By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has inaugurated the Local Government Caretaker Committee Chairmen in the state whose tenure has been extended with a charge on them to deliver quality services to people of their various local government areas The governor gave...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A member of the House of Representatives for Gwer East/ Gwer West Federal Constituency Dr. Asema Achado has moved with determination to address the challenges of his constituents to improve their living standard. Dr. Achado disclosed this while conducting a select journalists...
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a biopic directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters, has shattered box office records in Nigeria and West Africa. The film, which chronicles the life and legacy of the trailblazing Nigerian activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, has taken the region by storm, surpassing the previous record held by Ayinla. Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions, celebrated...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticised the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, over his comment that the shutting down of the National Grid on Monday by the Organised Labour amounted to treasonable felony and economic sabotage. The spokesperson for the NLC, Benson...
A 45-year-old woman was killed by a five-metre python while returning from her garden in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, local media reported on Saturday. The woman, a resident of Sidenreng Rappang district, had told her husband on Thursday she was going to sell chilies to a collector. When...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Saturday said that he had accepted the recommendation of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin by the Olubadan-In-Council as the Olubadan of Ibadanland. Makinde said this on Saturday during the celebration of life organised by the state government for late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Olalekan...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has officially handed over power to his Deputy, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur to serve as Acting Governor. In an Executive Communication (Correspondence) read by the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA) , Rt. Hon....
Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen was taken to the hospital with a minor whiplash injury after a man hit her in central Copenhagen, her office said. Frederiksen is “safe but shaken” by the incident, the office said, adding that her scheduled engagements on Saturday were cancelled. Eyewitnesses told...
The family of Mr and Mrs Saul Hashimu, residents of Ungwan Maigero Community in the Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, are demanding justice over the death of their 13-year-old son, Wisdom, whose death was caused by an alleged brutality by a soldier and members...
The new Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohmmed, says modalities have been put in place to eliminate delay in accessing drivers licence and number plates. Mohammed gave the assurance in Abuja at a reception organised in his honour by the Alumnus of College of...
Kano State Government has employed 5,000 teachers into the state civil service to revitalise the education sector. Governor Abba Yusuf stated this while declaring a state of emergency on education on Saturday in Kano. He emphasised the need for quality personnel to manage public schools in the state....
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to name two roads in Guzape Districts after Chinua Achebe and J. P. Clerk. Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and a central figure of modern African literature, while J....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Reno Omokri, a political activist and former presidential aide, has citizens the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi for allegedly de-marketing Nigeria. Omokri accused Obi of spreading falsehoods about the country’s electrical infrastructure and election process, praising other African nations instead....
Israeli forces on Saturday rescued four Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas into the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7 2023 while 94 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in the same area. The hostages, 25-year-old Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, 40, Almog Meir Jan, 21, and Andrey Kozlov, 27, were abducted...
French President Emmanuel Macron to receive his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden as a state guest in Paris on Saturday. Following an official welcoming ceremony, the two are scheduled to hold bilateral talks in Macron’s official residence, after which Biden and Macron are expected to appear before the press....
The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has said Nigeria would see more positive changes if women are given leadership positions. Obi said this on Saturday in Calabar at the First National Conference and Roundtable of the Association of Female Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said the number of confirmed Lassa Fever cases has increased significantly resulting a cumulative 162 deaths in 2024. The NCDC disclosed this on Saturday via its official website, saying that the country registered 10 cases of Lassa fever...
About 60 people have been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during several attacks by an affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group, authorities said on Saturday. The attacks took place in Béni, a territory in the province of North Kivu. “This week alone, they killed...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Bun has said that his stance has shown he was not opposed to the idea on local government autonomy across the country. Buni disclosed this after casting his vote in the local government election at his polling unit in Buni Gari on Saturday....
It was a night of glitz and glamour on Friday as Nigerian singer and rapper, Oladapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as “D’banj”, celebrated his 20 years of musical excellence in a sophisticated ceremony. D’banj got the attention of bigwigs in the Nollywood and Nigerian music scene as he took...