Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Malawi’s Temwa Chainga and Nigeria’s Chiamaka Nnadozie have led the African nominees for this year’s FIFA The Best Football Awards 2025. Salah who has instrumental for Liverpool was shotlisted for the FIFA Men’s Player award. His competition includes Kylian Mbappé (France/Real Madrid), Erling Haaland (Norway/Manchester City), and Vinícius…
The Awka metropolis and its environs are witnessing a tight security presence and last-minute readiness for the smooth electioneering process ahead of the Anambra governorship election slated for Saturday. A correspondent who monitored the state activities reports that unusual calmness filled the environment. Security personnel were seen around the INEC headquarters in Anambra…
Governor Umaru Bago of Niger has approved the immediate dissolution of the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), including the office of the board’s secretary. This is contained in a statement on Friday in Minna by the secretary to the state government (SSG), Abubakar Usman. The governor stated that the dissolution was part…
The Federal Executive Council has approved a $300 million World Bank credit to support internally displaced persons and host communities across several northern states. Finance minister Wale Edun disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr Edun said the…
By Olugbenga Salami Following the threats by the United States President Donald Trump to deploy airstrike and ground troops to help fight terrorists in Nigeria, a security expert, Dr. Jackson Lekan Ojo has advised the federal government to diplomatically engage the Trump administration for amicable resolution. The American President had tagged Nigeria a country…
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad, has vowed to end “impunity, manipulation, or disregard” for the constitution of the party. He stated this on Friday, at the inauguration of the party’s new Board of Trustees, at the official residence of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, describing the event…
The Federal Housing Authority, FHA on Thursday 6th November, 2025 flagged off the construction of its Renewed Hope Housing estates in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. In a groundbreaking ceremony by the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency Pastor Umo Eno at the Federal Housing Authority,FHA Renewed Hope Estate along the airport road Uyo,…
The Kaduna command of the Nigeria Customs Service has achieved a new revenue milestone, generating ₦5.16 billion in October 2025, the highest monthly revenue ever recorded. According to a statement by the NCS Kaduna command, the figure represented a 96 per cent increase above the monthly target and a 196 per cent target performance. Yusuf…
By Ankeli Emmanuel Expressing satisfaction with the decision of the Senator Anyawu led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that suspended the party’s National Chairman Umar Damagun and 5 others, a group under the auspices of Coalition of Northwestern State PDP Support Group has also demanded effective disciplnary action on them. The PDP Coalition…
In a major milestone for Nigeria’s housing sector, the Governor of Kaduna State has commissioned a 100-unit mass housing estate developed by Family Homes and executed by Karmod Nigeria, marking the first-ever large-scale prefabricated housing project in the country. Completed in under six months, the innovative project demonstrates the power of modern prefabricated construction…
