KATSINA State Governor, Malam Dikko Umar Radda, has called on the federal government to provide additional reinforcements to combat the ongoing security crisis in the state. Governor Radda made the call on Friday, following his visit to Wurma and Birci communities due to the devastating menace of bandits in the …
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SOME legal practitioners in Edo have called on aggrieved political party members during the state’s February primary elections to embrace all internal party crisis resolution mechanisms. The legal practitioners spoke to News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews on Friday in Benin following the violence and political grandstanding that trailed …
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By Igbotako Nowinta “Let them eat cake” Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the French Revolution, was guillotined in 1793 (Upon being told that the peasants had no bread) “THE palliatives being dished out to the people are inconsequential; it is like a drop in the bucket of …
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THE UN weather agency, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), says February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres. Summarizing the state of the climate, it said the month ended with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere where it is summer, while high temperatures atypical of the …
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The late Brian Mulroney A former Canadian prime minister, Brian Mulroney has died at the age of 84, his daughter said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “He died peacefully surrounded by family,” Caroline Mulroney wrote on the post. Canada’s current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to Mulroney …
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The late Whitney Adeniran Mrs Blessing Adeniran, the mother of the 12-year-old Chrisland student, Whitney Adeniran, who died during the school inter-house sports competition, has said that her family doctor did not tell her that the deceased had any medical condition. Adeniran said this on Friday before Justice Oyindamola Ogala …
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Tania and Mrs Soludo Tania Okpala, the former Tennis Star who is undergoing rehabilitation from drug- related challenges, has returned to tennis courts. Tania Okpala Tania, who had joined City Sports Club on the sponsorship of Nonye Soludo, engaged in routine trainings as part of her rehabilitation process. Soludo, wife …
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THE Board of TVC Communications, owners of TVC News, TVC Entertainment channel, Max FM and Adaba FM, has announced that its CEO and Managing Director, Andrew Hanlon, is standing down after seven successful years leading one of Nigeria’s largest media companies. Mrs Victoria Ajayi The development was disclosed in a …
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PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON has congratulated the Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau on his conferment with a Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) by the Bayero University, Kano. In a congratulatory message personally signed by the President of the Senate, he described Senator Jibrin Barau as …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of four Nigerian professionals to serve as Executive Directors of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. They will serve for a renewable term of four years. The appointees include; Engineer Oluwagbenga E.A. Ajiboye – Executive Director, Transmission Service Provider. Engineer Nafisatu Asabe Ali …
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