Category: News

Senator Sampson Ekong, representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, has commended the inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetukun, and President Bola Tinubu for ensuring the prompt promotion of officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The lawmaker gave the commendation in Abuja while speaking at the decoration ceremony of the newly promoted commissioner of police […]

House of Representatives Committee on Food and Drug Administration and Control has asked the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to provide it with a location-by-location account of the N2.5 billion generated from the raids of illicit drug markets in Lagos, Onitsha and Aba. The committee, chaired by the member representing […]

President Bola Tinubu yesterday held a closed-door meeting at the State House, Abuja, with Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, a prominent ally of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) leader Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. This move has intensified speculation about a possible defection of key northern political figures to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The meeting, […]

Buachi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has described his state as a haven of peace with the greatest respect for the rule of law, which his administration has invested massively in. He averred that the government  has also built strong institutions in various sectors which are stable, functional and harmonious. The governor stated this yesterday […]

A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Jerry Gana has suggested that the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, would outshine any opponent in Nigeria’s northern region, if he contested on the PDP’s ticket. Speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday, Gana said, “I’m a researcher, […]

A former Secretary to Delta State Government, (SSG), Chief Ovuozourie Macaulay has called for prayers and traditional ways to address various insecurity challenges bedeviling the Owhelogbo community in Isoko North local government area of the state. The call followed the murder of three persons reportedly for ritual purposes within the community in the last eight […]

A familiar rivalry will be reignited on Thursday evening under the lights at the Palais de Sports Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire as defending champions Nigeria’s D’Tigress take on the Lionesses of Cameroon in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket. The D’Tigress awaited the outcome of Wednesday night’s match to discover their opponent in […]

Kogi State government has said the state currently has nine family courts and some magistrate courts handling Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases. The state’s commissioner for Justice and Attorney-Generale, Muiz Yinus Abdullahi (SAN), made this known when he received a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Project Ebulejonu, led by its founder and executive director, Mrs Elizabeth Ebulejonu Achimugu, […]

A former governor of Imo State, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has condemned  the recent killings in Umualoma, Ndiakunwanta, and Ndiejezie communities in Arondizuogu, Ideato North local government area of the state. The ex-Imo governor, in a statement, described the massacre as “inhuman, unprovoked, and utterly reprehensible.” He decried a culture of unchecked violence that undermines the […]

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, and the state House of Assembly’s Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y. Suleiman, have congratulated the Emir of Bauchi, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu, on the 15th anniversary of his ascension to the throne of the Bauchi Emirate, marked yesterday. Mohammed described the emir’s leadership style over the past […]