Nigerian Army Team has emerged the overall winners of the Armed Forces of Nigeria International Service Archery Competition, with 20 medals comprising 14 gold, three silver and three bronze medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition which began on Wednesday and concluded on Saturday in...
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Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has debunked allegations made by individuals claiming to be stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu North. Reacting in a statement on Saturday in Enugu, Nnaji described the accusation of him causing leadership crises in APC, Enugu State...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu will reopen for flight operations on April 28, following the completion of emergency runway repairs. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Obiageli Orah, disclosed this...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government will convene an Education Summit as part of its strategy to bring about transformative change in the education sector, which will be anchored on four strategic pillars. The Commissioner for Education, Professor Muhammad Sani Bello, who disclosed this while inaugurating the...
Delta Government has said that the challenges currently being faced by the PDP, particularly at the national, necessitated the decamping of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and others to the ruling APC. The state’s Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu disclosed this, in a statement, on...
Gunmen suspected to be political thugs on Saturday attempted to stall the inauguration of Nyesom Wike’s supporters group tagged: New Associates, at the Church of God Mission Camp at Igbogene in Yenagoa. The New Associates was said to be organised by the FCT Minister, Wike to appreciate President Bola...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has said the Federal Government plans to reduce inflation rate to single digit and create more jobs. Edun stated this during a press conference addressed by the Nigerian economic team, as part of activities marking the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said anyone with proof that any 2025 UTME candidate was assigned exam centre other than their chosen centres should come forward for a handsome reward. This was contained in a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor,...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has signed into law the Kano State Infrastructure Management Agency Bill 2025 (1446 A.H) passed by the State House of Assembly. The Act establishes the Kano State Infrastructure Management Agency (KASIMA) tasked with controlling the erection and installation of utility infrastructure in all public...
Kano State Government has uncovered an anomaly in the March 2025 salary payroll, revealing that 247 individuals who have either retired or passed away were still receiving salaries. The fraudulent payments amounted to ₦27,824,395.40. This is contained in a statement issued by the Information Officer, Secretary to the State...
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says being awarded the hosting right of Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA) conference indicates international community’s confidence in Nigeria’s digital space. National Commissioner, NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said this on Saturday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of...
The Messaging platform, WhatsApp on Saturday said it disagreed with the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal’s ruling in favour of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The organisation said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. It...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Police Command has recovered an English-made Beretta pistol with twelve (12) rounds of 9mm live ammunition during a successful raid. The command’s spokesman, SP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Lafia. SP Nansel said that the operation was...
Hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, “pope among the people” and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American leader. Some waited overnight to get a seat in the vast square in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arrested on Friday, April 25, 2025 A statement by the anti-graft agency on Saturday, said they were arrested at Mararaba in Nasarawa State following...
The Director-General (D-G) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, stated that Africa would be minimally impacted by the tariffs imposed by the President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump. Okonjo-Iweala made the remark during an interview with Nigerian journalists at the Spring Meetings...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Friday received rescued 231 Nigerians trafficked to Ghana. NIDCOM handed the rescued citizens to NAPTIP after the reception. At the occasion at the Lagos Office of NAPTIP, the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has arrested 27 impersonators in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board stated that the 27 impersonators apprehended have been handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution. It also announced that...
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged APC members in Osun to focus efforts on unseating the ruling PDP. Oyetola, the immediate past Governor of Osun, made the appeal during a strategic meeting with key party stakeholders on Friday in the state. This is...
A political group, Osun Leaders of Thought (OLT), has urged Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun not to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group said this in a statement issued by its Chief of Public Affairs, Mr Adesola Adigun, in Osogbo on Friday. It said rather than...