Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has formally assumed office as the Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), marking a significant milestone in the institution’s leadership journey. The installation ceremony took place on Saturday, April 25, 2026, during the university’s 16th Convocation Ceremony at the Convocation...
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Chairman of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Joseph John Hayab, has led the distribution of relief materials to 1,000 heads of households displaced by over a decade of Boko Haram insurgency in Maiduguri, Borno State. The beneficiaries, currently residing in camps and host communities, received assorted...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian-American basketball star Ejimofor Anosike of China’s Hong Kong Bulls for his outstanding performance in the 2026 National Basketball League Championship. Anosike not only led his team to victory as the NBL Champions, but also earned the prestigious Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP)...
The Borno State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima as the party’s unified choices for the 2027 general elections. The decision was reached at a high-level critical stakeholders’ meeting held on Saturday in Maiduguri, the state...
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s real estate sector have renewed calls for the establishment of gas-powered industrial parks dedicated to the production of indigenous building materials, a move they say could significantly reduce construction costs and help tackle the country’s widening housing deficit. The proposal formed a major outcome of the...
IBADAN DECLARATION:Communiqué issued at the end of Opposition Political Parties National Summit held on Saturday April 25, 2026 in Ibadan, Oyo State. Participating Opposition Parties in Nigeria, after an extensive deliberation on the collective threats that we face and the existential challenges facing our country under the stranglehold of...
MESSAGE ON WORLD MALARIA DAY 2026(April 25, 2026). Today, on World Malaria Day, we reaffirmed our commitment to ending malaria and protecting the health of every individual. The 2026 theme, “United Against Malaria,” highlights the urgent need for sustained collaboration, increased investment through domestic financing, and innovative solutions to...
Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has scheduled 28th to 30th April 2026 for the conduct of the written examination for applicants seeking enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force as Police Constables, covering both General Duty and Specialist cadres. The Force spokesman, DCP...
Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has donated ₦10 million to the Malikiya College of Nursing Sciences in Bauchi State as part of his continued support for healthcare and education development in Nigeria. Obi disclosed this in a post shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, detailing his engagements...
Alleged N395.1m railway fraud: Witness testifies how N268.5m was paid into Ogbole-Inalegwu’s account
Alleged N395.1m railway fraud: Witness testifies how N268.5m was paid into Ogbole-Inalegwu’s account
The First Prosecution Witness (PW1), in the trial of Director, Mechanical Services, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Oche Jerry Ogbole-Inalegwu, narrated before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday, April 23, 2026, how a total sum of N268, 503, 653 (Two Hundred...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has disclosed the readiness of the EFCC to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, UNODC, and the Canadian Government to scale up activities of the Commission against terrorism financing and illegal mining in...
Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Kubwa, Abuja, on Friday, April 24, 2026 expressed displeasure at the delay tactics of the defence counsel in the trial of the National Coordinator of Multi-Sectional Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP), North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Danjuma...
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Friday, April 24, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the court dismissing an objection by the defence counsel and allowing the prosecution to proceed with its case. Bello is being...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced that the much-talked-about Apo-Karshi road will be completed by August this year. The minister made the announcement on Friday during a routine inspection of major infrastructure projects in the FCT’s satellite towns. Addressing...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Mr. Onyanta Arinze Gideon, has formally resigned his membership of the party, bringing an end to his involvement in APC. In a letter dated April 20, 2026, and addressed to the APC Chairman of Amokwe Ward in Udi...
A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the Ajaokuta Steel Company, Ajaokuta, Kogi Statae, High Chief (Prof.) Philip Nwabueze Chinedu Atanmo, has passed on, to the great beyond, at the age of 86 years. Prof. Atanmo, who was appointed in 1993 by the defunct General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida administration,...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has appointed Alhaji Onsachi Musa ldris, as the Senior Special Assistant on Procurement. Idris, who became the Director, Federal Capital Territory Administration’s Procurement in July 2021, retired from the civil service today, April 24, 2026. A statement on Friday, by...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has successfully commissioned the turn-in-turn-out connections for the Ihovbor/Benin and Ihovbor/Ajaokuta 330kV Transmission Lines at 19:05 hours yesterday, Wednesday, 23rd April, 2026. The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Mrs. Mbah said...
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinibu on Thursday in Kano, launched the North-west zone “Energise Commercialisation Now” (ECoN) initiative spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology to boost economic growth, innovation, and industrial production. In her address at the event, Senator Oluremi Tinubu noted that...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warmly congratulated Distinguished Senator Tony Nwoye on his emergence as the Minority Whip of the Senate. A statement issued on Friday by tge National Publicity Secretary of ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said this well-deserved recognition is a testament to Senator Nwoye’s consistency, courage, and commitment...