Gov Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has urged Dangote Industries Limited to consider investing in more sectors of the state economy. Sule, in a statement on Sunday, said the state was home to solid mineral resources and the strategic partnership between both parties would speed up Nigeria’s industrialisation process. The governor, represented by Nasarawa State’s…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have arrested two suspected gunrunners and recovered some weapons in Marit-Mazat community of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Jos. Zhakom said that this followed an intelligence tip and subsequent operation…
Some bank customers, especially those of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) say they will opt for electronic mail alert from their banks to cut costs and reduce charges on their accounts. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said they would deactivate the Short Message Services…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has announced the return of 78 Nigerians trafficked to Côte d’Ivoire. The victims arrived in Lagos on Saturday night via an Air Peace flight. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, NAPTIP’s Director-General, Hajia Binta Adamu-Bello, confirmed their safe arrival. She also reiterated…
No fewer than 196 Professors from the Southern Kaduna State have expressed satisfaction over the myriad igachievements recorded by the present administration both at the State and Federal levels. Prof. John Laah, Chairman, Forum of Southern Kaduna Professors (FOSKAP), disclosed this on Sunday in Kaduna during a world press briefing on the current developments in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River has endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Gov. Bassey Otu for second term in office respectively. This was the outcome of an APC stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Central Progressives Initiative (CPI), in collaboration with the party’s central leadership, on Sunday in Ikom local government area of the…
Fidelity Bank Plc says it generated N105.8 billion as its profit before tax (PTB) for the first quarter of 2025. This represents a growth of 167.8 per cent compared to N39.5 billion in same period of 2024. The bank disclosed this in its unaudited financial statements released on the Nigerian Exchange. The company’s gross earnings…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Army and Navy, has uncovered an illegal artisanal refinery and illegal petrol station in Anambra . The illicit facility was discovered at Y-Junction, Nkwelle Ezunaka, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra. NSCDC State Commandant, Mr Olatunde Maku, confirmed the operation in…
Obafemi Awolowo University Muslims Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts on security across the country. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the 2025 conference of the association in Ile-Ife on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the communique was signed by the…
Adhering to the ethics of journalism is crucial for both bloggers and professional journalists, a media expert, Mr Monday Ashibogwu, has said. “Be it bloggers or professional journalists, adherence to the ethics of the job is imperative, Ashibogwu the Publisher/Managing Editor of Quick News, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He described…
