WithChude show, Chude Jideonwo, was invited as a guest speaker at a communications masterclass hosted by the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa (FLIA) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in partnership with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)....
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – Akwa Ibom State Accountant General, Uwem Andrew-Essien has donated two laptop computers to the best graduating students of the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) training programme for civil servants in the state. The two beneficiaries are, Engr. Daniel Jonathan, staff of the Ministry of...
Nigeria’s civil society activist and renowned media specialist, Mac Imoni Amarere, has been re-elected into the International Board of ActionAid for a second three year term. Professor Eze Nwokocha of the University of Ibadan and a member of the Board ActionAid Nigeria was also elected into the 2026 Global...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Scripture Union West Africa (SUWA) has urged journalists to adopt peace journalism in reporting conflict and gender-based violence (GBV), as part of efforts to promote social cohesion in Plateau State. This call was made during a one-day media engagement organized by SUWA in collaboration...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Commissioner for Environment, Nura Tangaza, said the state government has purchased no fewer than 200,000 economic and ornamental trees to be planted across the state. Mr. Tangaza disclosed this on Tuesday during an event to commemorate the 2025 World Environment Day with the...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has attributed the recent increase in fuel prices to market deregulation. According to Mr. Chinedu Ukadike, IPMAN’s Public Relations Officer, “This is the nature of a deregulated market, prices rise and fall based on market forces and each marketer’s supply costs.”...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has accused the National Coalition Against Mass Killings and Impunity (NCAMKI) of misrepresenting remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Musa, regarding the tragic Yelwata incident in Benue State. In a statement signed by the Director Defence...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Damagum, has disowned the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, over his comments on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ologunagba had stated that...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja- Kogi State Police Command has foiled an attempt to abduct passengers along the Obajana-Oshokoshoko road. According to the command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the police patrol team responded promptly to sporadic gunfire and engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel, forcing them to flee. “All...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Rev. Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM) has strongly condemned the recent attack on Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, describing it as “one attack too many.” In a statement signed by the...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has responded to the latest security advisory issued by the US Embassy, restricting its staff and their families from non-official travel to military sites or other government facilities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. While acknowledging the right of foreign missions to issue...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) has confirmed that 15 babies have been born at the newly established Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp for residents of Yelwata community, Guma Local Government Area, while 122 women are still pregnant. Head of Administration at BSEMA, Mr....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja declared that Nigeria’s agricultural renaissance has begun as he commissioned 2,000 tractors for nationwide deployment under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme. The commissioning ceremony marked the programme’s formal launch at the National Agricultural Seeds Council, Sheda, along...
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring balanced and inclusive development aimed at improving the lives of Nigerians. He stated this while inaugurating a newly constructed rural road from A2 Junction to Pai community in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has withdrawn 273 students due to poor academic performance across 20 departments and 42 academic programs. Additionally, six students were expelled for examination misconduct, including impersonation and possession of prohibited materials. “We withdrew 273 students for...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has concluded its primary elections for the 2026 Federal Capital Territory Area Council chairmanship elections, producing winners across all six area councils in a transparent and rancor-free process. The party’s Electoral Committee Chairman, Mr. Chris Hassan, declared the elections free, fair, and smooth. According...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of National Assembly Library Trust Fund (NALTF), Hon Henry Nwawuba has bagged a Leadership award in Human Capital Development. The award was presented to him by the Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awarenes (CCLCA) in conjunction with Naijablitznews and Hellosismedia...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked to the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri, and Port Harcourt refineries. Also...