In a significant development for military training and security in the Niger Delta region, Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has inaugurated the new Navy Training Command Headquarters in the Ebubu community of Eleme local…
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has cautioned intending pilgrims planning to perform Hajj against falling victims to fake travel companies in this this year’s 1445 Hijri/2024 AD exercise. A source from the Ministry, who disclosed this…
Employees of Tantita Services Limited from Itsekiri ethnic group have debunked a viral video of some persons protesting against High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and his security outfit, purportedly claiming that Itsekiri…
Seven terrorists have been eliminated by troops of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the Modachi general area of Isa local government area of Sokoto State. A statement by the…
The Alumni Association of Cross River State University (UNICROSS) has charged the State governor, Bassey Otu, to dissolve the institution’s Governing Council, alleging that the council was incompetent. The Association, therefore,…
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Institute of Charted Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has felicitated its National Vice President, Mrs. Uto Ukpanah, for emerging as the first-ever Global Corporate Secretary of the Year.…
The minister of steel development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has engaged a consortium led by the original developers of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL), Tyamzhpromexport (TPE), to revive the steel plant located in Kogi State. A…
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on May 13, 2024, to show cause why an order of committal should not be made…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of renowned banker and businessman, Mr. Jim Ovia as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the killing of three persons, as two others were injured following the collapse of a three-storey building under construction in Kuntau Quarters at Gwale local government area…
Former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, on Friday, boasted that the major opposition party in the state will win the November 16, 2024 governorship election in the state.…
Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo, on Friday, unveiled over 120 new set of security vehicles and 44 motorcycles to enhance the efficiency of community policing in all the 21 local government areas of the state. The new set of…
In support of President Joe Biden’s Digital Transformation with Africa Initiative and building on the United States Department of Commerce-wide Africa strategy, National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa has announced the launch of…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has again assured residents that its schools are safe while expressing commitment to the security of its students and pupils. The assurance followed reports that schools in 14 states and…
No fewer than 14 suspected political thugs have been arrested for attacking electoral officials and snatching ballot papers meant for election in Kajola local government area of Oyo State slated for Saturday. A source, however said that…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken legal action against two Chinese nationals and their company for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in Kwara State. The accused, Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi, along…
The Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Mr Isiaka Olagunju has disclosed that over 10,000 security agents and about 16,000 ad-hoc staff are to be involved in the Saturday’s local government election. The local…
A senior Army commander was tragically killed in an ambush on Thursday evening in Katsina State. The incident occurred in Malali village, Kankara local government area of the State, where the victim, who was a Major in the Nigerian Army,…
In a tragic incident on Friday, April 26, 2024, an unidentified number of workers were trapped when a building collapsed in the Kuntau area of Gwale local government area of Kano State. According to initial reports, at least 11 individuals…
Burkina Faso’s communications authority, the CSC, has temporarily halted BBC Africa and Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts from its capital, Ouagadougou. The suspension, effective for two weeks, comes after both networks aired a contentious…
The Lagos State government has denied increasing the minimum wage for its workers in the state from N35, 000 to N70, 000. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso in a statement on Friday said Lagos State government…
Fear has gripped residents of Maradun town, the country home of Minister of Stat for Defence, Bello Matawalle, as bandits invaded the town in the early hours of Friday, killing two persons and abducting about 30 others. Maradun is the…
Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) has called on the Federal Government to expedite action in the dredging of Calabar Sea Port, to facilitate influx of bigger vessels to the port. Calabar Port Manager, Mr. Festus Olumati made the call when he…
Four months into the 2024 fiscal year, the federal government is yet to begin implementation of the capital component of the 2024 national budget which has many implications on the nation’s economy. This was as the government said that it…
The Nigerian Navy said its personnel under the aegis of ‘Operation Delta Sanity’ have arrested 14 motor tanker vessels as well 90 wooden boats and 74 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta region in three months. The Chief of Naval Staff…
The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed Tunde Onakoya as the State’s Sports Ambassador. This honour followed Onakoya’s recent record-breaking chess marathon at Times Square, New York. During the meeting where he…
A renowned All Progressives Congress (APC) mobiliser in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State, Hon Ogini Kingsley Topa, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election. Topa, a…
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged the acting national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ambassador Illiya Damagum to resign from his position and not to allow the party to collapse on him. Clark, who stated this in an…
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has dismissed allegations that the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary did not hold in the state, branding such claims as mere “hearsay”. Aiyedatiwa, who emerged victorious in the…
Amid protests over alleged irregularities surrounding the recent All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ondo State, a coalition of civil society observer groups, has intensified calls for a complete cancellation…