Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (NITR) has dismissed allegations of a ₦391 million fraud, describing a report by Sahara Reporters as inaccurate, unverified, and misleading. In a statement issued by its Public Relations Unit, the institute defended its Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Joachim Joseph Ajakaiye, and the management, insisting...
BY AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has marked the first anniversary of the Service’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative tagged: ” _Customs Cares_ .” The NCS demonstrated the commitment when the Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi, commissioned a major intervention project at Government Secondary School, Wuse, Abuja. Addressing students, staff, and stakeholders at the...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reaffirmed its commitment to the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by commencing a three-day capacity-building programme on Rules of Origin. The training, which began on 31st March, 2026 and will end on 2 April 2026, aims to equip stakeholders...
University of Jos (UNIJOS) has inducted its pioneer set of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D) graduates, with stakeholders emphasizing the critical role of clinically trained pharmacists in improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes in Nigeria. The induction, saw over 70 graduates formally admitted into the pharmaceutical profession, marking a significant...
Nigeria stands today at a troubling crossroads—not yet in the darkness of outright dictatorship, but no longer walking confidently in the light of democratic consolidation. What confronts us is subtler, more insidious: a steady, almost calculated drift toward what political scientists describe as competitive authoritarianism—a system where elections exist,...
Director-General of the Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency (RSIPA), Dr Chamberlain Peterside, has warned the BRACED states against allowing the economic carpet shift below their feet again. BRACED is an acronym representing the six states in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria that formed a regional economic development bloc....
Nigerian singer Omah Lay has got people talking after making a bold call about where he stands in the game, with clips from the interview already trending since early noon on Wednesday. Speaking during an interview on Nandoleaks, the “Soso” crooner didn’t try to play it safe. “When it...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, on Wednesday met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he briefed the President on the recent Palm Sunday night attack in Angwan Rukuba community of Jos North Local Government Area and the steps taken to restore calm. Governor Mutfwang...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday held separate meetings with key leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as part of ongoing consultations aimed at strengthening the party and deepening Nigeria’s democracy. The visits, which took place in Abuja, were described...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) interpretation of the Court of Appeal ruling, alleging that the electoral body acted under pressure from Tinubu led government panicked by the opposition momentum despite its efforts to destroy all opposition parties and foist a one-party rule...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Iperu, Ogun State, tomorrow to flag off operations at the Gateway International Cargo Airport. Instead, he will head to Jos, capital of Plateau state, to commiserate with the government and people of the state over the recent gun attacks,...
Justice Jaafaru Zubairu of the Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Faruk Suleiman Ololade (a.k.a Caesar Smith) to three years imprisonment for fraud. He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge bordering on impersonation....
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Udoma David Ekeh, a Tiktok user, for spreading false information about the Commission and its officers. The commission disclosed this in a post via its verified X handle on Wednesday. It said: “Udeh, in December 2025, alerted the...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that it will not recognise any group or faction claiming authority over the African Democratic Congress (ADC), thereby shutting down all administrative and political processes within the party until the courts resolve the dispute. It therefore took far-reaching decision that could reshape...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged a fresh plot by agents of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to destabilise the party through a sponsored protest in Abuja, following what it described as growing momentum within its ranks. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the ADC National Publicity Secretary,...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima will, on Tuesday, April 7, perform the formal flag off the first University Innovation Pods (UNIPOD) in Africa at the University of Lagos. UNIPOD, an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria, aims to reconfigure...
Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has organised a one-day capacity-building workshop for members of its Jire Dole Network on basic reporting and documentation of human rights violations in society. The training workshop, held on Saturday at the Hajja Mangal Memorial Banquet Hall, Allamin Foundation Office, GRA Maiduguri, was...
The Seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, Chinedu Eneanya, in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, told Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Emefiele violated the provisions of the...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 25-year-old Nafisa Usman for allegedly supplying ammunition to bandits operating across several states . Security sources revealed that Ms. Usman was nabbed at a major motor park in Kano, where she was caught with 200 rounds of newly acquired...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has donated the sum of ₦150 million to the families of three military officers who lost their lives in recent attacks in the state. The gesture, made on behalf of Borno State Government, is part of Governor Zulum’s sustained support to families...