The 162 Ondo State athletes to the forthcoming National Sports Festival in Ogun have resumed closed-camping. The 22nd edition of the National Sports Festival, tagged, “Gateway Games” holds from May 16 to May 30. The General Manager of the State Sports Council, Sunday Fagite, in an interview with newsmen said the state athletes will build…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on Sunday pays tribute to fallen warriors and pledged to support troops ad well as families. Oluyede stated this in his goodwill message at the Inter-Denominational Church Service to Commemorate Nigeria Army Day Celebration (NADCEL), 2025 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna. The News…
The Zamfara Youth Mobilisation Forum has lauded former Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle for what it described as his transformational impact on the state’s physical and administrative landscape. In a statement signed by its Secretary, Abubakar Sani Danfulani, the group said Matawalle’s tenure marked “an era of physical transformation that gave Zamfara a new face,…
The relationship between Ambrey International, a global maritime security firm, and its Nigerian partners may be on the brink of collapse, with mounting allegations of breach of trust and unpaid debts. Ambrey International is known for providing maritime security to international shipping companies across West Africa and has a presence in several West African countries….
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has lauded Team Nigeria’s dominant opening performance at the 2025 Senior African Wrestling Championships in Casablanca, Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian contingent clinched four gold medals on Day One of the tournament. The Director -General of the NSC, Bukola Olopade, in a statement on…
Three climbers died after being struck by lightning while hiking in Austria’s Tyrol region at the weekend. The victims were a married couple, both aged 60, and the wife’s 62-year-old brother, police said on Monday. The three were ascending the 2,600-metre-high Mittagsspitze, in the far west of the country, on Sunday when sudden and severe…
The Federal Government says President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda is firmly focused on closing Nigeria’s housing deficit and accelerating broad-based economic growth. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, stated this on Tuesday at the 8th Affordable Housing Finance and Investment Summit 2025 in Abuja. The summit’s theme was “Innovative Financing of Affordable…
In a significant move, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has sanctioned a new, passenger-oriented solution crafted by a consortium to alleviate travel issues, particularly those linked to operational and weather-related disruptions. The “Propel Reprotection System” is an innovative technological platform designed to assist Nigerian airlines in re-protecting passengers during flight disruptions. This system enables…
The Chairman of Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu, says the commission recovered more than N20 billion and other properties from corrupt individuals in 2024. Aliyu said this on Monday in Ilorin during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a Conference of State Attorneys-General in…
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has reiterated that the state remains an unfriendly terrain for insurgents and bandits, pledging that his administration will continue to take decisive action to defend peace and protect citizens. His message was delivered during the Kaduna State Security Sector Stakeholders’ Engagement held on Tuesday by Headquarters 1 Division of the…
