A Medical expert, Dr Fidelis Linga, has urged the public to adopt healthier lifestyles to prevent kidney disease. Linga, a Senior Registrar, Nephrology Unit, Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe (FTHG), gave the advice on Thursday in Gombe on the occasion of the World Kidney Day. The News Agency of Nigeria...
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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has lifted the suspension of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Samson Osagie, with immediate effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor had in February suspended Osagie alongside the chairman of the state Local Government Commission, Damian Lawani...
A 49-year old businessman, Richard Julius, on Thursday urged a Customary Court in Kaduna to dissolve his 12-year marriage to his wife, Jemimah, citing allegations of adultery and disrespect. The petitioner, a resident of Barnawa in the Kaduna metropolis, alleged that his wife became pregnant by another man while...
Pope Francis has marked the anniversary of his election as the head of the Catholic Church in hospital, a statement from the Vatican said on Thursday morning. Thursday marks 12 years since Francis was elected as the successor to the German pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger. The pope...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno tate Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has pledged to revitalise the Biu Dam to enhance irrigation farming in the southern part of the state. The governor made this commitment during a traditional homage to the Emir of Biu, Mai Mustapha Umar Mustapha II, at...
The complaint laid by Senator Natsha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the United Nations Inter parliamentary conference in New York on Tuesday has continued to attract reactions. The Kogi Lawmaker had taken her case before the global institution for them to prevail over what she says is an injustice meted on her....
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule have called on Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission(ICPC) to investigate the River Electoral Chairman. Amaewhule, who is the Speaker of the Assembly, made the remark during the plenary at the...
Y JOY ADARA , Abuja- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has called on global investors to direct their attention to the Nigerian oil and gas sector as the nation is now an investors’ haven owing to the robust regulatory reforms and the investment-friendly policies of the...
Police command in Lagos State on Wednesday exhumed the body of a 28-year-old graduate of Lagos State University (LASU), Mr Adedamola Ogunbode. The corpse was buried in a shallow grave behind LASU fence in its Ojo Campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased, a Political...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, restrained the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from sanctioning MultiChoice Nigeria Limited following its recent increase in the DStv and GOtv subscription rates. Justice James Omotosho gave the order after an ex-parte motion moved by Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, counsel...
Lawmaker representing Afikpo North/Afikpo South Federal Constituency, Igariweh Enwo, has said the immunity on governors prohibits the National Assembly from summoning them for civil and criminal proceedings while in office. Enwo said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. NAN recalls...
Troops of Sub-Sector 4, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, on Tuesday, ambushed bandits and neutralised three of them, off the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Lt-Col. Musa Yahaya, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. Yahaya said, “In a well-coordinated...
President Bola Tinubu has called on leaders and stakeholders from the South-South and Niger Delta regions to support his administration’s efforts to develop the Niger Delta. Tinubu made the remark in a statement issued by Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama, Director of Corporate Affairs at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), on Wednesday, said that the number of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in September 2024 to 3,688 in March 2025. This represents a 2.73 per cent increase or addition of 98 prisoners within six months. The Acting Controller-General of NCoS, Mr...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said the Federal Government has converted the reconstruction of the 750km Sokoto-Gusau-Funtua-Zaria Road project to concrete pavement for greater impacts. Umahi disclosed this during an inspection tour to the ongoing road project in Dange-Shuni Local Government Atea of Sokoto State on Wednesday....
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has appealed for the establishment of a military base at Arewa Local Government Area of the state to beef up security in the area. Idris made the plea in an interview with Journalists shortly after a condolence visit to Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Japanese fibre giant, Kanekalon continues in its streak to setting new standards in the hair business in Nigeria as the collaboration workshop with The National Association of Hair & Beauty Practitioners of Nigeria (NBHA), on Monday this week took the capital city of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has assured students that beneficiaries of the student loan scheme will not be restricted from travelling abroad after graduation. Managing Director and Chief Executive of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this clarification during a sensitization programme at Edo University,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Experts have called for urgent policy reforms to safeguard domestic workers from exploitation, citing inadequate pay, excessive work hours, and various forms of abuse. They emphasized the need for legislative action, labor protections, and economic empowerment initiatives to improve their working conditions. Speaking at...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed dissatisfaction over the action of the Rivers State House of Assembly, denying him entry from the quarters on Wednesday. Fubara addressed residents of the Khana Local Government Area of the state during the commissioning of some health facilities shortly after the drama...