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Katsina State government has proposed a total of N3 billion for local and foreign scholarship programmes in the 2026 fiscal year, reaffirming its commitment to education, youth development and human capital investment. The figure was disclosed during the 2026 Pre- Budget Defence Session by the state executive secretary of the Katsina State Scholarship Board, Dr. […]

Organisers of the Lokoja annual boat regatta have called on the Kogi State government to  take over the sponsorship of the festival to make it a tourist attraction. The chairman of the 2025 edition of the festival, Barr Naseer Ahmed, who stated this weekend, in his welcome address, noted that the yearly boat event is […]

Minister of Women Affairs, Hon Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has provided livelihood support for over 1,000 women and youths in the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State. The minister also organised a medical outreach targeting the vulnerable in the state. At the event tagged ” Renewed Hope Women and Youth Empowerment and Health Outreach” in Keffi […]

Benue State has launched its inaugural Telecommunication Stakeholders’ Summit, focusing on fibre network investment, right-of-way processing and infrastructure management to promote digital inclusivity. A communiqué signed by Engr. Teryima Akaade, chief technology officer of Benue Digital Infrastructure Company (BDIC), after the summit titled; “Building a Connected Benue: Driving Digital Broadband Investment, Policy Coordination, and Digital […]

By January this year, the site on Elebele Road in Yenagoa was just a swampy stretch of land. But today, it has turned into a busy construction zone as the Bayelsa State government intensifies efforts to complete its gas turbine power project, which promises to provide uninterrupted electricity across the state capital by December 2025. […]

The senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Shehu Buba Umar, has distributed 21,000 bags of Golden Penny Semovita to the underprivileged individuals across Bauchi State as part of his ongoing efforts to support communities. Speaking during the flag-off distribution on Sunday in Bauchi, Senator Buba said that providing food and basic necessities has been one […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have, in coordinated operations, neutralised a top Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) commander identified as ‘Alhaji’, 26 other terrorists and arrested 22 suspects. A statement by the Nigerian Army on its social media handle explained that the troops rescued five kidnap victims and recovered arms and ammunition between 8-11 October […]

Panic has gripped the agrarian community of Ayogwiri community in Uzairue clan, Etsako West local government area of Edo State following the kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl. The kidnappers, suspected to be Fulani herders, allegedly attacked some women on their way from the farm and  abducted a  12-year-old girl after releasing her mother. Two women […]

In December 2023, an online medium published an investigative story revealing how a Nigerian journalist, working undercover, obtained a Cotonou university degree in just six weeks and even participated in the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme. This was only one of many incidents exposing the alarming rise of certificate forgery and related […]

The Federal Government has contained an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) reported on a commercial farm in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development swiftly deployed an eight-man rapid response team to the affected area to curb the spread of the highly contagious livestock disease and […]