The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, commiserated with the FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, over the death of her father, Alhaji Sani Baban-Koko. Wike, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, in Abuja, prayed for…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, for winning the Best African Music Performance award at the 67th annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Tinubu commended the singer for her artistry, which had brought pride to Nigeria on the global stage for the second time, Mr Bayo…
By Alex Odeh The people of Ihie autonomous community of Ishiagu in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State are demanding for the corpses of a couple allegedly killed in their farm in the area to enable them perform their burial rites. Speaking in an emotion laddened voice on behalf of the Ihie…
The Federal Government said the introduction of the sale of crude oil in Naira was a strategic move to enhance operational efficiency of local refineries by reducing foreign exchange risks and transaction costs. President Bola Tinubu made this known on Tuesday, while officially declaring the eight edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2025)…
The Kano State Police Command has announced the arrest of a 40-year-old man, Ali Dahiru from Jaji, Kaduna State, for allegedly posing as a taxi driver and operating a syndicate of theft along the Kura-Kano route. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, idsyed in Kano on Tuesday….
In a dramatic escalation, Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel on Friday evening, responding to an Israeli attack on its nuclear and military installations earlier that same day. Iranian officials declared this operation to be the “beginning” of a formidable retaliation. The official Iranian news outlet, IRNA, reported the missile launches as part…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has rejected a lawsuit filed by an NGO accusing the Sierra Leonean government of mismanaging $14 million in funds intended to combat the 2014 Ebola outbreak in the country. The suit, brought by the Center for Accountability and the Rule of Law (CARL) and two Sierra Leonean individuals, alleged that…
The start of the January transfer window means Liverpool trio Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold are free to explore moves away from the club ahead of the expiry of their respective contracts in the summer. Footballers with six months or less remaining on their contracts are able to negotiate with non-English clubs…
Explore the intriguing discoveries made by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars, including a mysterious doughnut-shaped rock, potential meteorites, and the groundbreaking missions of Ingenuity. Uncover the secrets of the Red Planet’s past environment. A Pastry Lookalike: Unveiling The Strange Rock On Mars In the realm of peculiar sightings on Mars, ranging from an ‘ancient warrior…
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under the aegis of Joint Action Congress (JUAC) on Monday, shut the gate of the Administration’s secretariat over welfare concerns. Some of the concerns according to the President of JUAC, Mrs Rifkatu Iortyer were non-payment of overhead to run offices since December 2024, no training and retraining…
