A high court of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday began definite hearing in the case of defamation instituted by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The officers instituted the case after SERAP, last September, failed to apologize...
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Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has said work is at final stage in the review of Nigeria’s National Policy on Culture. The minister said in a statement on Friday in Abuja, that this was coming 37 years after the last review. Musawa said the...
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, donated palliative items to Christian and Muslim faithful in the South-East and South-South zones of the country to cushion the effect of the economic hardship in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the donation was unveiled in Owerri on behalf...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has taken swift legal action against Mamman Sheriff and his wife, who were caught on video assaulting a young girl in Pompomari Bypass, Maiduguri. The video, which went viral on social media after being posted by Ahmed Baba Dikwa, showed Mamman...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Japanese fibre giant Kanekalon has vowed to continue to improve in its collaboration effort in fostering growth within the hairstyling industry during the NBHA collaboration workshop held on March 20th 2025 at the Genesis Hotel & Suite Hall, Challenge Molete Road, Beside Fire...
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has announced the release of withheld local government allocations, assuring that necessary steps will be taken to ensure the prompt payment of workers’ salaries. Speaking during a meeting with Heads of Local Government Administrators in Port Harcourt, Ibas described the gathering...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Police operatives in Kaduna state has apprehended twelve suspects who attacked worshippers performing Tahajjud prayer at Layin Bilya, Makwa Road, Rigasa Kaduna. It was made known in a statement by the spokesperson of the Kaduna Command, DSP Mansir Hassan. “On 21st March 2025, at...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has killed several terrorists in torrents of airstrikes on their fortified hideouts in Chiralia, Grazah, Yuwe, and Zango Hill, in Borno and Katsina. TheDeputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, announced this in a statement issued on...
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has advised Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke to recognise the chairmen of local government councils reinstated by the Court of Appeal to restore peace in the state. The APM Chairman in Osun, Mr Adewale Adebayo, gave the advise in a statement made available to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake, substandard, and falsified drugs seized during a recent operation in Onitsha and Aba. The unwholesome pharmaceutical products were destroyed at the Anambra State Waste Management Agency’s dump site in Awka on Friday, following standard disposal...
A Federal High Court in Lokoja on Friday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving petitions for the purpose of initiating a recall process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Justice Isa Dashen, gave the order after listening to the application moved by Mr Smart Nwachimere, of West-Idahosa, SAN...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command has handed over $578,000 seized from a male passenger to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Handing over the foreign currency to the EFCC in Lagos on Friday, the Comptroller in charge of (MMIA) Command, Effiong Harrison said...
President of the Senate, Mr Godswill Akpabio has said the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers will broker peace among the warring factions. Akpabio stated this in Calabar on Friday, when he was inducted into the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Hall of Fame as part of the institution’s...
Bishop Matthew Kukah has described the establishment of the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia (FUASK), Kaduna State, as God’s instrument for driving growth and development in the state. Kukah made this assertion on Friday in Abuja during the inauguration of the university’s Governing Council and Principal Officers. The...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has imposed a new 6.00p.m to 6.00a.m curfew on Ifon and Ilobu communities in Orolu and Irepodun Local Government Areas, respectively. The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi, announced the governor’s directive in a statement...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the Supreme Court judgment upholding the principle of supremacy of the political party in the management of its internal affairs. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Friday in Abuja, described the judgment as victory for democracy....
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa-Ibom State Police Command has uncovered an illegal maternity home, allegedly involved in child trafficking, unlawful medical practice and impersonation. The command’s spokeswoman, DSP Timfon John, said in a statement in Uyo on Friday, that the illegal maternity home was uncovered in Usung Atiat,...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State has been the leading Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) performing subnational amongst the 19 northern states in the last two years, owing to Governor Uba Sani’s tax reforms. The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) which disclosed this in a statement on Friday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The newly appointed 22nd Controller of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Borno State, Ibrahim Bawa, has pledged closer collaboration with the Borno State Government to strengthen correctional reforms and security efforts. Bawa, who was formerly in charge of the Bauchi Custodial Centre, made...