Maj-Gen Markus Kangye Agency Report The Defence Headquarters says troops have killed a total of 74 terrorists, apprehended 130 suspects, and rescued 61 kidnapped hostages in various operations conducted between March 5 and 13. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye disclosed this ...

Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, imo state The Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, in Imo State, suspended a facilitator, Mr. Okoroafor Ifeanyichukwu, from duty on Friday after he was seen in a viral video assaulting a male student. The suspension notice, issued in a letter with reference FPN/TEDC/80/1 and dated March 14th, ...

US President, Donald Trump By Gilbert Ekugbe Hundreds of HIV doctors and researchers have called on the Trump administration to reverse its sweeping aid funding cuts, saying they are “doing catastrophic harm” to the global fight against AIDS. The United States has historically been the world’s largest donor of humanitarian assistance, ...

Kaduna gov, Uba Sani. By Godwin Isenyo The Kaduna State Government has distributed 7,000 motorcycles, including 4,000 electric bikes, to civil servants across the state. The initiative, launched by Governor Uba Sani, is the first of its kind in Nigeria and aims to ease the financial burden of transportation costs on ...

CoAS, Olufemi Oluyede Agency Report The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has urged battalion commanders to demonstrate exemplary leadership in their respective commands to enable troops to tackle emerging threats to national security effectively. Oluyede made this call while addressing battalion commanders participating in the just-concluded First Commanding ...

Nyesom Wike The Ijaw National Congress has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over his comments on the Ijaw. The INC was reacting to alleged comments credited to Wike in which he said the Ijaw people ”were a minority of minorities ...

The House of Representatives during Wednesday’s plenary made far-reaching changes to the South West Development Commission by deleting four major clauses from its Establishment Act. The report on the bill, which was gazetted for consideration on Tuesday’s Order Paper, was given accelerated consideration as the leadership of the House listed ...

Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed From Sola Ojo, Abuja The trial of the former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, over the alleged misappropriation of N5.78 billion in public funds continued on Wednesday, 12 March 2025, before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court ...

• GenCos fear tariff hike over imposition of new taxes • Demand 100 per cent debt settlement Despite promises made by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Nigeria’s power sector is facing an escalating financial crisis, with generation companies (GenCos) warning of potential shutdowns. This comes as GenCos, in a new letter ...

James Omotosho, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, has fixed March 21 for the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to NAN, Omotosho is the new judge to which Kanu’s case file was assigned. With a new judge taking over, Kanu’s ...