Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has transferred 220 recovered small arms and light weapons to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms in a significant step toward curbing illicit arms proliferation in Nigeria. On Sunday in Jos, OPSH Commander and General Officer Commanding 3 Division of the Nigerian...
Tom Chiahemen
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially acknowledged the Sango Festival as part of its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Hannatu Musawa, Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy, presented the UNESCO certificate of recognition to His Majesty Oba Abimbola Abdulhakeem Owoade I,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a notorious drug kingpin, Sunday Ibigide, 36 in Asaba, Delta State. Ibigide was apprehended on August 10, 2025, while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms using his distribution bus. A statement issued by...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kaura Namoda South State Constituency by-election in Zamfara State inconclusive due to irregularities in select polling units. The INEC Returning Officer from Federal University Gusau, Prof. Lawal Sa’adu, announced that results from certain polling units in Sakajiki and Kambarawa wards were...
New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State has strongly condemned the results of the Tsanyawa/Ghari state constituency re-run election overseen by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleging foul play, while commending the smooth execution of the Shanono/Bagwai by-election. During a press conference on Sunday in Kano, Hashimu...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu congratulates all the winners of Saturday, August 16, by-elections in 16 constituencies across 12 states. The President commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the hitch-free elections, mostly devoid of violence. Following the results declared by INEC, the All...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has felicitated former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), on his 84th birthday today. The President in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, rejoiced with the family, friends, and associates of the former military leader whose eight years of rule...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has sent a message of condolence to the family and associates of business leader, politician, and sports promoter, Alhaji Isyaku Ibrahim, who died on Saturday at 88 in Abuja. Alhaji Ibrahim hailed from Wamba in Nasarawa State. The late businessman was an...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed profound grief over the passing of the Emir of Zuru in Kebbi State, Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami (Gomo II), describing his death as a monumental loss to Nigeria’s traditional institution and military heritage. The traditional ruler and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, Deputy Governor Umar Usman Kadafur, and Secretary to the State Government Alhaji Bukar Tijani, among many dignitaries, attended the funeral prayer of the mother of the acting Chief of Staff, Dr Babagana Mallumbe, Hajja Bintu, in Maiduguri. Late Hajja...
In its usual staged attempt to cause confusion and coerce presiding judges into arriving at rulings favourable to it, IPOB has once again resorted to demanding that Justice Kolawole Omotosho must strike out the ongoing charges against Nnamdi Kanu. Ridiculous! They have added that the current charges against Kanu...
By VIVIAN AHANMISI Nigeria’s Super Eagles (B team) endured a catastrophic campaign at the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), leaving analysts and fans questioning the foundations of the nation’s football structure. The team’s misfortune was evident from the onset. Drawn into Group D with Senegal, Sudan and Congo, the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – A group, Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly(NEYGA) has praised the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu for finally confirming weeks of speculation on the capture of two most-wanted leaders of terrorist groups in Nigeria. The NSA had at a press conference Saturday in...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Kaiser Foundation for Social Development (KFSD), has organised a summer camp to boost Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills among secondary schools students in Plateau State. Speaking at the end of the four-day exercise on Sunday in Jos, the Programme Consultant for KFSD,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State have thrown their weight behind Governor Caleb Mutfwang and his Deputy, Josephine Piyo, urging them to seek re-election in 2027. The endorsement came during an expanded stakeholders’ meeting held over the weekend...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – Over 15,000 job seekers have submitted applications for 3000 vacant positions in the Akwa Ibom State civil service NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the state government in June announced plans to recruit 3000 civil servants, with 1000 each to be hired into the teaching...
Just Friends Club of Nigeria (JFCN), has elected Chief Amaechi Aloke, a retired director at the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), as its new President. He will serve a three-year term, with the possibility of renewal for one additional term. Bringing in a wealth of experience in public service...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – All Progressives Congress (APC) has consolidated its political dominance in Kaduna State, winning all three legislative seats contested in Saturday’s bye-elections. In the Chikun–Kajuru Federal Constituency, APC candidate Felix Joseph Bagudu emerged victorious, securing 34,580 votes to defeat his closest rival, Princess Esther Ashivelli...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Northwest University, Sokoto has been granted a full operational licence by the National Universities Commission (NUC). This was revealed in a letter signed by Mrs. Lydia Imoroa, the Acting Director of Inspection and Monitoring at NUC, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Professor Abdullahi...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to “urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers pay up to ₦3 million to present bills, motions, and petitions at the National Assembly to...