Mr Isaac Aregbesola, a senior editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has announced the death of his wife, Mrs Wumi Aregbesola. Aregbesola in a statement said his wife, 52, died on Friday. The editor described his late wife as a pillar of strength, support, and a source of inspiration to her family, friends,…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is constructing a road network in Giri District, Abuja, to open the area for development. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, after inspecting the ongoing construction of the three-kilometre road network in the district. Other projects inspected included the…
Gambia’s Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a government minister convicted of killing the finance minister to life in prison. This is one of few to be convicted of crimes committed during the 22-year rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. The case has been closely watched in the tiny West African nation as a…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has on Wednesday in Abuja, unveiled eight fully modernised fire trucks in a decisive step to enhance emergency response capabilities and strengthen community safety. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, said the eight were the first batch as part of a broader initiative to upgrade…
UNICEF, in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA), has empowered 24 adolescent girls in Sabo, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State with starter packs and shops to begin operations on tailoring and hairdressing. The starter packs included sewing machines, hair driers, scissors, chairs and tables, among other invaluable equipment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with visiting North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte to discuss Ukrainian and European security, the presidential press service reported. At the meeting in Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa, Zelensky and Rutte discussed various formats of cooperation between Ukraine and NATO member states, including in Ramstein format….
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, says it has seized 3,699 parcels of Cannabis Sativa in various locations within the state between Jan.1 and March 31. The Area Comptroller, Mr Mohammed Shuaibu, on Wednesday, handed over the drugs to Mr Olusegun Adeyeye, the Commander of the National Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA),…
No fewer than 27 persons have been reportedly hospitalised following the crash of a digital asset trading platform known as CBEX in Oyo State. Nigerians who were said to have subscribed to what is now regarded as a Ponzi scheme took to their various social media platforms to lament their losses after CBEX allegedly swept…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has expressed dissatisfaction with the finishing of the construction of a Bus and Taxi Terminal in Mabushi, Abuja. The minister expressed his dissatisfaction in Abuja on Tuesday, after he inspected the terminal, which was 90 per cent completed. He visited the site after he…
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Yobe branch, on Tuesday, shared N77,000 to each of the 1,000 victims of the 2024 flood disaster in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the LGAs include Fune, Bursari, and Gulani. NAN also reports that each beneficiary received an…
