Plateau State Government has announced the deployment of a technology-driven public transport upgrade under the Tincity Metro 2.0 scheme, introducing virtual ticketing, mobile payments and real-time bus tracking for commuters in Jos and surrounding areas. The Group Managing Director of Plateau Express Services Ltd., Samuel Gwott, confirmed the development...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos
Barely six months after 10 Thai sailors and their ship were convicted and fined $4.3million for bringing 32.9kg cocaine into Nigeria, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have again intercepted another commodity laden vessel- MV Nord Bosporus marked 9760110 from the port of Santos in Brazil...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan explained that being a member of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) is a key reason he hasn’t returned to active partisan politics in Nigeria lately. Jonathan gave this explanation in Abuja, while speaking at an event marking the 10th anniversary of the Goodluck Jonathan...
A major Nigerian Air Force (NAF) operation in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State has claimed the life of Babangida, a feared bandits’ sub-commander and one of the closest aides of notorious kingpin Dogo Gideh. Security sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Babangida succumbed to...
Zamfara State Government has said it is putting final touches to a major social-welfare initiative that will see 200 orphans married off and another 200 empowered with business capital. The announcement was made in a statement issued on Friday in Gusau by the Zamfara Zakkat and Endowment Board’s spokesperson,...
Niger State Police Command on Friday said a special tactical squad has been dispatched to track down armed bandits who stormed St. Mary’s Private Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area, and abducted several students in the early hours of Friday. According to locals, the school sits roughly...
Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto Zone, Professor Abubakar Sabo, has lamented that the lingering dispute between the union and the Federal Government persists not because of a lack of funds, but due to the government’s lack of political will. According to him, the...
National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has begun deploying upgraded technology across colleges of education as part of efforts to strengthen teaching and learning nationwide. Executive Secretary of NCCE, Prof. Paulinus Okwelle, who disclosed this in Abuja during an interaction with journalists, said that the commission is also...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has applauded the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development (ALFOPED) for its longstanding efforts in supporting vulnerable women and girls affected by years of insurgency. Governor Zulum praised the foundation for empowering widows, orphans, survivors and other disadvantaged groups through peacebuilding, reconciliation, transitional...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for a stronger alliance with civil society groups and the media, insisting that the fight against corruption cannot be won by the Commission alone. Speaking during a one-day capacity-building workshop for CSOs and journalists in Maiduguri on Thursday, the Acting Zonal...
A wave of tension rippled through Niger State on Tuesday after armed bandits reportedly stormed a secondary school in the Shiroro–Borgu corridor, abducting an unspecified number of students in what security sources describe as a reprisal attack for recent Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes. According to PRNigeria, the raid...
By DEMES SLOANES There was jubilation among the students and staff of Government College Makurdi, Benue state on Thursday as the 1983 set flooded the school with new sporting equipment for various games. The physical presentation of the sporting equipment is part of activities lined up to mark the...
House of Representatives has laid down a firm ultimatum in its ongoing investigation into the Naira-for-Crude Oil Policy, giving all involved stakeholders seven days—until Nov. 27—to submit their outstanding documents. The directive came from the Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee on Implementation and Oversight of the policy, Rep....
A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has delivered a stark warning: one out of every five children on the planet is growing up in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $3 a day. Released on Thursday, the report shows that the burden of deprivation falls...
A routine attempt to restrain a mentally unstable teenager in Akure turned fatal on Thursday when an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was stabbed to death. The Ondo State Police Command confirmed the heartbreaking incident, which occurred at Oke-Ala in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has distanced itself from an organisation operating as Zuldal Microfinance Bank Limited, cautioning Nigerians that the entity is not licensed to conduct any form of banking or microfinance services in the country. In a statement issued by the Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mrs....
Kaduna State Deputy Governor Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, has said Nigeria’s democracy cannot thrive without competent, legitimate and accountable governance at the grassroots. Delivering a keynote address at the 1st International Conference of the Department of Public Administration, held at Kaduna State University on Thursday, Dr. Balarabe stressed that sustainable...
Nigeria may be passing through one of its most somber moments, but that has not stopped former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from celebrating a man he described as a rare beacon of modesty and statesmanship—former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan—who turns 68 today. In a warm birthday message shared on...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has hailed the multi-million-dollar investment portfolio by African agribusiness conglomerate, Export Trading Group (ETG), in Nigeria, assuring that ongoing reforms by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will guarantee the company’s investments. According to him, the company’s interests across agro-logistics, fertilizer systems, seed...
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State over the abduction of 24 schoolgirls in the state. Matawalle, who was formerly governor of Zamfara State, was asked to remain in the state to monitor security efforts to secure the...