Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, the newly appointed Minister of Women Affairs, has pledged her commitment to combating gender inequality and advancing opportunities for women across Nigeria.

The organisers of the Ballon d’Or award insisted on Monday that “no player or club” knows who has won the award, responding to Real Madrid’s decision to boycott the event because they believe that Vinicius would not win.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged landowners within the territory to pay all outstanding ground rent or risk losing their properties. Wike made the appeal during the inauguration of the upgrading of War College/Army Checkpoint Road and other ancillary roads in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council, Abuja, on Monday. Describing […]

Today, a quarter-century after the founding of the Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, joined by dignitaries, advocates, and supporters, commemorated the foundation’s ongoing legacy in Nigeria.

Senator Rowland Owie, former Senate Chief Whip, has extended warm congratulations to Professor Edoba Omoregie, SAN, on his recent appointment as Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin. Senator Owie lauded Professor Omoregie’s appointment as a defining moment for the University and the broader academic community. “It is with immense pride and profound joy that […]

By Peter Egwuatu & Ademuyiwa Abidemi South African grocery retailer, Pick n Pay has disclosed that it will exit Nigeria by selling its 51% share of a joint venture as part of plans to restructure outside of its home market. According to Reuters, the CEO, Pick n Pay, Sean Summers stated this Monday, that the […]

Concerned by the widespread blackout in Northern Nigeria due to vandalism of the Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has urged state governments and private investors to invest in alternative electricity sources to reduce reliance on the country’s aging power infrastructure.

Approximately 15 per cent of young Nigerian women aged 15-19 have experienced pregnancy, according to the latest Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2023-24. The NDHS report, released to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja, reveals a teenage pregnancy rate of 15 per cent among girls aged 15-19 across the nation. The […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has convened a joint meeting involving Northern Governors and Traditional Rulers to address the ongoing blackout in the northern region and other critical challenges affecting the zone, including security concerns, economic issues, and sustainable […]

By: Kingsley Omonobi Following anxiety from some retired veterans about the delay in payment of the new pension allowances, the Military Pensions Board has disclosed that the delay in the payment of the new pension rates to military pensioners is due to the non-release of funds to the board pointing out that it has nothing […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has officially declared the J Randle Museum Centre, located in Onikan, Lagos Island, open for public use, saying the state remains the centerpiece of tourism for music, film, art and culture in Africa. The museum, which exhibits historical, artistic and cultural artifacts of the Yoruba, is […]

A senior lecturer at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Oguejiofor Ujam, has reportedly been kidnapped by gunmen along the Ugwuogo-Opi-Nsukka road.

The Enugu State Police Command has completed the orderly room trial of Inspector Ozonwanji Joseph, who was implicated in the murder of Ogene musician Chikezie Okezie Nwamba.

Former Campaign spokesman of President Bola Tinubu in the southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh has told the former Niger Delta militant leader Asari Dokubu that the president isn’t perturbed by his ranting, nor interested in any discussion about a second term in office because it will form a distraction on the President’s ongoing reforms. Dokubu had […]

The Federal Government has expressed commitment to the protection of inmates’ rights, warning officers and men of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS against contravening human rights laws.