Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has concluded a two-day operational assessment visit to Benue State following recent attacks in Yelwata community. He was received by the Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General MK Gara, alongside other top security officers in the North-Central region. During the visit,…
Despite a wave of deadly violence sweeping through communities in Benue State, Governor Hyacinth Alia has declared Wednesday, June 18, a public holiday to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is scheduled to visit the state for a one-day commiseration tour. An official memo signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Serumun Deborah…
For generations, mothers like Hannatu Bello in rural Nigerian communities such as Kura, Kano State, have faced the heartbreaking reality of high infant mortality. While her friend, Talatu Bako, mourns the loss of two children to infections, Bello sees a glimmer of hope. “Before, my child was always sick,” she says. “Now, everything has changed….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended tough penalties for 11 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres and several registrants involved in fingerprint irregularities during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, announced the decision after a stakeholder meeting with the affected CBT operators and registrants on Tuesday in…
Nigeria will host the first-ever West Africa Economic Summit in 2025, as part of efforts to strengthen regional integration and economic development. President Bola Tinubu has extended formal invitations to leaders across the sub-region, including Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé. The invitation was delivered in person by Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Special…
A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said he and the Federal Executive Council, FEC, did not grant any contract approval to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited, the company that lifted the Mambila Power Project contract. This was revealed on Monday, by the Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Babangida in the trial of…
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, convicted and sentenced one Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff of Ecobank Plc, to one-year imprisonment for cybercrime. The convict was arraigned on Friday, May 16, 2025 by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano and Juliet Jacob Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined to 22.97% in May 2025, the lowest recorded in five months, according to the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) The Statistician General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, describing the 0.74 percent decline…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) has revealed that it screened no fewer than 240 residents of Edo State for various cancers between January and April 2025. The Executive Vice President, Health and Social Development at LAPO, Honestus Ayo Obadiora, disclosed this in a statement to journalists in Benin City on…
The Federal Government has deployed additional troops to Benue State in response to the latest wave of vicious attack in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area, which left scores of residents dead. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, disclosed this on Monday in a statement. He said President Bola Tinubu swiftly ordered…
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