Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) have recorded significant gains in the ongoing nationwide operations aimed at securing communities and ensuring the safe return of farmers as the rainy season approaches. According to a statement released on Friday, military operations conducted between May 8 and 15 across various theatres led to…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano In a decisive move to address growing security concerns, particularly the threat of kidnapping in Shanono and Tsanyawa Local Government Areas bordering Kaduna State, the Kano State Police Command has convened a high-level stakeholders’ security meeting aimed at strengthening community-police collaboration. The meeting, held on Wednesday, at Faruruwa Village in Shanono…
About 13,700 candidates participated in the May edition of the Teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) conducted nationwide by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on Saturday. Acting Registrar of TRCN, Stella Maria Nwokeocha, disclosed this while monitoring the exercise at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) CBT Centre in Wuse II, Abuja. “We…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano “I have refrained from commenting on contemporary political events, and I will continue to do so for the time being,” the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared. He made his stance on issues public on Saturday while…
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Prof. Mary Nanwor Lar, a famous educationist and onetime Nigerian ambassador to the Netherlands, on her 90th birthday. The President extols the nonagenarian for her pace-setting contributions to education, diplomacy, and nation-building. Born May 15 1935, in Langtang, Plateau State, Prof Lar is a famous teacher who dedicated much of her…
The celebration marking the official beginning of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate on May 18 is a solemn liturgy. The symbolic rite highlights the bond with the Apostle Peter and his martyrdom, which nurtured the nascent Church of Rome, and the significance of the “Petrine” episcopal insignia conferred upon the Pope: the Pallium and the Ring…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strengthened its collaboration with the British High Commission in the fight against organised immigration fraud through a specialised training on document forgery. The training, organised by the Home Office International Operations of the British Deputy High Commission, held on Thursday, for the two Directorates in Lagos. The…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Former students of Nigeria’s 104 Federal Unity Colleges, under the Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSAN) in Lagos, will hold a health walk on Saturday in Surulere. Tagged “Unity in Motion,” the rally begins at 7:00 a.m. from the National Stadium and will cover a circular route through key roads including…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano At least 23 farmers and fishermen have been killed in a brutal attack by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Malam Karanti, a village located about five kilometres from Baga in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Local sources said the terrorists stormed the village…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Osun State Government has raised concern over the growing number of hypertension cases, calling for stronger collaboration among health stakeholders to boost public awareness. Speaking at an event in on Friday Osogbo to commemorate the 2025 World Hypertension Day, themed “Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer,” the…
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