The Police Command in Kebbi, has confirmed the abduction of 25 female students of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Birnin Kebbi. He said that at about
President Bola Tinubu has assured potential partners and foreign investors that the right time to invest in Nigeria’s aviation is now, as the industry remains under-exploited butmost viable in Africa. He made this known at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) National Aviation Conference (FNAC) 2025 on Monday in
The Federal Government says innovation, science, technology and strategic policy reforms are essential for building sustainable and globally competitive cassava industries across Africa. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Udeh, stated this on Monday at the 2nd Africa Cassava Conference (ACC 2025) in Abuja. The conference, themed
The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), alongside international oil majors and leading service companies such as Shell, TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, has pledged full support for Nigeria’s crude oil production growth plans. The commitment was disclosed in a statement by Mr Wole Ogunsanya, the PETAN chairman, in Lagos on Sunday.
Many federal civil servants have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to clear the outstanding three months N35 000 wage arrears. The government workers spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, amid soaring cost of living in the country. They decried the
Entrepreneurs have urged stronger support for Nigerian and African farmers to adopt post-harvest processing, saying it is vital to reducing losses and keeping food available year-round for all consumers. They made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday at the 2025 Lagos International
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), “to promptly account for and explain the whereabouts of the missing or diverted N3 trillion of public funds, as documented in the recently published 2022 annual report by the Auditor-General of
A wanted drug baron who operates under the cover of a businessman and hotelier, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, has been arrested by operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after weeks of intelligence and surveillance on his criminal activities. The 42-year-old
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to go ahead with its national convention until a chairmanship nomination form is made available to ex-Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa. Justice Peter Lifu, in a judgment, held that the PDP, by its conduct, had
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has assured residents that his administration will soon complete the 20-kilometre Akute–Ijoko Road in Ifo Local Government Area. The governor gave the assurance while inspecting ongoing work on the first phase of the 9.7-kilometre stretch of the road, shortly after commissioning the Akute–Ajuwon–Alagbole Road,