Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has announced a full scholarship for all female indigenes of the state who scored 250 and above in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The UTME is conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for candidates seeking admission into tertiary institution after …

THE Western Naval Command in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry for Environment, executed a large-scale environmental sanitation exercise at Aremu Junction, Trailer Park and Marine Bridge in Apapa, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clean up exercise involved various environmental stakeholders, including the Lagos …

CHINESE Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, said on Saturday that tea trade between China and Nigeria is thriving and enhancing trade relations between the two countries. Yu said this in Abuja during the “2025 Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon” event with the theme “Tea in Nature’s Whisper: Aroma of …

BRAZIL has launched artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives at the BRICS High Level Forum on AI, co-organised with China. The event discussed the prospects for technological development and cooperation in the Global South. This was reported by the press service of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation. Brazil’s Secretary …

THE Police Command in Niger says it has rescued four kidnapped victims of Sarkin-Pawa, Munya Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by its Public Relations officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Saturday in Minna. Newsextra24 reports that on Feb. 20, around 10 p.m, suspected kidnappers …

THE Rivers State Government has announced plans to revitalise the underutilised Technical and Vocational Centre in the state. The Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ibas, disclosed this during the inspection of some facilities in the state, in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The facilities were the Dr Obi Wali …

THE federal government has threatened that any airline caught airlifting passengers into Nigeria without a valid entry visa, landing, and exit cards would be sanctioned. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, stated this during a stakeholders’ engagement programme on the implementation of the E-Visa, Landing, and Exit Cards on Friday in …

Meta, owner of popular social media platform, Facebook has deactivated account of Human Rights activist and politician, Omoleye Sowore. A quick check showed that Sowore’s account cannot be found again on Facebook after several attacks by him against Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023. While it’s not clear …

FORMER Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, visited ex-governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, at his residence in the state. Atiku met with Aregbesola, a former ally of President Bola Tinubu, on Friday. The former vice president posted a video of the meeting on X. “Breakfast time at the residence of …

…Speaks on how Nigeria secured victory THE Federal Government of Nigeria has recovered the sum $200 million and another $10 million award it deposited as bond in a UK court in its defence of the $11 billion arbitral award to Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd. The Attorney General of …