Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), General Jeremiah Timbut Useni, is dead. According to family sources, he died on Thursday, January 23, 2025, following a protracted illness. The passing of the Useni was also contained in a statement by the Governor of plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, via his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere. The governor described the demise of General Useni as a tremendous loss not only to his immediate...

The Federal Government has told the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll to keep his advice to himself as it doesn’t need his stamp of approval to implement government’s laudable policies. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a press statement on Thursday faulted the recent remarks made by His Highness, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, regarding the economic reforms introduced under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, at a public event in Lagos, stressing...

President Bola Tinubu has felicitated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has in a press statement on Thursday noted that the prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on...

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has said that the ministry has stopped distributing physical cash to vulnerable citizens. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Arise TV, stressing that the ministry is capturing all the digital identity of the people that are on social register to avoid the pitfalls which characterized the ministry in the past. Yilwatda said, “The first step we’ve taken is that...