Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State have vowed to defend their votes in the forthcoming rerun election for Kaura Namoda South constituency. They pledged to resist any attempt to undermine the will of the people, accusing the state government, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and officials of the Independent National Electoral…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has revealed that no fewer than 1,385 children were recruited by Boko Haram terrorists between 2017 to 2019 in Borno State and other parts of the Northeast. UNODC’s Country Director in Nigeria, Mr. Cheikh Ousmane Toure, disclosed this in Maiduguri on Monday during the 5th World…
The Nigeria Women Football League (NWF) on Monday confirmed a change in venues for Ekiti and Adamawa Queens as the 2024/2025 NWFL Premiership resumes on March 19, after a two-week break. A statement by NWFL Chief Operating Officer, Modupe Shabi, the second-round clash between Ekiti Queens FC and Edo Queens FC, originally scheduled to be…
The Democratic Front (TDF) has hailed the Lumina programme by the Federal Government to address the scourge of out-of-school children in the country. The Chairman of TDF, Malam Danjuma Muhammad, said in a statement on Tuesday that the programme is another effort by the Bola Tinubu administration to address human capital development. The News Agency…
Gov Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa on Wednesday presented the Staff of Office to Alhaji Sani Ribadu, the first Emir of Fufore as a second class Emir. The Ribadu’s coronation which took place at Fufore Local Government Area, drew traditional rulers, well wishers and other prominent personalities from all parts of the country. The governor, while…
Medical charity MSF said on Monday that it has been forced to suspend its activities in a famine-stricken camp in Sudan’s North Darfur because of heavy fighting in the area. The charity was one of the few still working in the besieged Zamzam camp which houses around half a million people displaced by Sudan’s 22-month…
Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening strategic alliances with Japan and other international partners during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama, Japan.Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.Tunji said…
No fewer than 81,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey under the new authorities in Damascus, Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya said on Wednesday. According to current data, there are more than 2,870,000 Syrian refugees living in Turkey. “From Dec. 9 to today, 81,576 Syrians have voluntarily returned to the SAR (Syrian Arab Republic),’’ Yerlikaya…
As West Africa confronts mounting security threats and democratic backsliding, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has been appointed as the new Chairman of ECOWAS, ushering in a leadership transition at a pivotal time for the regional bloc. Bio’s election was confirmed on Sunday during ECOWAS’s 67th Ordinary Session in Abuja, which also served…
Egypt and Denmark on Monday in Abuja pledged commitment to collaborate with Nigeria to drive transformational growth and modernise Nigeria’s livestock sector. Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohamed Fouad and Jens Hansen, Danish Ambassador to Nigeria made the commitment when they visited Alhaji Maiha, Minster, Ministry of Livestock Development. Fouad in his congratulatory message to Fouad…
