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 Odua People’s Assembly has accused former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, of deliberately destabilising governance in the state and undermining Nigeria’s democratic process. The group, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Richard Olatunji Kayode, alleged that Wike’s actions since the transfer of power to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have been “alarming and destructive.” According…
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…
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…
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has expressed concern over the exit of teaching and non-teaching staff members from the nation’s university system. The committee’s chairman, Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa), raised the concern in a statement in Abuja on Thursday after the committee’s oversight visit to some universities in the South-East. According to…
The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) distributed over 320 million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and 450 million blisters of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine and Amodiaquine (SPAQ) to children under five years since 2009. Nnenna Ogbulafor, NMEP’s national coordinator, made this known in Minna during the inauguration of the 2025 mass campaign for the distribution of the nets in…
The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has launched the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), a digital innovation designed to enhance national security and facilitate trade. The area controller, Emmanuel Oshoba, said this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Tunde Ayagbalo, during the inauguration of the system at the Apapa Port….
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 2,769,137 out of 2,802,790 registered Anambra voters collected their permanent voter cards (PVCs) ahead of the Saturday governorship election. INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, said the figure represents 98.8 per cent, describing the turnout for PVC collection as “a significant…
By Abubakar Yunusa The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kaduna State Council, in collaboration with the Global Peace Foundation Nigeria and the Kaduna State Ministry of Information, on Wednesday convened a one-day workshop on Peace Reporting for National Development in Kaduna. The event drew participants from over 30 media organisations, communication scholars,…
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has delivered two high-tech unmanned water vessels to boost surveillance and security across Nigeria’s waterways, the Arewa Good Governance Forum has said. The presentation of the equipment took place at the Presidential Villa on 5 January 2024, signalling what the group described as “a practical…
