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HURRAYYYYYY!!! Professor Dickson Ameh Ojonye Akoh, National Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria emerges toscadnews.com Man of the Week. The National…
APC Stakeholders Endorse Abdullahi Askira for Borno South Senate Seat Ahead of 2027 Elections Stakeholders of the All Progressives…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced a revision of the orientation course timetable for prospective corps members deployed to Enugu and Osun States for the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream II exercise. In…
[3/12, 9:26 AM] rosewendy: U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the ongoing war between the United States and Iran could end soon, claiming there are few remaining military targets for American forces inside the…
The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, through its third reading, paving the way for stricter sanctions ahead of the 2027 general election. The amended bill introduces tougher penalties for…
Amb. Catherine Udida, Director Migrant Affairs, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs. (NAN) Stakeholders push awareness to combat trafficking, migrants smuggling Immigration By Fortune Abang Abuja, Dec. 13, 2025 (NAN) Stakeholders in the…
A disturbing video circulating online has triggered widespread outrage after showing a restrained suspect being shot by a police officer…
The United States has announced the first tranche of Japanese investments under a massive $550 billion commitment agreed as part…
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Celebrity fashion designer Veekee James and her husband, Femi Atere, have announced the birth of…
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Popular Nollywood actor Alex Ekubo has reportedly died at the age of 41 after battling…
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[5/10, 9:57 AM] rosewendy: The 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 2026…
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The mother of BBNaija winner Ilebaye Odiniya, Lami Odiniya, has confirmed that the reality TV…
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Former National Basketball Association player Jason Collins has died at the age of 47 following…
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The Nigeria Basketball Federation has appointed David Fizdale as the new head coach of Nigeria’s…
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Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface has sparked reactions online after sharing a lighthearted story about…
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German automaker Mercedes-Benz has reportedly filed a complaint with the Carabinieri against Super Eagles striker…
About eighty Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) exporters in Kwara state have been trained by the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on how to access government intervention funds and special loan packages in financial institutions.Addressing participants in the event held in Ilorin, the Executive Director of the council, Dr.…
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has appealed to Saudi Arabia’s government to lift its suspension of Umrah, lesser Hajj to enable Nigerian Muslims to participate in this year’s Ummura before the Ramadan fasting period.Governor Tambuwal made the appeal in a message to the fifth edition of dawrah refresher…
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa ad Abubakar has directed Muslims in the country to start looking for the cresent of Sha aban tommorow the third of March 2022, equivalent to Islamic calendar 29th of Rajab 1443 after Hijira. In a statement, by the chairman Advisory Committee Sultanate council…
The Lagos State Government has urged financial institutions to fund Agricultural sector same way they fund the oil sector.The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the call at a protected horticulture knowledge sharing and networking event, tagged: “Urban Farming: Feeding the Cities”, organised by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in collaboration with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have commenced investigation into recent airfare increase by domestic airline operators in the country.In a statement, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, FCCPC, Mr. Babatunde Irukera explains that the action of the operators…
Japan donates COVID-19 vaccines, solar refrigerators to NigeriaThe Japanese government has donated about nine hundred thousand doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine and about two hundred Solar Direct Drive Refrigerators to the Nigerian government.The vaccines and refrigerators were received by the National Primary Healthcare Development, NPHCDA on behalf of the Federal…
The Attorney General of Kano State and prosecuting counsel, Musa Abdullahi-Lawan, has presented three witnesses before a Kano high court in a case of alleged murder of a five-year old Hanifa Abubakar.An investigator at the Anti-kidnapping Squad, SCID, Kano Police Command, who is also a witness, Inspector Ubale Usman tendered…
Minister of Women Affairs Dame Pauline Tallen has called on Nigerian women to remain resilient and strategies to continue to push for women’s rights to equal participation and representation in governance. She made the call in Abuja at a media briefing on the 2022 International Women Day with the theme…
The International Court of Justice said Tuesday it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting intensifies. The Hague-based ICJ, the United Nations’ top court, will open the public hearings after Ukraine lodged a complaint with the court to order Russia to…
The Federal Government has given the joint technical committee formed to re-test the viability of ASUU’s University Transparency Accountability Solutions, UTAS, for salary payment 4 weeks to report back. The re-testing of the software was spurred by ASUU’s rejection of the results of a user acceptance test conducted by the…
