Gunmen kidnap 50 persons in Zamfara

Gunmen kidnap 50 persons in Zamfara

Gunmen have reportedly abducted 50 women and children during a raid on Kakin Dawa, a village in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Zamfara State Police Command confirmed the incident, yesterday, saying the victims were kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday. The police added that security operatives had been deployed in the area.One […]
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Lawmaker empowers 155 Apapa constituents

Lawmaker empowers 155 Apapa constituents

Adeola Adedayo, representing Apapa Federal Constituency, on Tuesday distributed five different empowerment items to no fewer than 155 residents of Apapa and Iganmu constituency. The distribution held at the Apapa AstroTurf. The items given out included eight Tricycles, 18 chest freezers, 25 generating sets, 51 grinding machines and 51 sewing machines. “There were about eight […]

Nigeria’s Aisha Isa shines globally with top public health awards, urges youths to make impact

Nigeria’s Aisha Isa shines globally with top public health awards, urges youths to make impact

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – Aisha Katsina Isa, a 27-year-old public health advocate, has won the 2024 Emerging Public Health Leader Award and the Evelyn Zimmerman Public Health Award, earning global recognition for her groundbreaking contributions to health equity, mental health systems, and innovative healthcare solutions. Isa’s work has made significant strides in addressing healthcare […]

Ondo governorship election partially free, fair – Observer

Ondo governorship election partially free, fair – Observer

…requires substantial reforms By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA- THE Ondo governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, must have come and gone, an election observer, Kimpact Development Initiative, KDI, Tuesday, asserted that the election was partially free and fair. This was contained in a report presented during a press conference organised by KDI […]

FoodCo recognised as retailer of year 2024  at NBLA awards

FoodCo recognised as retailer of year 2024  at NBLA awards

Lagos— FoodCo Nigeria Limited, a top five retailer twice listed in the Financial Times list of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies, has won the award for Retailer of the Year at the 2024 edition of the Nigerian Business Leadership Awards (NBLA). The 2024 Awards, the fifth in the series, makes it the fourth time FoodCo would […]

Gov Yusuf appoints leaders for civil service, Sharia, Zakkat commissions

Gov Yusuf appoints leaders for civil service, Sharia, Zakkat commissions

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State had approved the appointment of members to the Civil Service Commission, Sharia Commission, and Zakkat and Hubsi Commission. The governor, in a statement by his spokesperson, Sunusi Bature, invoked his constitutional powers to finalize the appointments in alignment with established procedures. The appointments for the Civil Service Commission are […]

Medical Guild decries harassment of doctors, calls for urgent reforms

Medical Guild decries harassment of doctors, calls for urgent reforms

By Chioma Obinna Medical Guild, a group representing all Lagos State government-employed medical and dental practitioners, has raised serious concerns about the increasing harassment of doctors by multiple regulatory bodies. Addressing journalists in Lagos ahead of it’s Annual Scientific Conference in Lagos, the Guild highlighted how the activities of agencies like the Police, the Nigerian […]

Late Col. Ogbebor’s family cries out over alleged plot to demolish N3.5bn estate in Abuja

Late Col. Ogbebor’s family cries out over alleged plot to demolish N3.5bn estate in Abuja

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The management of a 42-year-old estate in Abuja has raised the alarm over the Federal Capital Development Authority’s (FCDA) plan to demolish the property, despite its longstanding presence. The estate, originally developed by the late Col. Paul Ogbebor, a key figure in the creation of Abuja, is valued at N3.5 […]

Ghana elections and Prof Yakubu’s sham claims, by Ochereome Nnanna

Ghana elections and Prof Yakubu’s sham claims, by Ochereome Nnanna

There is something we call omehaa kachie enya in my Abiriba dialect of Igbo. It means a shameless or defiant offender. When a person is caught red-handed while committing an abomination, he is supposed to show remorse or contrition. But if such a person adopts a bold face, displays impertinence and opts to brazen it […]

Gov. Bago’s exemplary religious tolerance

Gov. Bago’s exemplary religious tolerance

Niger State, the largest sub-national entity in Nigeria by landmass, was recently in the news for the right reasons. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mohammed Umar Bago, a banker and former federal lawmaker, set a tone of religious tolerance that shocked many. Though a very devoted Muslim, he not only authorised the staging of a massive […]

UTM FLNG signs Global Compact on Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption

UTM FLNG signs Global Compact on Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption

By Udeme Akpan Ahead of its projected 2.8 million tons per annum (MTPA) gas production, UTM FLNG Ltd, owner of Nigeria’s first Indigenous Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG), has signed the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) on Human Rights, Labour, Environment, and Anti-Corruption. UTM Group Managing Director Dr. Julius Rone, OFR, signed the UNGC document […]

 Is the 1999 Constitution truly the problem of Nigeria?(3), by Usman Sarki

 Is the 1999 Constitution truly the problem of Nigeria?(3), by Usman Sarki

“As in most things great and noble, an intelligent forethought is needed”-John Buchan An intelligent and persuasive fore thought on the constitutional arrangement that best suits the Nigerian condition at this day and age is surely needed more than anything else. The eruption of pent-up emotions and needless disarray in thought given rise to by […]

Iya Abubakar@90: How he procured first largest computer in Africa, former NIMC DG, Aziz, recounts

Iya Abubakar@90: How he procured first largest computer in Africa, former NIMC DG, Aziz, recounts

By Prince Osuagwu The immediatepast Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz, has paid glowing tributes to a former Minister of Defence, Prof. Iya Abubakar, for being the first to purchase the first largest computer in Africa, just to give Nigeria that Big Brother stature in the continent. Aziz chose the opportunity of […]