Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Wednesday renewed his pledge to position Enugu as the nation’s unrivalled hub for skills, innovation, and human development. Speaking at the opening of the 2025 Agbaja Education Summit, hosted by the Agbaja Leaders of Thought (ALT) at the Amadeo Event Centre, Mbah...
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has again pitched the state as one of Nigeria’s safest and most strategic destinations for oil and gas investment, assuring industry players that his administration is committed to protecting the sector’s assets and enabling growth. Speaking at an oil and gas summit in Port...
Former Nigerian leader, Goodluck Jonathan, has found himself unexpectedly stranded in Guinea-Bissau after the tiny West African nation lurched into yet another bout of political turbulence. Jonathan was part of a 36-member high-level observer mission drawn from the African Union (AU), ECOWAS, and the West African Elders Forum (WAEF)....
President Bola Tinubu has nominated non-career Nigerian ambassadors for three countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a state issued on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Onanuga said the postings will be finalised following Senate screening. The three nominees according...
stock market bounced back by 0.10 per cent on Tuesday, posting a gain of N94 billion for investors. This is after six consecutive sessions of bearish performance. The uptick was due to renewed investors interest in stocks like NCR Nigeria, Ikeja Hotel, Prestige Assurance, Eunisell Interlinked and 19 other...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has rolled out more than N30 billion this year alone to bolster security across universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in Nigeria. Chairman of the TETFund Board of Trustees, Alhaji Aminu Masari, disclosed the figures in Katsina on Tuesday, noting that the investment has...
Nigeria’s HIV prevention efforts are facing a troubling setback, with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) revealing that condom distribution in the country has crashed by 55 per cent in just one year. The figure appeared in UNAIDS’ 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the...
Paravolley Africa has appointed Jackson Imandi as President of its West Africa Development Commission. His appointment was confirmed in a letter dated November 5, 2025, and signed by the organisation’s Director of Development, Robinson Tumwesigye. According to the letter, the decision followed a careful review of Imandi’s contribution to...
At a time in the history of Nigeria when its reputation seems to have been slurred, an indigenous tech firm, Task Systems Limited, was honoured in the presence of thousands of global professionals with Microsoft Best Partner Award in California, United States of America. It was a major rebranding...
Ahead of the national launch of the Federal Government’s Ward Development Programme, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as the Renewed Hope Ambassador. The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the statement, Governor Uzodinma,...
Tinubu welcomes freed Kebbi schoolgirls, charges security forces to rescue others still in captivity
Tinubu welcomes freed Kebbi schoolgirls, charges security forces to rescue others still in captivity
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the release today of the 24 schoolgirls abducted by terrorists in Maga Kebbi last Monday. NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that terrorists struck at the school at dawn on November 17 and abducted the girls, moments after a military detachment left the premises. The Kebbi incident...
Shettima returns to Abuja after successful engagements at G20, AU–EU summits in South Africa, Angola
Shettima returns to Abuja after successful engagements at G20, AU–EU summits in South Africa, Angola
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Abuja from Luanda, Angola, after successfully representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 7th African Union–European Union (AU-EU) Summit held in that country. Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed this...
Great Achievers Initiative for Youth and Community Development (GAIYD), in collaboration with the American Management University (AMU), USA, has honoured several Nigerians for their outstanding contributions to the development and protection of the boy child. The honours were conferred at the 2025 Doctorate Award ceremony held in Abuja over...
Stakeholders at the 2025 Great Achievers Summit and Awards of Excellence have called for a renewed national commitment to raising morally grounded and emotionally intelligent boys who can become responsible leaders. The event, organised by the Great Achievers Initiative for Youth and Community Development (GAIYD), held over the weekend...
Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria (BAVCCA), representing over 5,000 verified digital professionals across the country, has strongly condemned what it described as “deliberate misinformation and politicisation” of the nation’s tax administration by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Speaking at an emergency press conference in Abuja, BAVCCA...
After days of anxiety and unanswered questions, relief finally swept through Kebbi State as the female students abducted from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, were safely released—thanks not to gunfire, but to carefully coordinated dialogue. According to credible security sources, the Federal...
Bishop of the Ibadan Anglican Diocese, Most Rev. Joseph Akinfenwa, has delivered a stern message to Nigeria’s political class, warning them to stop turning the suffering of citizens into a political game. In a statement released in Ibadan Akinfenwa lamented that insecurity — though a long-standing national challenge —...
Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has taken full custody of fugitive suspect Victor abduction Fejemirokun. A statement issued by the Force spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect was handed over by the Ghana Police Service today in Accra, Ghana, following a coordinated...
Nigeria’s state-owned energy giant, NNPC Limited, has posted its strongest financial performance yet, announcing a profit after tax of ₦5.4 trillion for the 2024 financial year — a figure that places the company firmly among the world’s most profitable national oil companies. The results, shared during its earnings call...
The success of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF), and that of its Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS), depends a lot on collaboration with financial institutions, labour unions, governments, and other stakeholders. The Managing Director and Chief Executive of NSITF, Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye made this known on Friday in...