The workforce of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will be slashed to just a few hundred employees from the weekend onwards, U.S. media reported on Thursday. The Trump administration plans to reduce the agency’s staff from more than 10,000 employees worldwide to around 290, the New York...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced significant leadership changes at several federal universities, including the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) now known as Yakubu Gowon University. President Tinubu in a statement on Thursday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, said these changes are effective immediately....
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has closed its case at the Edo Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and it’s candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo dragged INEC, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and Gov. Monday Okpebholo...
The National Disciplinary Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has invited the embattled National Secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu, former Governor of Benue, Dr Samuel Ortom and 10 others. The Chairman of the committee, Chief Tom Ikimi, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, disclosed that...
Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Aliyu on made history by being thd second General in the Nigerian Army to Jump from a moving plane at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports this feat was achieved in a remarkable display of leadership and bravery. Aliyu, has...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has rejected the proposed 65 per cent increase in electricity tariffs. TUC position is contained in a communique issued at the end of its first quarter of 2025 National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting held on Thursday in Abuja. Addressing newsmen after the...
The President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Afam Osigwe, has said no fewer than 65 per cent of inmates in the 244 correctional centres in the country are awaiting trial. Osigwe made this known at the National Executive Council meeting of the NBA on Thursday in Akure. “We...
The Senate has launched an urgent intervention following a catastrophic fire outbreak and oil spillage from Manifold Well 8/BUG 008 in OML 18, located in Bukuma (Agum), Rivers. The incident has caused severe environmental damage, displaced families, and sparked health crises across affected communities. The intervention followed a motion...
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...
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,...