President Bola Tinubu has bagged the Lifetime African Achievement award from the Millennium Excellence Foundation based in Ghana, NAN reports on Monday.   Tinubu, while receiving the award, commended the patron of the Foundation, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, for the invitation extended to him and the success of ...

  Some city returnees who are currently undertaking rainy season farming in the South-South region have decried lack of support from the government.   The farmers made the expression while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria survey on the challenges being faced by wet season farmers in South-South region. ...

  Some bank users in Abuja have declared they will opt for electronic mail alerts from their banks to cut costs and reduce charges on their accounts.   Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday said they would deactivate the Short Message Services ...

  The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said the only way to make Nigeria and Africa work is to dismantle corruption and rascality in governance.   He stated this on his X handle on Sunday.   According to him, Nigeria must also prioritise ...

  In a strategic move to uplift grassroots women entrepreneurs, wife of the Member representing Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, Hajiya Jamila Wada-Dasuki, has launched a N10 million trade support grant aimed at boosting small businesses across the constituency.   The empowerment initiative officially kicked off in Tambuwal town ...

  The Forum of Southern Kaduna Professors has expressed strong support for recent federal and state government initiatives aimed at boosting infrastructure, education, and healthcare in the region.   Speaking during a press conference held at Epitome Hotel Event Centre, Barnawa, Kaduna, on Sunday, the group commended President Bola Tinubu ...

  An Air Peace aircraft was grounded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after it collided with a large antelope while taxiing on the runway.   The impact decimated the animal and rendered the aircraft on the ground, causing flight disruptions.   Confirming the incident, the Director of Public ...

  The Federal Ministry of Works has assured Nigerians that the Akure-Ikere road dualisation project will be ready for inauguration by President Bola Tinubu in December.   The Federal Controller of Works in Ondo State, Engr Olajide Hussein, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ...

  Two notorious gunrunners, Yahaya Adamu and Saeedu Haruna, have been arrested in Plateau State by troops of the 3 Division/Operation Safe Haven.   PUNCH Online gathered that the operation leading to their arrest was conducted between May 10-11, 2025, in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, where the suspects were ...

  The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission has said that the Federal Government’s Public Private Partnership initiative in the shoe and garment factory under the Nigeria Correctional Service is capable of meeting a substantial part of the uniform needs of Nigeria’s paramilitary agencies.   According to World Bank data, Nigeria had ...