The Emir of Gusau in Zamfara State, His Royal Highness Dr. Ibrahim Bello, is dead. He was aged 71. He died on Friday in Abuja in a prolonged illness. Dr. Bello ascended the throne as the 16th Emir of Gusau on March 16, 2015, following the death of his father.
Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has said that an estimated 80,000 Nigerians die yearly from various forms of cancer, highlighting the urgent need for improved prevention, early detection, and treatment infrastructure across the country. He disclosed this on Wednesday during a national stakeholders’ forum on
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), under theChairmanship of the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, GCON, at its 169th Plenary Session held Thursday approved the elevation of 57 (fifty-Seven) legal practitioners to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The rank of
The newly appointed National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has promised that the party will keep its doors wide open for Nigerians who find the policies, programmes and principles of APC attractive enough to join the party. Prof Yilwatda spoke when he met with
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July, 24, 2025, convicted the duo of Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, and one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change Operator, for $2,198,900.00 fraud. Thomas was arraigned alongside
The Ogun State Government, on Thursday, clarified that the name of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun has not been changed to Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona University of Education, countering recent rumors of such a rebranding. In response to reports suggesting that the institution was renamed to honour the
Some of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have endorsed the emergence of a presidential candidate from southern Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to them, the move is necessary to restore the party’s cardinal principles of justice, equity, and national unity. Speaking at the
President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, (DIL), Aliko Dangote, has appealed to African leaders to take deliberate steps—just as the U.S., Canada, and the EU have done—to protect domestic producers from unfair competition, for the continent to experience real growth and development. Speaking during the ongoing West African Refined Fuel Conference
The number of All Progressives Congress senators in the National Assembly swelled to 70 on Wednesday following the defection of four senators from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The senators—Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East), Oluwole Olubiyi (Osun Central), Aniekan Bassey (Akwa Ibom North East), and Ekong
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Defection To ADC A Miscalculation, Coalition An Aberration, Says Bauchi Gov
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has criticized those who left the PDP for the African Democratic Congress, calling their decision a strategic blunder and labeling the coalition as a political anomaly. Speaking at the ongoing Consultative Conference of