Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on…
A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby…
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa State Government has called on the Federal Government to reintroduce the Home-Grown School Feeding Program to improve the welfare of primary school pupils and boost enrollment…
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The Governor of Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, has sacked five Commissioners and replaced them immediately in a cabinet reshufflement. In a press statement signed by the Secretary to…
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos As scarcity of water hit parts of Jos metropolis, Chairman of the Plateau State water services cooperation, Engineer Apollos Samchi, has assured citizens experiencing shortage in water supply…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Air Force’s commitment to national security, vowing to bring justice to criminals operating in ungoverned spaces across the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not conduct admissions for the Law programme in some select universities following the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme by…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has intensified its crackdown on crime, making significant arrests and recovering stolen items across the state. Addressing journalists at the State Police Command Headquarters, the Police…
The Federal Government, through The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has announced the suspension of operations by Max Air following Tuesday’s night incident involving the airline’s aircraft in Kano. A Max Air…
The crisis ravaging Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another dimension on Wednesday, as suspected thugs invaded the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, disrupting the 79th Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting. The News…
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, has inaugurated the Nigeria Solar for Health Project (NISHP) to provide solar power to over 25 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs)…
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Plateau State Council has commended the Jos North Local Government Chairman, John Christopher, for his outstanding achievements within his first 100 days…
By Abdullahi Yusuf A Max Air aircraft with registration number 5N-MBD, B733 on Tuesday suffered tyre burst on landing at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA). The aircraft with 53 passengers and…
In recognition of Nigeria’s unsung heroes in the healthcare sector, the Aminu Magashi Garba (AMG) Foundation has honoured numerous selfless frontline health workers at its 3rd Annual Awards ceremony, held at the…
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max’s release,…
From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the Lunar New Year on Wednesday,…
A pre-dawn stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering killed at least 15 people in India Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police cordon and…
The Federal Government has launched a massive ultramodern fashion manufacturing hub in Maiduguri, which is expected to create over 48,000 jobs in Borno. Vice-President Kashim Shettima inaugurated the facility on Tuesday. He…
The United States has officially notified the Secretary-General of its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, effective January 27, 2026, UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, has said. Dujarric said this at a news…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has appointed Ibrahim Adam as Special Adviser on Information. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa….
The death toll in the tanker explosion on Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway has risen from 18 to 21 people as recently confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The…
Governors of the South-South geo-political Zone have unanimously picked Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa, as chairman of the South-South Governors Forum. Diri was elected on Tuesday during the forum’s meeting in Government…
The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, on Tuesday, visited Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State over the tanker explosion that occured on Jan 25. The News…
The troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Fansan Yamma have intercepted a cache of arms from suspected arms dealers at Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara. This is contained in…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Lilypond Export Command, Lagos, says it facilitated the export of agricultural produce and manufactured goods valued at $2.1 billion in 2024. The command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Ajibola Odusanya,…
