President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Zamfara State Governor, Dr Dauda Lawal, on his birthday on September 2. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, celebrated Dr Lawal on this occasion, describing him as a Renaissance governor who has brought positive change to Zamfara. President Tinubu particularly...
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Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has warned teachers, school owners and prospective applicants against falling victim to individuals and groups allegedly using the council’s name and identity to defraud members of the public. In a statement issued in Abuja by its Registrar/Chief Executive, Dr. Mrs. Ronke Soyombo, the...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has extended birthday felicitations to the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The Governor particularly commended Shettima’s call for a low-key celebration, which he said portrays the VP’s known traits of humility, selflessness, and a resolve to focus...
Professor of Zoology at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Prof. Goselle Obed Nanjul, has called for the adoption of a one health approach to address emerging challenges affecting humans, animals and the environment. Nanjul made the call on Tuesday in Jos while delivering the 128th Inaugural Lecture of the...
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has fulfilled a 30-year-old promise to members of Nigeria’s 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold-winning football team by allocating plots of land to three Kaduna-born members of the squad and naming streets after them. The beneficiaries are former Super Eagles stars Daniel Amokachi, Garba Lawal...
Taraba State Government has commenced the second phase of its leadership development programme, with another batch of senior government officials beginning a one-week Leadership and Peace Management Course at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre, Jaji, Kaduna State. The initiative, sponsored by Governor Agbu Kefas, is...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has described the death of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman (South South), Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, as painful, saying he has lost a true friend and political associate. Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, who passed away on Monday, 31 August...
Federal Government has commenced the nationwide distribution of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) ambulances and tricycle ambulances to strengthen emergency medical response, improve patient referrals and extend timely care to rural and hard-to-reach communities. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms. Daju Kachollom S., mni,...
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has donated brand-new buses to the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kaduna State University (KASU) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), describing the organisations as critical institutions in the development of the state. Speaking during...
Concerned Irigwe youths have called for an investigation into the alleged ₦194.9 million debt owed the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) by the Miango Community Energy Project Enterprise, following 11 years of electricity blackout in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Speaking on behalf of the youths...
Google’s products and services generated an estimated $1.8 billion in economic activity in Nigeria in 2023, according to the United States Mission in Nigeria, highlighting the growing impact of digital technology on businesses, entrepreneurs and content creators across the country. The U.S. Mission disclosed this in a post shared...
Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), Kaduna State University (KASU) Branch, has called on the Kaduna State Government to urgently implement outstanding agreements and settle various...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Hon. Abubakar Mai Deribe as a Special Adviser to the Governor. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dauda Iliya, said the appointment was made pursuant to the powers conferred on the Governor...
Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed profound appreciation to the security agencies and groups involved in the successful rescue of the sixteen Corps Members abducted in Kogi State on 26 August 2026, while they were travelling from the Bayelsa State camp on relocation to Abuja...
Nigerian Navy has taken a basic but significant need to the heart of Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State, commissioning three solar-powered boreholes as part of a new water supply project for the community. The intervention comes with more than the boreholes themselves. The Navy also provided an...
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has expanded Nigeria’s national tertiary education ranking framework to cover universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, with participation now compulsory for all tertiary institutions across the country. Dr. Alausa announced this in Abuja at a meeting with the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned and handed over a newly constructed 42-room patients’ apartment to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) as part of his administration’s commitment to improving healthcare delivery in the state. The facility, which has a 42-room lodge, was constructed by...
Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Union (EU), has concluded the implementation of its Support for the Disengagement, Deradicalisation, Reintegration and Reconciliation (SD3R) project in Borno State with a dissemination event highlighting its achievements, lessons learnt and...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has commended the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, for what it describes as an encouraging shift towards more professional, accountable and human rights-compliant intelligence operations. In a statement in Abuja, HURIWA welcomed “the reported review...