NATIONAL NEWS

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, urged the operatives of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service to sharpen their skills in combating crime in the state. The governor stated this during the closing of a four-day capacity training at the 72 Special Forces Battalion, in Makurdi, the state capital. Alia urged the operatives […]

Youths on Wednesday took to the streets in Kurna quarters along Katsina Road in Kano to protest the killing of a teenager by police personnel. The incident triggered tension amid an alleged planned protest by a political group against the judgment of the Appeal Court on the state governorship election. It was gathered that trouble […]

The federal government has pledged to improve the conditions of the orientation camps operated by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) nationwide. Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, gave the assurance during an unscheduled visit to the NYSC orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State on Tuesday, November 28. In a statement by the […]

Officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna State confiscated 61 smuggled Sports Utility Vehicles with fake government plate numbers. According to the FOU Comptroller, Dalha Wada, on Tuesday, the smuggled vehicles were confiscated from smugglers at different locations in the North-Central and North-West zones. Wada […]

The Federal Government has vowed to probe allegations of prison officials colluding with terrorists in the North-Eastern part of the country, saying the accusations are “despicable”. Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, had accused some officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) of conniving with inmates to finance the operations of terrorists. […]

The Senate has quashed a Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act 2022 seeking to allow political parties nominate and replace validly elected candidates in the event of resignation, death or vacancy (of seats) of serving members in National Assembly (NASS) and State Assemblies and for connected matters. The sponsor of the bill, […]

The Lagos State Government has said that demolished buildings in the state were not approved by any of its agencies and that the structures were rushed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in the state, Oluyinka Olumide, made this known on Wednesday. He challenged any of the […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday expressed his desire that the 2024 Appropriation Act come into effect on January 1, 2024. The President, who addressed a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, charged both arms of the legislative arm to work assiduously and “conclude with reasonable dispatch”, their deliberations on the 2024 budget estimates […]

The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has promised to work towards ending recurring strikes in Nigerian universities. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the Committee, made this known at a meeting with the Executive Secretary of National University Commission (NUC) and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the House leadership […]

President Bola Tinubu will, on Wednesday, depart Abuja for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to attend the COP28 Climate Summit, also known as the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC. This was contained in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri […]