Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, on Thursday led key party stakeholders from Kano State in expressing strong support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

𝐅𝐆 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐡ealth

The Federal Government has said it is taking decisive steps to integrate renewable energy solutions with veterinary reforms in a bid to strengthen food security, livestock development, and rural health systems.

𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞

Kwara State Government has approved multi-billion-naira construction projects across different sectors as part of efforts to consolidate infrastructure and boost human capital development in the state.

𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬 𝐃𝐒𝐕𝐀 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Lagos State, on Thursday, took a major step in tackling workplace harassment as the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency held a symposium on ‘The Impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on Labour and Organisational Productivity in the Workplace.’

𝐊𝐨𝐠𝐢 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞

The Kogi State Government has taken a significant step towards developing its solid minerals sector, with the acquisition of 30 minerals titles spread across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.

𝐈𝐎𝐌 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟓𝟏 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧

The International Organization for Migration has facilitated the safe return of 151 Nigerian nationals from Sudan through a charter flight as part of its Voluntary Humanitarian Return programme.

𝐎𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday cut short his 2025 annual leave to attend the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, scheduled for tomorrow, Friday.

𝐄𝐱-𝐍𝐃𝐃𝐂 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝟏𝟑

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh, has praised President Bola Tinubu for recognising the Ogoni 13, describing it as a long-overdue step toward justice and reconciliation in the Niger Delta.

𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐝𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has called on the World Bank to back Nigeria’s Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme, a grassroots initiative aimed at boosting local economic activities and helping achieve President Bola Tinubu’s target of a $1 trillion economy by 2030.

𝐅𝐑𝐒𝐂, 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬

The Federal Road Safety Corps has entered into a strategic partnership with Dangote Cement Transport in a renewed effort to address the rising incidence of road traffic crashes involving articulated vehicles, particularly those linked to the Dangote Group.

𝐀𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐮, 𝐄𝐥-𝐑𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐢, 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐥, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐃𝐂 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐣𝐚

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday attended a meeting of the African Democratic Congress coalition leaders in Abuja, alongside several prominent politicians.

𝐉𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝟓𝟖𝐛𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭

The Jigawa State House of Assembly has approved a N58 billion supplementary budget for the 2025 fiscal year.

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𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 @ 𝟔𝟓 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲

More than 400 golfers are set to compete in the Nigeria @ 65 Independence Golf Tournament at the Tukur Yusuf Buratai International Golf Resort and Country Club, Abuja.

𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞

A 30-year-old man, Mutawakilu Ibrahim, has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his grandparents to death during a heated argument over food at their residence in Kofar Dawanau Quarters, Dala Local Government Area of the state.

𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐮 – 𝐋𝐨𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐢

The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has disclosed that Nigeria went over a decade without attracting any new investments in the oil sector until the advent of President Bola Tinubu’s administration

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬-𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚-𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚

A Delta Airlines flight en route from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta, United States, was forced to make an emergency diversion to Accra, Ghana, following a fire incident in the aircraft’s oven.

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕: 𝐀𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has denied any association with a media consultant named Kola Johnson.

𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐔𝐊 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬

Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace, has dismissed reports suggesting that the British government stopped the airline from operating in London for seven years

𝐔𝐍 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 ‘𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞’ 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬

The United Nations told President Donald Trump it had launched a “thorough investigation” into what the US leader called “triple sabotage” during his visit to the organisation’s headquarters.

𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧

Clashes between rival drug gangs claimed at least 10 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, police in the violence-wracked country said Thursday

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 $𝟐.𝟓𝐛𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐓𝐂 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭

Amazon agreed Thursday to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations from a U.S. regulator that it used deceptive practices to enrol consumers in Amazon Prime and made it difficult to cancel subscriptions

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐬, 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐣𝐢

Nigerian Gospel singer Sola Allyson has emphasised that her friendship and creative bond with actor Lateef Adedimeji remain strong despite their differing religious backgrounds.

𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐒 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said that an attack on Thursday by Islamic State group militants in Syria’s east killed five of its members.

𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 ‘𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞’

The management of Sunview Hotel, Akure, Ondo State, said it is working with security agencies to unravel the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Mr Olaloye Olatunde, a vice principal who went missing after lodging at the facility during a training programme

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𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Kaduna State Government has expressed concern over the low turnout of citizens in the ongoing voter registration exercise, calling on local government chairmen, traditional institutions, religious leaders, and the media to intensify mobilisation efforts.

𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐂 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝟒𝟕𝟏 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟, 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the promotion of 471 junior staff members following its weekly meeting held on Thursday.

𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 ‘𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬’ 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞

Meta said Thursday it was activating so-called “teen accounts” with additional protections for adolescent Facebook and Messenger users worldwide, months after their deployment in major English-speaking countries.

𝐍𝐈𝐌 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐅𝐆’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Nigerian Institute of Management has backed the Federal Government’s decision to commence mandatory nationwide verification of academic credentials, describing it as a decisive step to curb certificate racketeering and restore credibility to the country’s education system.

𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥: 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬

Quality Health, Safety and Environment Manager at JMG Limited, Benedict Odamah, has urged Nigerians to embrace household items made from recycled materials as part of efforts to tackle the country’s mounting waste challenge and promote a cleaner environment.