Category: News

A professor of Medicine at Bayero University, Kano (BUK) and consultant physician and nephrologist at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Aliyu Abdu, has asserted that 10,000 kidneys are sold in the black market globally, with about 651 kidneys worth over $41 billion trafficked and transplanted illegally in Nigeria between 2015 and 2020. At a National […]

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has refused to grant bail to Samuel Asiegbu, an employee of Wema Bank Plc, who is facing trial for allegedly defrauding the bank of N8,568,090,500. Justice Oshodi dismissed the bail application because the evidence against Asiegbu is substantial and he might not appear […]

Katsina State government has announced a 70 per cent reduction in crime and criminality, following Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s aggressive security and community-policing strategy. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Mu’azu, revealed the figure during a high-level consultation on security and governance yesterday at Government House. He attributed the feat to […]

The director-general of the Kaduna State Bureau for Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment (KABUSA), Joseph Ike, has said that a substance abuse prevention programme will be introduced at the state’s basic education level. Ike, who stated this at MTN Foundation’s two-day workshop on Anti-Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP), held in Kaduna, said the purpose of the […]

Residents of Kaida Tsoho community in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, to provide basic amenities, raising concerns over worsening insecurity, deteriorating infrastructure, and lack of access to agricultural inputs. At a community engagement event held yesterday in Abuja […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has been thrown into mourning following the death of its deputy chairman, Hon. Aliyu Yakubu Barde. Barde, according to family sources, passed away yesterday in Lafia after a brief illness. The sources said the deceased will be laid to rest in his hometown, Wamba, in accordance with Islamic […]

Troops of the 6 Brigade on “Operation Lafiya Nakowa” of the Nigeria Army have neutralised two terrorists and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in Takum local government of Taraba State. The operation was part of the ongoing efforts by the military to check terrorist and criminal activities in the state. In a press […]

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has once again took steps to strengthen the Nigeria’s quest to increase the commercialization of all Research and Development (R&D) outcomes to boost the Nigerian economy in different sectors. This mandate is encapsulated in a well- documented collaboration between NASENI and the Presidential Implementation Committee on […]

From Paris to Kathmandu to Washington, the flames of anger, dissatisfaction, and disillusionment with governance are spreading rapidly and widely, accompanied by the thick smoke scent of mistrust, failed leadership, and broken promises. Recently, we have witnessed unsettling images and news: massive protests roiling France as citizens rail against economic inequality and unpopular reforms; demonstrations […]

In Nigeria’s political culture, philanthropy has often worn a second face. A politician suddenly remembers the plight of widows and distributes sewing machines. Another sends truckloads of rice to villages he has ignored for years. Roads are patched overnight, scholarships mysteriously multiply, and boreholes spring up where campaign rallies are expected to be held. The […]