By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of one of the Afenifere leaders, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, who passed on Friday morning at his home in Lekki, Lagos at aged 96. President Tinubu in statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, said Nigeria has lost...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A fire incident has ravaged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The fire, which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday, February 11, 2025, destroyed the entire building and its contents. National Commissioner and...
A new report has identified Twitter (X) as the leading platform for online harm in Nigeria, with 34 per cent of users reporting negative experiences such as cyberbullying, misinformation, and harassment. Advocacy Lead at Gatefield, Ms Shirley Ewang, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The State of...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Keystone Bank Ltd. remains safe, sound, and fully operational in spite of an existing court order. The bank said this in a statement on Friday by Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN. Sidi-Ali said although the previous shares of the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has approved the appointment of Kabir Akanbi as the Acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court effective Feb. 13. The appointment is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ahmed Umar, the Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations of the...
The family of Nigerian music veteran, Innocent Idibia, aka ‘2Baba’, on Friday declared him missing and petition the Department of State Security Service (DSS). The petition signed by Wilson Anuge on behalf of Anuge, Anuge & Co., now viral on social media, has sparked concerns from fans of the...
The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Friday said it received the passing of its foremost leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, with great shock. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the foremost nationalist, elder statesman and leader, Adebanjo died on Friday in Lagos at the age of 96. In...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results for the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External, which was conducted from November 14 to December 14, 2024. During a press conference held on Friday at the NECO headquarters in Minna, the council’s Registrar...
Mrs Rose Idibia, mother of music legend Innocent Idibia, a.k.a 2Baba (Tuface), has cried out to Nigerians to help her appeal to Edo State lawmaker, Natasha Osawaru, to leave her son alone. In a viral video that surfaced online on Thursday night, 2Baba’s mother, claimed that her son was...
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday night to participate in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government. The President was received at the airport by Eshetu Legesse, the Ethiopian Deputy Chief of Protocol, Amb. Yusuf...
Federal Government has decided to set up a special security team to protect its power installations and infrastructure “We have decided now with the Minister of Power to have what we call the power rangers,” Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Friday during an appearance on Sunrise Daily....
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has urged the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and the Federal Ministry of Regional Development to tackle poverty in the North East through investments in education. Shettima made the call during a meeting with NEDC management at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where they briefed him on...
The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has announced the creation of a task team focused on property and land ground rents to ensure thorough audits across the Federation’s states. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, said this initiative during a meeting with Housing Controllers from...
Katsina State Police Command has announced restriction of individuals and vehicular movements across the state during the Saturday local government polls. The restrictions will be from 6 a.m to 4 p.m within the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – . The management of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has received report from its adhoc committee on medical simulation and innovation interventions with a strong recommendation for government to incorporate medical simulation in the education curriculum. The committee also urged the Federal Government to...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Justice M.S.Abubakar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has ordered the forfeiture to the federal government, the sum of N232,396,714.00 (Two Hundred and Thirty-two Million, Three Hundred and Ninety-six Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fourteen Naira), a hotel as well as the sum of $4,977 (Four Thousand Nine Hundred...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – In a moment of immense pride for Yobe State, Saidu Abdulrahaman, a Guinness World Record holder, presented his prestigious certificate to Governor Mai Mala Buni CON at the Government House, Damaturu. The historic achievement was celebrated with enthusiasm as H.E Gov. Buni warmly received...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Dr Tony Aziegbemi-led Caretaker Committee remains the leader of the party in Edo. The party disclosed this, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Thursday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the attention of...
The Defence Headquarters says troops have recovered two calibrated aircraft engines from a longtime unidentified aircraft crash site in the North East. It also said that troops eliminated 88 terrorists within the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known while addressing newsmen...
he Federal Government on Thursday said its partnership with Google is set to transform Nigeria into a global technology hub The Director-General, National Information Technology Developmental Agency (NITDA), Mr Inuwa Kashifu, said this in a television interview monitored in Lagos. Kashifu said that the partnership was focused on infrastructure...