A report released by the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) and Women for Women International (WfWI) has identified social and cultural norms as major...
The Bank of Industry (BoI), African Development Bank AfDB and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have partnered to drive digital literacy in Nigeria....
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has raised the alarm that some influential figures within the state are allegedly working to undermine his administration’s objectives. Speaking...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over...
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State, on Sunday unveiled a book written on former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, titled “What Yar’adua told me and taught me”....
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the federal government to task the tripartite committee on the national minimum wage to finalise its decision,...
One person was confirmed dead on Saturday when combined security operatives invaded Igga, a community in the Uzo-Uwani LGA of Enugu State. Sources told Daily Trust...
Residents of Gwagwarwa Community in Nassarawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State have demanded justice over the alleged killing of 23-year-old Yusuf Shuaibu by a...
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old, Chiemenam Adigwe, for producing fake alcoholic drinks. City & Crime reports that the state’s Commissioner...
The United kingdom (UK) says only international students coming in for their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies were eligible to bring in dependants to the country....
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday said the air components of Operations Hadin Kai and Whirl Punch in the North East and North Central killed many...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will mark his first anniversary in power in the next three weeks, but there are hardly any concrete achievements made, except for...
By Haruna Chiroma In modern military engagements, the traditional arsenal of guns, missiles, and bombs are commonly employed to neutralise the enemy and their assets....
As Nigerians, our go-to is placing the blame on our leaders whenever the economy experiences hardship. Increasing prices of food and fuel? The government is responsible....
Nigeria’s table tennis poster boy, Quadri Aruna, Offiong Edem, Olajide Omotayo and Fatimo Bello will begin the battle against continental heavyweights in a quest to grab...
The Kano State Government has denied reports of a stray bullet hitting a reporter at the Government House Friday night. The reporter with Abubakar Rimi Television...
Seven people have been reportedly killed by bandits at Tudun Bici, Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. According to locals’ accounts, bandits, numbering over...
Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of...
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State says he will sign the death warrant of anyone convicted of volunteering information to bandits in the state. Idris gave...
In the heart’s quiet chambers, Mallam Umaru Musa Yar’adua resides,A leader, a beacon, in memories that softly glide.Beyond titles and roles, his essence bright and pure,Guiding...
On the eve of the 2024 International Workers’ Day, the federal government approved 25 and 35 percent salary increase for civil servants on six consolidated salary...
It is no longer news that the wave of insecurity has over the years been spreading like wildfire across the length and breadth of the country,...
Recently, Human Rights Watch released a report that shows how Burkina Faso’s military executed more than 220 civilians, among them 56 children. These people were killed...
The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi’s recent interview on Al Jazeera has shone more light on China’s interest in securing global peace, cooperation, shared scientific and...
Arinze Stanley is a Nigerian based artist who creates hyper-realistic portraits with such detail they are often mistaken for photographs. He is a self-taught artist and...
Irrigation farmers in Katsina State have made unprecedented revenues from cabbage production due to its high market demand in the state and beyond. Many of the...
Dairy cows that experience heat stress during the dry period have lower milk production in their next lactation. “Animals that experience heat stress, whether they’re coming...
Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), has commissioned a N420 million flood control project in Kogi State. The Secretary to Government of the Federation, Senator...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State chapter, has urged the committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate the expenditure of...
Against the backdrop of surging inflation and the escalating cost of living, pregnant women across Nigeria are urging the government to alleviate the economic strain on...
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has digitised its operations nationwide with a target of delivering about 100,000 affordable housing units to Nigerians across the 36...
Cardiologists and other experts have given reasons why some cooking oils freeze when refrigerated following recent buzz surrounding the “Freezing Oil Challenge” that has piqued...
The newly inaugurated executives of the Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN ICAN) have vowed to build...
Historically, farmer/herder crisis used to be rare in the southwestern Nigeria but degradation of pasture and increasing violence in the North have forced herders South, extending...
Kidnapping, a heinous crime, cannot be condoned under any circumstances. The situation in Nigeria, plagued by various security challenges, including the presence of militant groups and...
Tyrese Maxey scored 46 points as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the New York Knicks 112-106 in overtime to keep their Eastern Conference play-off first round hopes...
Everton’s appeal against their second points deduction for breaching the Premier League’s financial rules will be heard during the final week of the current season. The...
Three days after soldiers withdrew from the Allawa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, residents said bandits have invaded the area and stole...
The Yobe State Government has said meningitis has killed 85 persons between January and April following an outbreak of the disease in the state. Dr Muhammad...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in all the 33 local government areas of Oyo State have won the council elections held at the weekend. This...
Industry experts have identified key issues that must be addressed to pave way for the proposed N500 billion housing recapitalisation of the Federal Mortgage Bank of...
Lafarge Africa Plc., a leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company, has launched an innovative and first of its kind water resistant cement in Nigeria called...
Environment involves living organisms and the non-living physical conditions which are inseparable but inter-related. The living and physical components are linked together through nutrient cycles and...
As we celebrate the 2024 World Veterinary Day in Nigeria, a brief history of our profession for institutional memory will be appropriate. The word “veterinarian” is...
The National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) data on inflation in March 2024, showed that food inflation climbed to 40 per cent, in spite of the marginal...
The FCT is witnessing an influx of people who come in with their children thereby overstretching school facilities. Thankfully, we wish to commend the quick and...
We are a bunch of problems to ourselves in Nigeria. The majority of us don’t have any sense of patriotism. Rather than work to make the...
In recent times, Bauchi State has been grappling with a surge in crime. This upsurge in criminal activities, ranging from theft and robbery to kidnapping and...
Controversy has continued to trail the sack of Fatima Mai Zogale – a Moringa leaves vendor recently eulogised in a song released by ace political praise...
Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali, 83, has left footprints in business, politics and diplomacy. He served in many positions such as Permanent Representative of Nigeria in the...
On the night of April 14, 2024, a global audience watched with bated breath, the horrifying spectacle of hundreds of missiles and drones in the sky...
It is obvious that the high cost of fertiliser and fuel will halt rice farming and production this year in Yobe State as many farmers are...
Mr Adamu Mahmuda, a staff of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Gombe State, said he earned over N1 million from fish farming in 2023. Mahmuda,...
The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has revealed that most projects in the country fail due to a lack of proper planning and...
The United Nations (UN) has revealed that 22 per cent of decision-making positions are held by women in Nigeria’s private sector. Ms Beatrice Eyong, UN’s Women...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has partnered with the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at the Bayero University Kano on climate adaptation and entrepreneurship to tackle...
…1 over theft of diesel Operatives of the Maritime Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested two men, Okechukwu Onyewuenyi and Chukwuma Ogwashima,...
A magistrates’ court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Tony Chigoke, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. The Nigeria...
A newborn baby has drowned in a well in Ruguzau community in Takai LGA of Kano State. A statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the...
Men of the Delta State Police Command have arrested three suspects, Dickson Omalge (47), Samson Ekwunwa (40) and Kanebi Michael (39), and recovered 12 stolen vehicles...
The Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Abaji has been closed for two weeks, after resumption of third term academic session, to allow for the reconstruction of...
Hundreds of fleeing villagers of the Bini community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara stormed Government House, Gusau, on Sunday seeking the government’s protection against...
At least 2,583 people were killed and 2,164 kidnapped in the first quarter of this year, a data from Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited, a security...
A Magistrate Court sitting at PRP, Gama Quarters in Kano State, has ordered the remand of one Abba Usman Badawa over criminal intimidation and attempt to...
A pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Olugbenga Olawore, who was kidnapped alongside others has regained freedom. This was revealed by the...
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State yesterday took a new twist as new executives emerged from Ganduje’s ward, issuing fresh suspension...
Many Nigerians sneered with skepticism at the government’s so-called fresh and invigorated effort to issue them with new national identification cards as announced by the National...
The governorship primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State yesterday witnessed a large turnout of party members but suffered hitches of...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has commenced fact-finding interactions with traders’ associations and marketers to ascertain factors responsible for the continuous hike in...
The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a state-of-technology Offshore Survey Vessel, OSV 115, designed and built by a French shipbuilding company, OCEA SA. It is...
The managing director of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Adesola Adeduntan, has resigned his appointment from the company after nine years of holding the top executive...
A pit yesterday collapsed on eight pupils of the Malam Dan-Umma Qur’anic School at Bayan Science, Badariya in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State,...
Ihe executive director, Nigerian Stored Produce Research Institute, Prof Lateef Sanni, has said that the country needs about 300 cold chain hubs (storage facilities) to reduce...
cientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Oklahoma State University have identified key genes that control flowering in sorghum. Sorghum,...
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed an agreement with Savant Group Ltd, committing US$12 million to scale SunCulture’s solar irrigation...
Twenty-nine persons, comprising of 21 men and six women are currently awaiting trial before an Ibadan Magistrate Court for their role in the invasion of the...
As a member of the young cadres in the field of activism, there are some older comrades we look up to for guidance and inspiration. However,...
In 2023, there was an oil spill in Uzere, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, which spread into farmlands and fishing ponds of...
A joint security team deployed to Suru and Maiyama local government areas of Kebbi on Tuesday rescued two people who were abducted by suspected bandits in...
An Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, has ordered the remand of 29 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators for invading the premises of the Oyo State...
A housewife, Lawal Modupe Lawal, has approached an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja seeking the dissolution of her 17-year-old marriage to her husband, Ismaila on...
A magistrates’ court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 45-year-old woman, Rayinat Bakare, in prison for allegedly stealing a nine-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs...
Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe State have arrested six suspected power cable thieves. The state’s Commandant of NSCDC, Adamu...
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC), have appealed to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to make staff housing...
A magistrates’ court in Jos, Plateau State, on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old trader, Bitrus Dalo, to six months in prison for assaulting his sister-in-law, Mary Simon....
A magistrates’ court in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday ordered the remand in prison of a 20-year-old man, Peter Ezekiel, for allegedly abducting and defiling a...
The trial of a Pastor Emmanuel Orekoya at the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Vio-lence Court for defiling his 17-year-old daughter was stalled on Wednesday...
Our society would be a bit rancour- free and more habitable if we could hold ourselves accountable, accept responsibility for our actions and inactions and be...
The relevance of electronic medical records in Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. However, implementing a functional and effective EMR system requires a collaborative and multi-faceted approach that...
Alhaji Nasiru Haladu Danu, who until today, held the title of the Dan Amana Dutse, has been elevated to become the Sardauna Dutse. In this interview,...
LeBron James scored 23 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-106 to reach the NBA play-offs. James, 39, also chipped in...
Oba Julius Ajayi Omomo, a foremost monarch in Ondo state, is dead. Omomo, who is the Olojoda of Oda kingdom in Akure South Local Government Area...
At least, 19 people died in a Road Traffic Crash (RTC) along Oyo-Ogbomoso Road in Oyo on Sunday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said....
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has flagged off the planting of three million trees across the 44 local government areas of the state in collaboration...
In this era, secondary schools find themselves battling with harsh realities of moral decay, a phenomenon occasioned by a multitude of societal factors. At the heart...
I was a kid in Ovim, and we were in Ama Akpurachi (the village square with Akpurachi tree) discussing how Rear Admiral (Navy commander then) Ndubuisi...
Nigeria’s Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) is a crucial initiative aimed at enhancing access to essential healthcare services for all citizens. However, its effectiveness has...
Many Nigerians working in either the public or private sector have a portion of their salaries deducted and remitted to the federal government under the National...
The federal government has inspected some of the ongoing housing projects across the country while restating its commitment to affordable housing for Nigerians. The Permanent Secretary,...