Month: August 2025

The leadership of Clerics in Nigeria under the platform of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) in partnership with United Nations Women, has set up a mechanism to confront the menace of gender-based violence (GBV) in Nigeria. The policy was validated and adopted at the 2025 annual general assembly and leadership retreat of the […]

Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, has commended the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Foundation for selecting the state to host the 1447 AH Annual Maulud. The governor made the commendation on Saturday at August Studio during the closing of the three-day Maulud event. The event, known as “Makon Shehu,” took place at the Art and Cultural […]

Relief is on the way for displaced residents of Sabon Birni local government area, Sokoto State over the recent banditry attacks. This followed the on-the-spot assessment of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the area by the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA), in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian […]

The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Engr. Abba Aliyu, has affirmed that Nigeria has the highest number of people living without access to electricity in the world, with an estimated 90 million citizens still in darkness. Aliyu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Morning Brief’ on Monday, stated that while the […]

Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, has declared that some people in the Presidency caused the crisis in the Delta APC for personal reasons. Nwaoboshi, a former chairman of the Senate Committee on the Niger Delta, said in an interview about the gubernatorial ambition of former Deputy Senate […]

Korea Film Festival is expanding connections between Nigerians and Koreans by incorporating a Nigerian film at the festival for the first time this year. This feat was made possible in collaboration with the Nigeria Film Festival Association (NFFA), an umbrella body comprising existing film festivals in the country. While the festival has maintained its core […]

Cross River State governor, Senator  Bassey Otu, has challenged youths in Nigeria to aspire to occupy national leadership positions rather than limiting themselves to positions in their home states. Otu gave the challenge during the launch of five books written by the director-general (DG), Cross River State Political Network (CRISPON), Dr Mike Abuo, to mark […]

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday toured communities in the Ifelodun local government area to reassure the people of the government’s commitment to strengthening public safety and economic activities. In Babanla and Oke-Ode communities, AbdulRazaq commended the residents and security forces for standing firm. He commiserated with families who lost dear ones, reassuring them of […]

Nigeria and Japan have initiated high-level discussions to foster Japanese investment in Nigeria’s burgeoning solid minerals sector. At the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, the minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, and officials of the Japan Organisation for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) pledged to work out plans […]

The chairman of MSM Group, Muazzam Mairawani, has dismissed recent allegations of impropriety against the conglomerate, describing them as baseless, unfounded, and orchestrated attempts to tarnish a company’s reputation built on transparency and excellence. Speaking in Abuja during an interactive session with journalists, Mairawani said the allegations were the handiwork of faceless individuals threatened by […]