The United States (US) mission has announced changes to its visa interview requirements for Nigerian travellers. According to a statement on the mission’s site on Friday, the new requirements take effect on April 22. Based on the release, visa applicants in Abuja and Lagos must take along a DS-160...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sympathised with 21 people injured by a bomb blast suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram insurgents along Maiduguri-Damboa highway on Saturday. Of the victims, 14 were severely injured, 7 had minor injuries and were receiving...
The Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) has said the gas sector has attracted more than five billion dollars in new investments as at 2024. President of the NGA, Mr Akachukwu Nwokedi, disclosed this during a news conference on Saturday in Lagos, ahead of the 29th World Gas Conference (WGC 2025)...
President Bola Tinubu has condoled the family, friends, and associates of Christian Chukwu, Nigerian football icon, who died on Saturday at the age of 74. “The President joins the football community in mourning a legend whose contributions to the beautiful game elevated Nigeria’s status globally,” Mr Bayo Onanuga, his...
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, has said the party is strong enough to reclaim its position across Nigeria without merging with any other political group. Goronyo made this declaration while addressing journalists at a PDP stakeholders’ meeting held on Saturday...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), Sir James Iorpuu has assured that the Benue State Government was maintaining strong collaboration with the Federal Government through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, as well as with other critical stakeholders...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – An angry mob has reportedly killed one person and injured one other on the suspicion that they stole a dog in Lushi area, a sub-urb of Bauchi metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this recently in a statement...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- To foster sustainable urban development, boost investor confidence, and ensure that property owners in the FCT have secure and legally recognized land titles, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, CON, has approved key reforms in land administration in the FCT, effective...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi– The Director General, Benue Public Service Institute, Makurdi, Professor Terkura Tarnande has revealed the decision of the management of the Institute to commence Postgraduate diploma programmes as part of efforts to meet the mandate of the Institute and in compliance with the seven point...
Chude Jideonwo, media entrepreneur and host of the viral talk show WithChude, will bring his interview series to a live stage for the first time at #WithChudeLive on Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Lagos. “This is not just a show. It is a real and honest conversation about what...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has responded to circulating claims of lopsidedness in federal appointments, categorically refuting the allegations. Director, Information and Public Relations, Office of the SGF, Segun Imohiosen, said in a statement that all appointments are made...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, has commended Nigeria as a regional power and a pillar of stability on the African continent. Speaking during a high-level courtesy visit to the Chief of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- In a ceremony held at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on April 9, 2025, Major General John Ochai, the Commandant, bid farewell to Cadet Covenant Toluwanimi Ogunmola, who has been selected to attend further military training at the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A former Commissioner of Trade, Commerce, and Industry in Borno State, Hon. Yerima Kareto, has invited the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, to visit Borno State. Specifically, Kareto wants the Minister to accompany him to Damasak, the headquarters of Mobbar Local...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has destroyed heaps of illicit drugs weighing about 1.6 million kilograms of assorted illicit substances seized across Lagos, Ogun and Oyo state, in what is till date the largest volume of seizures to be set ablaze at...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– Pioneer Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa State, Rev. Andrew Ahmadu Auta, has died at the age of 95. Rev Auta, a renowned Baptist missionary and the pioneer CAN chairman died on Friday in Jos after a brief illness, according to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Former Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr. Chinwe Ogbuka, has been honored with the award for Outstanding Public Relations Practice and Leadership at the 2025 International Women’s Day Conference. The award, presented by AMA, recognizes...
Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu, is dead. Chukwu passed at the age of 74. Chukwu reportedly died earlier today, April 12, 2025. Details and circumstances of his death remained unclear as of the time of this publication In 2021, false reports of Chukwu’s death according to Vanguard reports...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has paid a compassionate visit to victims of the Maiduguri-Damboa road bomb blast which occurred earlier today. The governor visited the injured who are currently receiving treatment at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri. During the visit,...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Chairman, Air Peace Ltd., Dr Allen Onyema, has pledged to bring back Nigerian underage girls trafficked to Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire) free of charge. Dr. Onyema in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, expressed concern over the recent discovery of the act by a...