A chieftain of the APC in Bauchi State, Alhaji Sani Al-Amin, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for his decisive financial restructuring reforms that had cleared Nigeria’s long-standing International Monetary Fund (IMF) legacy debt. Al-Amin made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi. He described it as…
The Federal High Court in Abujato hear the contempt charge filed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, against Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over alleged social media post in breach of the court order. Justice Binta Nyako, who adjourned the matter until Tuesday by noon, also said she would hear the earlier contempt charge filed by Akpoti-Uduaghan…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has faulted Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso for describing members of the Kwankwassiya Movement, who defected to the APC as betrayers, insisting that Kwankwaso is the betrayer. Recall that Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State and National Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, slammed some key members of the NNPP in…
Paediatricians have dispelled common misconceptions about childhood cancer, including the belief that it is contagious and a death sentence. The paediatricians in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Osogbo, said that the society lacked adequate knowledge of cancer, especially in children. Dr Oyetoke Oderanti, Consultant Paediatrician, Osun State University…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has launched an investigation into the alleged technical glitches, following widespread complaints about poor performance in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said…
Operatives of the Osun State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, have been allegedly attacked and injured by hoodlums at the Corps command post in Awo, Egbedore Local Government Area. A statement on Monday in Osogbo by Yusuf Idowu, the state Amotekun Corps spokesperson, disclosed that the incident happened on Friday. “The Oniwoye…
Enyimba International FC of Aba has congratulated sister club, Abia Warriors FC of Umuahia, on the club`s clinching of a continental ticket in the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abia Warriors defeated El-Kanemi Warriors 2-1 in Umuahia township stadium on Sunday, to cement their place in…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has collaborated with some private ICT firms to explore adaptive sandboxes to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration and enhance data protection. This was disclosed at a one-day workshop on Co-Creation Lab on Africa Sandboxes for AI and the evaluation of African Sandbox Outlook report in Abuja. The workshop, hosted…
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Monday, remanded a 19-year-old man, Taiwo Lateef, who allegedly stabbed another man with a broken bottle. Lateef, whose address was not provided, is facing a count charge of assault. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp E. O. Adaraloye, told the court that…
Sixty years after forging ties in the shadow of the Holocaust, Germany and Israel are marking a diplomatic milestone with mutual visits by their heads of state. Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to arrive in Berlin on Monday, followed by a return visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday….
