President Bola Tinubu will depart for Paris on Wednesday on a short working visit. During the visit, the President will appraise his administration’s mid-term performance and assess key milestones, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement. “He will also use the retreat to review the progress of ongoing reforms and engage in strategic…
Amb John Metchie, the Deputy Commander General of the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS), on Wednesday urged Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, to empower guards of the service to protect the people. Metchie made the call while reacting to the recent killing of over 50 people in Plateau in Abuja. The commander said he was…
Donald Trump is billed to take the oath of office today and return the White House, an office he left four years ago in chaotic fashion when he struggled to concede defeat after he was defeated by the outgoing President Joe Biden. However, a determined Republican Trump came back and swept to victory in the…
A German court on Monday deliver verdict in the trial of a couple who killed a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March 2024 to steal a newborn baby. The German couple admitted to killing the 27-year-old Ukrainian woman and her 51-year-old mother in order to abduct the younger woman’s five-week-old baby at first day…
The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Jonny Baxter, has led a delegation to the remarkable construction site of Rugby School Nigeria, situated at Eko Atlantic City, Lagos. During the visit, Mr Baxter who was warmly received by directors of Eko Atlantic City and project managers from ITB Nigeria Limited, expressed his enthusiasm for…
By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja Sympathisers gathered on Friday at Kamrum, Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, to pay their final respects to the late George Stephen Shekari, son of the former deputy governor, who passed away at the age of 52. The late George Stephen Shekari was the first son of the former…
The Kogi Government has filed an appeal before the Court of Appeal in Abuja against the removal of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje, by a state High Court. Mr Muzi Abdullahi, the Kogi Attorney General, who is the 2nd claimant in the appeal made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has increased its daily driver’s licence production to 15,000 in a bid to clear the backlog of pending applications nationwide. Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while inspecting the VIP capture centre alongside journalists. Mohammed stated that the increase followed the upgrade of the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed an application by suspended senior police officer Abba Kyari and his brothers seeking to halt their trial for alleged non-disclosure of assets and money laundering. Justice James Omotosho ruled on Tuesday that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had established sufficient evidence requiring the defendants to…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed a report of bomb blast at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre (MaSCC) in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement issued by the NCoS Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC) Abubakar Umar, on Monday in Abuja. According to him, there has been no reported explosion…
