In a significant boost for community empowerment, telecommunications giant, Globacom has graduated a cohort of Lagos street sweepers from its Glo Skillbridge training programme arming them with practical skills in digital design, fashion, and baking. The initiative, fully sponsored by the Glo Foundation, marks a milestone in Globacom’s corporate social responsibility efforts, aimed at creating […]
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully neutralized a top Boko Haram commander, Ibn Khalid, and several other terrorists, including their cameraman, in Borno State. The operation was part of a broader effort by the army to crack down on terrorist activities in remote communities across the state. The military operation led […]
Inhabitants of Fegin Mahe, situated within Ruwan-Bore ward under the auspices of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara State, have orchestrated a peaceful demonstration at the Government House in Gusau, lamenting the deteriorating security conditions plaguing their locality. The clearly distressed residents, who assembled in significant numbers, brandished placards, urging the state government to […]
Rotimi Amaechi, the former Minister of Transportation, has announced that coalition leaders are poised to back the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 general elections, irrespective of who they may be. Amaechi, who served two terms as governor of Rivers State, conveyed this message in Port Harcourt, the capital […]
The Kaduna State Government has unveiled the ‘Girl Effect Oya Campaign’, a major initiative aimed at combating cervical cancer and adolescent malnutrition among girls in the state. The campaign was launched at the Gusau Institute, Kaduna, and also celebrated a significant milestone the successful HPV vaccination of 754,304 girls aged 9 to 14, a critical […]
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to immortalize the late former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, by dedicating a national monument in his honor. This resolution stemmed from a motion proposed by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, during the plenary session. The upper chamber additionally lauded the Federal Government for arranging […]
A man, Musiliu Musa Awoga, known colloquially as Ajingolo, has been consigned to the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, on allegations of impersonating the Orijeru of Igboye Kingdom in Epe, Lagos State, and fabricating a Supreme Court ruling to substantiate his claims. Awoga, the principal defendant in the case, was arraigned alongside […]
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a strategic closed-door meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, ahead of the party’s crucial National Executive Committee (NEC) session slated for Thursday at the Presidential Villa. The meeting, which is ongoing as of the time of filing this report, is being hosted […]
The Young Progressive Party (YPP) has pledged to tackle the growing insecurity in Anambra State and restore socio-economic activities if elected in the upcoming November 8 governorship election. Speaking during cultural festivities in the Umudioka and Ogidi communities on Sunday, July 20, the party’s deputy governorship candidate, Uzu Okagbue, highlighted the devastating impact […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the Federal High Court in Abuja to release its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, insisting that the Nigerian government has no legal basis to continue his prosecution. In a statement released on Tuesday by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, and titled “Eight Questions That Must Be […]
