By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State first lady, Hajia Sefinat Usman Ododo, has joined the global call to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), urging collective efforts to end the harmful practice. In a message to mark the 2025 International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, Mrs. Ododo emphasized...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Secretary, Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS), Engr. Adam Bababe, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to improve urban land management and expand access to land titles for low-income urban residents in Maiduguri city. Bababe made this known on Wednesday during a courtesy visit...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Police Command has arrested a native doctor, Terna Sule, and Teryima Yaji, over the kidnapping of one Emmanuel Yaji. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Thursday in Makurdi. According to...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has began the payment of N50,000 monthly stipends to 10,000 indigenous youths from the Niger Delta under its Youths Internship Scheme. Director of Corporate Affairs at the NDDC, Mrs Seledi-Thompson-Wakama, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday. She explained that the...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has “unequivocally rejected” Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip, a Palestine territory. A statement from the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saudi Arabia was vehemently opposed to the idea, and would rather continue its efforts to establish an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated office equipment and accessories to the North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) newly appointed Director (DG) General, Umar Musa Gulani on Wednesday. The NEDC Managing Director/ CEO, Alhaji Mohammed Goni Alkali in his remark while presenting the sophisticated...
The pioneer MD/CEO of the newly established North-West Development Commission (NWDC) paid a courtesy call on the MD/CEO of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) at its Liaison office in Abuja. Prof. Abdullahi Ma’aji visited the Managing Director of NEDC, Mohammed G. Alkali, to establish a relationship between the two...
The House of Representatives Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of 31 additional states in the country. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu read the letter from the committee containing the proposal during plenary on Thursday in Abuja. If approved,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Aishatu Kaoje, has called for the abolition of the current prison calendar while sentencing convicts in Nigeria. Aishatu made the call on Thursday during the CLEEN Foundation’s town hall meeting for effective implementation, sustainability of the Administration of Criminal...
Bandits have reportedly attacked Tsiga town in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, where they were said to have abducted an unspecified number of people including the former NYSC Director-General, retired Brig.-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt from some reliable sources that the incident...
The decomposing body of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, has been found by a combined security team at the 2nd Niger Bridge. Azuka was reportedly abducted by gunmen on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, while traveling home on Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town,...
The Federal Government has repatriated 7,790 Nigerians from the Republic of Chad, where they fled to amidst the conflict of Boko Haram insurgency for almost a decade. The Special Adviser on Media of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, Mr Dauda Illiya, made this known in a statement on Thursday,...
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has defended U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, brushing aside international criticism of the proposal. Netanyahu called Trump’s plan, which would involve relocating hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, “the first good idea’’ he has heard, during an interview with Fox...
The suspended Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie has denied committing any financial infraction of any kind. Osagie, who made the denial in a statement issued on Thursday in Benin, vowed to prove his innocence. “My attention has just been drawn to a Government special announcement...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday engaged Sokoto State local chairmen, religious and traditional leaders on steps towards permanent eradication of polio. The event with the theme: “Accelerating Progress Towards Eradication of Polio Virus in Sokoto State” was held at the 8...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF) has pinpointed that the initiative of the Federal Civil Service (FCSC) to commence a fresh recruitment drive through its official portal is a significant milestone in promoting transparency, equity, and meritocracy in their recruitment drive. TSF gave FCSC the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Yobe State Government has embarked on a groundbreaking research initiative to address the high prevalence of kidney disease in the state. The project officially launched today, February 5, 2025, with the commencement of the Yobe State Kidney Researchers’ Training Programme at Sandunes Hotel,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has applauded President Bola Tinubu for approving N80 billion for the reconstruction and upgrade of Alau Dam. Alau Dam collapsed on the 10th of September, 2024, triggering a devastating flooding of Maiduguri metropolis and parts of Jere Local...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has lauded President Bola Tinubu for approving and signing into law the bill for the establishment of North Central Development Commission (NCDC). A statement by the media aide to the former Governor, Terver Akase...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has fixed March 18 for ruling on the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s preliminary objection against a suit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE over oil import licence dispute. Justice Ekwo fixed the date after counsel...