Enugu Signs Agreement with FG to Host 2026 National Sports Festival

Enugu State Government has signed the Host State Agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria for the 23rd National Sports Festival in year 2026. National Sports Festival is a biennial multi-sport event organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Sports Commission for athletes from the 36 States of the federation. The game started in year 1973 as a unifying tool to promote peace and cross-cultural affiliation in the nation especially after the...

Rehab Center Founder In Bauchi Arrested For Sodomy

Founder of Mallam Kawu Rehabilitation and Skill Acquisition Center in Yakubu Wanka, Bauchi Local Government Area, Mallam Kawu has been arrested  on allegations of abuse, sodomy, and exploitation of inmates. Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command, who raided the facility in collaboration with the Hisbah Command of the State Shariah Commission, also evacuated ten children from the facility during the operation. The operation followed complaint by a former inmate, Yahaya Yusuf who reportedly lodged against...

Terrorists Arrested While Offering N1.6m Bribe To Detectives

Three members of the Lakurawa terrorist group operating in the Kebbi state axis have been arrested while attempting to offer an N1.6m bribe to the Police lead investigator. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Kebbi State Police command’s spokesman, SP Nafiu Abubakar. The statement said: “The three suspected members of the group Umaru Garba, Alhaji Abubakar Mamman, and Usman Muhammadu had conspired to offer detectives the sum of N1.6m to compromise...

Matawalle: ₦50 Billion Defence Budget Insufficient to Tackle Insecurity

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has described the ₦50 billion allocated to the Ministry of Defence in the 2025 budget as grossly inadequate to address Nigeria’s mounting security challenges. Matawalle stated this on Tuesday while defending the ministry’s budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Defence. According to the Minister, the ministry faces several financial constraints, including unpaid bills and entitlements for military personnel. He expressed concern over accumulated debts for...

Minister Wike, DSS Dragged to Court for Breaching Rights of Beggars, Traders

A group of vulnerable Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents, including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, have filed a suit against the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, demanding N500 million in damages for alleged violations of their fundamental rights. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1749/2024, was filed on 20th November 2024 before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by legal practitioner Abba Hikima. Hikima said he was suing in the public interest for the...

Armed Forces Remembrance: Kano Donates ₦12 Million to Fallen Heroes

…Navy, police, immigration, others donate ₦2,600,000 The Kano State Government has donated ₦12 million to support families of fallen heroes from the state. The gesture was announced during the Emblem Appeal Fund Launch for the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, held on Monday at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano. A statement by the Director of Public Enlightenment, Usman Gwadabe, disclosed that Governor Abba Yusuf personally donated ₦2 million, while the state’s 44 local government...

450 Kaduna Students Receive Scholarships From Minister Of Environment

Four hundred and fifty (450) students of tertiary institutions across the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State under the Balarabe Abbass LAWAL Needs Based Scholarship initiative were awarded scholarships. The scholarship programme covers tuition fees until graduation and requires beneficiaries to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 or 3.0 to remain eligible. The initiative is part of the Minister of Environment Mallam Balarabe Abbas Lawal’s needs-based scholarship programme aimed to provide financial assistance to...

Elder Statesman Calls For Suspension Of Nigerian Governors’ Forum

Chief Edwin Clark, an elder statesman has called for the suspension of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), alleging that it is now at a crossroads because it has lost its founding vision. Clark, a former Federal Commissioner of Information, in a statement on Monday titled, “Our Governors’ Forum: An Open Appeal for Reform,” said the NGF’s ability to unify state governors under a common banner could have been its greatest strength. Clark alleged that the...

Katsina Govt Officials In EFCC Net For Diverting N1.3bn Foreign Aid

Five Katsina Internal Revenue Officials officials have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Kano State Command for their alleged involvement in N1.3 billion fraud. Rabiu Abdullahi, Sanusi Mohammed Yaro, Ibrahim M. Kofar Soro, Ibrahim Aliyu, and Nura Lawal Kofar Sauri were among those arrested. Dele Oyewale, spokesman of the anti-graft agency who confirmed their arrest in Abuja on Monday, gave the amount of money allegedly diverted by...

Farmers In Benue Demand Release Of 394 Corpses Of Slain Kinsmen

The Association of United Farmers of Benue Valley (AUFBV) has demanded the release of 394 corpses of Tiv farmers allegedly killed by a militia group in neighbouring Keana Local Government Area, LGA of Nasarawa State. The appeal was made on behalf of its Denen Utsa, the group’s president, made the demand when he led a delegation of AUFBV members to the home of Ter Tyoshin, HRH Daniel Abomtse, in Naka, Gwer West LGA of Benue...

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