NUC signs $65m with World Bank to upgrade varsities, train 24,000 Nigerians
He said the project was designed to bridge critical manpower gaps in procurement, environmental management and social safeguards within the Nigerian university system, NUS, while also expanding specialised academic programmes in those fields.
Real Madrid win legal battle over Bernabeu concert noise
Real Madrid said Wednesday they have won a legal battle in their dispute with a residents association complaining about “noise pollution” generated by concerts held at their Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
Troops apprehend five suspected railway vandals in Kaduna
The Nigerian Army troops under Operation FANSAN YAMMA have apprehended five suspected vandals and intercepted a truck loaded with vandalised railway tracks in Kaduna State.
2027: Deputy Speaker, Kalu dismisses Abia APC’s preferred candidates list
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Benjamin Kalu, has dismissed reports of an alleged secret list of preferred candidates of the Abia state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2027 general elections.
Uba Sani sets up consensus committee for Kaduna APC
Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, will chair the committee, while the Secretary of the party, Arch. Abubakar Rabiu, will serve as secretary.
NDLEA intercepts N10.4bn Canadian Loud at Lagos port
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a high-potency strain of cannabis, weighing 4,173.5 kilograms with a street value of over N10.4 billion (Ten Billion, Four Hundred and Thirty-Three Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos.
