Category: News

Bandits have abducted a commissioner of Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), Ahmed Mohammed, former chairman of the State Universal Education Board (NSUBEB). Alhaji Bawa Niworo and scores of passengers. It was learnt that fleeing bandits from Kwara State stopped vehicles on the Mokwa-New Bussa Road in the state’s Ibbi Mashegu local government area. LEADERSHIP […]

Tension has mounted in Jato Aka community in Kwande local government area of Benue State, where residents are fleeing, following the alleged shooting and killing of a mourner and two students of Government Science Secondary School by security men suspected to be officers of the Nigerian Army. In a telephone interview with a community leader […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to inaugurate the Governor’s Annual Lecture Series, a flagship platform to groom future leaders in monetary policy and nation-building. The apex bank stated on Tuesday that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, is billed to deliver a lecture at Lagos Business School […]

A non-profit humanitarian organisation, Hazras Charity Foundation (HCF), has joined other Nigerians to celebrate the nation’s 65th Independence anniversary with a renewed pledge to strengthen its support for vulnerable groups nationwide. In a press statement issued by the special adviser on Media and Publicity to the Foundation’s national chairman, Jabiru Hassan, he congratulated Nigerians for […]

Kaduna State House of Assembly (KDSHA) has passed a bill to establish the Tertiary Institutions Regulatory Agency and Other Related Matters 2025. The bill was passed during plenary on Tuesday, presided over by the speaker, Hon. Yusuf Dahiru Liman. The chairman of the House Committee on Education and deputy chief whip, Hon. Muhammad Lawal Ismail, […]

Nasarawa State governor Engr Abdullahi Sule has strengthened the state’s Primary Health Care system, with 2,267 personnel deployed across the state’s 774 facilities. The governor, in collaboration with the World Bank, also released over N9 billion to procure medical equipment and revitalise all the PHCs in the state. The executive secretary of the Nasarawa Primary […]

The Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) has revealed plans to hold Africa’s largest architecture and building exposition from November 25 to 28, 2025, at the new NIA Architectural Village, Idu District, Abuja. The event will showcase cutting-edge technologies, sustainable design practices and visionary projects transforming Nigeria’s architectural landscape. In a press statement in Abuja, the […]

The Academy of Management Nigeria (TAMN) has elected Prof. Samaila Mande of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) as its new president. He was unanimously elected at the academy’s 19th annual general meeting, which took place at Southern Delta University in Ozoro, Delta State. The organisation is the highest body of scholars and intellectuals […]

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said the ongoing construction of critical road infrastructure in the nation’s capital is a strategic move to bolster Nigeria’s bid to host a future Commonwealth Games. Wike made the declaration yesterday during the flag-off of the construction of Access Arterial Road S1, which will stretch […]

Experts have warned that unless Nigeria urgently digitalises its oil sector with specialised metering systems, resources will continue to be misappropriated, enriching a few while depriving the broader population. At a leadership forum in Houston, Texas, Engr. Charles Deigh and Dr Oluwatoyin Joseph Gbadeyan maintained that every barrel of oil should represent national prosperity. “This […]