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The Nigerian Army said its troops have arrested a wanted notorious insurgent leader identified as Idris Idris (aka Babawo Badoo), alongside 37 other criminal suspects. A Nigerian Army Headquarters Source yesterday said troops during the coordinated operations across the country rescued 15 kidnapped victims, neutralised two terrorists and recovered assorted weapons, ammunition and logistics items. […]
Bingham University, Karu Nassarawa State has achieved a historic milestone with the official commissioning of a multipurpose laboratory and office complex at the Institution’s College of Medical Sciences . Our correspondent reports that the complex was named after the president of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Rev Dr Job Ayuba Bagat and was presided […]
The executive chairman of the Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (BACATMA), Dr. Adamu Umar Sambo, has revealed that malaria cases in the state have dropped from 70 per cent to about 20 per cent. Sambo disclosed this while speaking with journalists in his office yesterday, attributing the milestone to […]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that under his leadership, the agency has made progress in the fight against economic and financial crimes in the last two years by recovering over N566 billion alongside other currencies and assets. He made this disclosure yesterday in Abuja to journalists at […]
The federal government has verified over 960,000 Nigerian youths for technical and vocational skills training under the Federal Ministry of Education’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) initiative. The minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, disclosed this yesterday during an inspection visit to selected TVET partner centres in Abuja. He visited AFS Vocational […]
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) repelled terrorist attacks on multiple locations across the Joint Operations Area in the early hours of yesterday. The media information officer, Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI. Lt-Col Sani Uba, said terrorists between midnight and 0400 hours launched coordinated assaults on troops’ positions in Dikwa, Mafa, Gajibo, […]
Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, has stated that his party is open to forming alliances with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, or any other prominent politician ahead of the 2027 elections. Kwankwaso, who recently celebrated his 69th […]
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading, a bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, to guarantee greater institutional independence, operational efficiency and accountability of the anti-graft agency. The bill, sponsored by Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi (APC, Plateau), would insulate the EFCC from political control and align […]
Daughter of Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga has urged Africans to draw strength from her father by hoping when the odds are insurmountable and believing in Africa. Rosemary Odinga stated this in a tribute to her late father Raila Odinga who passed away on 15 October 2025 at the age of 80 in an Indian […]
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has declared tuition-free education for the 809 newly admitted students of the Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna (AKUM). During the Matriculation of 809 university students, the governor declared that the 2024/2025 academic session fees had been waived. He also announced that 2% of the state’s total investment would be used […]