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Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has extolled the fatherly role played by the Etsu Nupe and chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, at his 22nd year on the throne and 73rd birthday. In a message by his chief press secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, the governor said, “The fatherly role of […]

The Prelate of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Oliver Aba, has been conferred with the title of Enyioha I of Enugu State. Dr Aba was conferred with the title by the traditional ruler of Akegbe-Ugwu Ancient Kingdom in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, HRM Igwe Greg Ugwu, JP, on […]

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has declared that a comprehensive personnel audit is critical to ending decades of reform based on mere assumptions in the federal bureaucracy. She stated this yesterday in Abuja while inaugurating a three-day retreat for the Personnel Audit and Skills Gap Analysis (PASCA) […]

In collaboration with the World Bank, the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning has commenced the fourth round of training for budget officers from the different states of Nigeria on integrating nutrition into the national budget cycle. Delivered under the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) Project, the exercise has expanded from 11 pilot […]

The Northern Consumers Protection Association (NCPA) and the Grassroots Mobilisation Initiative have praised President Bola Tinubu for directing a Federal Executive Council (FEC) committee to adopt serious measures to reduce food prices across Nigeria. The groups pledged their support for the government’s efforts and expressed optimism that they would help guarantee Nigerians’ access to affordable […]

The Embassy of France in Nigeria, in collaboration with Paragon X, an Abuja-based events management agency, has launched a healthful physical activity project titled: ‘Fitness Core’. The six-month project which started on September 6, 2025, invites Abuja residents to a free four to five hours physical training programme that enables them stay fit and healthy. […]

Fati Abubakar Arts Foundation (FAAF), with the support of the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) in Nigeria, has opened a call to train budding photographers in the Nort East in the art of visual storytelling. A reputable female photographer, Fati Abubakar’s photographic narratives documented the insurgency-rocked North East states, particularly Borno and Adamawa, and the […]

Members of the All Progressives Congress from Yobe South cried out to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday over what they described as the “total exclusion” of their zone from federal appointments. A delegation led by Hon. Sambo Kakawa stormed the Presidential Villa in Abuja to protest what they called a glaring imbalance in the distribution […]

Barely 24 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recognised former Senate President David Mark and former Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as national chairman and national secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a legal move to stop the electoral body’s action emerged yesterday. Former ADC deputy national chairman Hon Nafiu Bala Gombe […]

Ridwan Abdulwahab, the Northern Region Head of Legal Department of ECO Bank, a commercial financial institution, has been remanded at Kuje prison in Abuja following his arraignment on perjury and defamation of character. He was remanded on Thursday by Chief Magistrate Musa Sadiq, where he was put on trial by the Inspector General of Police […]