No fewer than one thousand visitors, including children and parents on Tuesday, converged at the National Museum of Unity for the annual Children’s Day Celebration. The Museum’s curator, Mrs Oriyomi Otuka, said the children converged not just to honor themselves, but to reaffirm collective commitment to protecting their rights and nurturing their future. Otuka said…
Some school children in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, have appealed to striking teachers in the six-area council, to consider their plights and call off their two months industrial action. The children made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, in Bwari, Abuja, while baring their minds…
The Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Mohammad (rtd), says the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is playing a vital role in Nigeria’s development by making the country’s roads safer and saving lives daily. The emir said this during a working visit by the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed on Tuesday, to inaugurate Operation…
The Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, on Tuesday marked Children’s Day with a line up of vocational and cultural activities aimed at practical skills and values in children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event drew thousands of children from various schools and communities across the…
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) foiled a major attack by ISWAP terrorists on their location in New Marte, Borno State, neutralising scores of insurgents and recovering arms, vehicles and explosives, the Nigerian Army said on Tuesday. The foiled attack occurred in the early hours of May 27 when terrorists attempted to infiltrate the troops’…
On this National Children’s Day, President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his commitment to ensuring the rights, dreams, and futures of every Nigerian child are protected. In his address for the 2025 celebrations, Tinubu remarked, “You represent the most valuable segment of our national identity, the essence of our nation’s future, and the stewards of tomorrow’s…
The Nigeria Customs Service’s Kano/Jigawa command has handed over 491,000 seized tramadol hydrochloride tablets, valued at over ₦150 million, to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Kano. This consignment of the prohibited opioid was intercepted along the Gumel-Birniwa route in Jigawa, cleverly concealed within a dark-tinted Lexus 450 SUV,…
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rano Local Government Headquarters in Kano State has died from injuries sustained during an attack by a mob on Sunday, 25th May 2025. The mob, which was allegedly protesting the death of a local man in police custody, also damaged several vehicles during the chaos. The officer, identified as…
Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Monday, staged a peaceful demonstration on campus to demand the issuance of the institution’s identity (ID) card. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students, who trooped out to the university’s main gate, chanted solidarity songs asking the authorities to issue them their ID cards…
Political parties, under the aegis of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) have supported the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the creation of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Division under its ICT Department to harness the positive aspects of AI in the electoral process. The body however added that it hopes the introduction of AI will…
