A new ultra-modern seed processing factory has been launched in northern Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen food systems and climate resilience across the region. The facility, operated by Premier Seeds Nigeria Ltd, was officially inaugurated on Tuesday by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya, with funding and technical assistance…
The rivalry between Africa’s Quadri Aruna and South America’s Hugo Calderano is set to reignite at the 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha on Thursday. They will clash in the fourth round of the Men’s Singles at Lusail Arena, promising another high-stakes encounter between two continental table tennis icons. Aruna and Calderano have earned legendary…
The Police Command in Kaduna State, on Monday confirmed the alleged killing of a Nigerian Navy Officer, Lt.-Cdr. M. Buba by a hoodlum on Sunday at about 4:50 am . The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Hassan said Buba was attacked and robbed…
Nigeria’s political landscape was jolted on Wednesday after Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri announced his resignation from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), triggering a wave of defections among state officials. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Diri made the announcement during a State Executive Council meeting at the Government House in Yenagoa….
Dr Ahmed Audi, Commandant-General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of a petition by the mining marshal against the Nigerian Police Force. This is according to a statement signed by the NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi on Sunday in Abuja. Afolabi revealed that the petition,…
An international war crimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp said evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad. According to Rapp more than 100,000 people have been tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and…
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has urged Nigerians to document their history to prevent others from defining it for them. He delivered the message at the launch of two books by Dr Munzali Dantata—Behind the City Wall and Aminu Dantata and the Life and Times of a Nigerian Entrepreneur—during an event held in…
A Gambian parliamentarian has called on Nigeria’s Senate President Godswill Akpabio to reinstate suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan without further delay. Hon. Fatoumatta Njai, Chairperson of the Gender and Children’s Welfare Committee in The Gambia’s Parliament, issued the demand in a statement sent to Elanza on Wednesday. Njai, who also serves as a member of the…
Abuja-July 31-2025 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a one-year extension of the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, whose term was due to expire on August 31, 2025. In a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency said…
A worker who was pulled from the rubble of a medieval tower that partly collapsed in Rome died on Tuesday, Italian media reported citing hospital sources. The man, a Romanian national, had remained conscious during the long rescue operation before being hospitalised in critical condition, according to authorities. “Resuscitation attempts were made for about…
