By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Stephen Odey has lauded Governor Bassey Otu for the remarkable academic achievement of Cross River students, who recorded a 76.69% pass rate in the recent West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results, the highest in the state in recent years. Over 30,000 students contributed...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (“NSITF”) is commencing a service-wide sensitization of civil servants in furtherance of the implementation of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme in the Federal civil service. The Managing Director of NSITF, Oluwaseun Faleye, on Thursday May 29, 2025 led his team...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Barrister Mohammed Abdullahi (Magajin Garin Uke), a former Minister of Environment, under President Muhammadu Buhari, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The former minister, announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the chairman of the ruling party in his Uke ward...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Bale Galtimari Consultative Forum (BGCF) has issued an urgent appeal to the Federal Government, Defence Headquarters, Nigerian Army, National Security Adviser, Borno State Governor, and the state House of Assembly to relocate Giwa Barrack from its current location in Maiduguri to a safer...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Federal Government has declared Friday 6th, and Monday 9th June, 2025 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Muslim Ummah both at home...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has advised pilgrims to stay in their tents from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to soaring daytime temperatures during the pilgrimage. The Chairman of NAHCON, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh, gave the advice while speaking to newsmen in Makkah on Sunday. The News...
A mother of six, Latinate Sanusi on Monday told a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna that she can’t leave her former husband’s house after three pronouncement of divorce. Sanusi stated this in response to Abdulrazak Yunusa’ s prayer to confirm the three pronouncement of divorce he made to...
A businessman, Abdulrazak Yunusa on Monday dragged his former wife, Latifat Sanusi before a to Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna state, alleging that she is threatening to kill him. The counsel to Yunusa , Faham Ahmad told the court that she threatened to stab him. “Sometimes she...
Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged morning thunderstorms on Monday with rains over parts of Taraba, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa and Kano States in the northern region....
Devastating floods in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State have claimed at least 153 lives, destroying homes and displacing thousands of residents in the past few days. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) confirmed to Channels Television on Sunday that the death toll had risen sharply from...
The Management of BUA Group, has challenged Ms Hadiza Bala Usman to specify clause violated by the group to warrant termination of their port concession agreement with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Usman is the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Coordination, and one time Managing Director...
Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has said Nigerians will soon experience a reduction in the cost of living, as the effects of the administration’s economic reforms start to materialise Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, Onanuga stated that the...
Police Command in Anambra have arrested two suspects who were allegedly involved in the kidnapped and murder of a female Bank Manager in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra. The command’s Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed their arrest in a statement in Onitsha on Sunday. Ikenga revealed that the...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has offered scholarship to 13-year-old, Ukamaka Okonkwo, rescued from alleged ritualist and kidnapper dungeon, Obi-Levi Obieze, at Ndiagu Umumba in Ezeagu Council Area of Enugu State. The Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs, and Social Development, Mrs Ngozi Enih, disclosed this in a statement in...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has donated N1 million each to the families of 22 athletes and officials from Kano State who died in a road accident while returning from the National Sports Festival, held in Abeokuta. A delegation from Ogun State, led by Deputy Governor Noimot Salako-Oyedele, delivered...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the victims of the Niger flood and the Kano athletes that died in an auto accident. This followed the death of more than one hundred persons in flash floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents last week in Niger. The...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – No fewer than 3 suspected bandits have been eliminated by troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Wase Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State. The Media Officer of OPSH, Maj. Samson Zhakom, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Jos. Zhakom, who...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Government has announced the Eid-el-Kabir holiday for all primary and secondary schools across the state. Commissioner for Education, Dr Ali Makoda, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday by the Public Enlightenment Director of the ministry , Mr Balarabe Kiru. Makoda...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) has reaffirmed its commitment to non-kinetic approaches in addressing insecurity by leveraging sports to promote unity, build trust, and strengthen civil-military relations across Plateau, Bauchi, and Kaduna States. This was emphasized by the Commander of Operation SAFE HAVEN and General Officer...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan has condoled with families of nine (9) people killed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists at a local bus-stop in deserted Mairari village of Guzamala local...