Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has relocated its upcoming National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, citing logistical reasons. The meeting, originally slated to hold at the party’s national secretariat on Blantyre Street, Wuse II, Abuja, will still take place on Thursday, according to…
Zamfara state government has recorded four new Polio Cases in the state. According to the government, the cases were discovered after the state is targeted 1.4million children to be vaccinated in this round of polio immunization exercise. This was disclosed on Sunday evening, by the incident Manager Emergency Operations Center ,…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, on Tuesday administered the oath of office to Prof. Adeniran Tella as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), urging him to uphold the highest standards of electoral integrity. Speaking at the ceremony at INEC headquarters in Abuja, Amupitan stressed that the integrity of Nigeria’s…
Thirteen people have been killed in a brutal overnight attack by suspected bandits in Mariga local government area of Niger State, Nigeria. The attack, which occurred on Tuesday night, targeted the communities of Magoro, Kumbashi and Bangi—the local government headquarters. Among the victims were three members of a local vigilante group and a police officer,…
FIFA launched a $50 million legacy fund for social programmes on Wednesday in collaboration with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. In November 2022, world football’s governing body FIFA had promised the legacy fund from 2022 World Cup proceeds…
Bello Matawalle, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, has denounced the attack on Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, which resulted in the abduction of 25 students and the death of Vice Principal Malam Hassan Makuku. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, Matawalle said President Bola Tinubu had instructed security agencies to…
The 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Science Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State on November 17 have been rescued unhurt after nine days in captivity. A combined team of soldiers, police officers, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel, vigilantes and local hunters carried out the…
Olori Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi, the wife of the Ooni of Ife, has unveiled a N14 billion L’Extinction (No to Extinction) artwork as part of her efforts at reviving thorn carving tradition. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the unveiling took place at the Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife, on Monday as part of the ongoing Aje Festival…
The Federal Road Safety Corps says eight passengers were burnt to death in a fatal road accident that occurred at Agbede community, along the Benin-Auchi road, Etsako West Local Government. Mr Cyril Mathew, Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said this on Monday in Benin City Mathew said eyewitness accounts revealed…
President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. The BNC, scheduled for Dec. 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on Dec. 2, at the South African Parliament Building in Cape Town. Tinubu…
