BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Wife of the Garrison Commander, 8 Division, Nigeria Army, Giginya Barracks, Sokoto, Mrs Anne Umoh Tawasimi has been commended for remodelling the Division’s vocational center. Mrs. Tawasimi, who is the Zonal Coordinator of Nigeria Army Officers Wife’s Association (NAOWA) had divulged that the center...
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The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter, has expressed optimism of a bumper harvest in 2025 with the first rainfall of the year. The Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Lagos State, Mr Femi Oke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has expressed the need to revive the “Black is Beautiful” movement, celebrating Afrocentric beauty and dismantling harmful beauty standards. Salako spoke at the regional awareness-raising workshop on eliminating lightening cosmetic products held in Gabon. In a speech...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, signed an executive order to re-classify Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organisation. “The Houthis have fired at U.S. Navy warships dozens of times, launched numerous attacks on civilian infrastructure in partner nations, and attacked commercial vessels transiting Bab al-Mandeb more...
A 36-year-old man, Nibras Isah, was on Thursday remanded by a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly attempting to rape his neigbour’s 12-year-old daughter. The Isah, who resides at Ungwan Sanusi in Kaduna, is charged with attempted rape. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of...
British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua, has raised questions about dating and decision-making in relationships. The boxer took to his Snapchat stories to pose a thought provoking question about the criteria for making dating decisions. He posted, “If you knew what you know now about your boyfriend, would you still date...
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Thursday, cautioned the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police in the charge filed against Sen. Andy Uba, and two others, over allegations bordering on N400 million fraud . Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warming after I-G’s lawyer, M.C. Anthony, relied on the FHC...
Adamawa State Police Command is to appeal against the judgement of a Yola High Court directing it to release a defendant in a kidnap case and pay him N5m as damages for wrongful detention. The development was made known in Yola on Thursday in a statement by the command...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said its operatives have rescued nine pregnant women from a baby factory in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by Mr Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer, NAPTIP, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Adekoye...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for obtaining a freezing order against Micoz Bluelink Enterprise’s $163,592 U. S. dollars domiciled in United Bank for Africa (UBA) without concrete evidence. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the EFCC had...
The Minister of the Federal capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu led administration has expended more than N300 billion on development of FCT satellite towns. Wike stated this on Wednesday, while inaugurating the nine-kilometre Paikon Kore – Ibwa Road, in Gwagwalada, Gwagwalada Area Council....
Maj.-Gen. Umar Alkali, has on Wednesday, taken over command of the Army War College Nigeria (AWCN) from Maj.-Gen. Ishaya Maina, as the 7th Commandant of the college. This is contained in a statement by the College Public Relations Officer, Maj. Hashimu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Abuja. In his valedictory...
The Gidigba Group, a socio-political interest group, has called on President Bola Tinubu to instruct the Inspector-General of Police to enforce the judgment on local government autonomy in Edo State. The group made the call in a statement issued by its convener, Solomon Idugboe, and made available to the...
Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said that about 14.3 million or Nigerians are victims of drug abuse. Adeyeye stated this at the inaugural ceremony of the agency’s youth programme, tagged, ‘’Catch Them Young,’’ held at the Government Secondary...
Security operatives on Wednesday rescued three pastors and 13 other victims who had been kidnapped by hoodlums in the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 16 victims, including the three pastors, were abducted after a crusade in Ejule, Ofu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma has neutralised scores of bandits and dismantled their logistics base in a series of airstrikes at Alawa Forest in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. The Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, AVM...
The United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States will need $15 million to upscale the quality of life of their citizenry. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Christian Munduate, said this at a news briefing in Gusau on Wednesday shortly after holding an interactive session...
Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has vowed to ensure the prosecution of the man who allegedly set his wife ablaze in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state. Soludo, the founder of Healthy Living Initiative, told journalists on Thursday in Awka, that she would...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said the Federal Government will not accept the N532 billion contract variation requested for by the contractors handling the Abuja International Airport second runway. Keyamo stated this when he appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation...