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By our reporter Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that former President Muhammadu Buhari was in the know of his plans to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and even blessed the intention. Last Monday, El-Rufai, once a powerful voice in the APC during the Buhari administration (2015-23) when he (El-Rufai) served for eight years as two-term governor of Kaduna State, announced his departure from APC. He immediately declared that he had joined the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP). Speaking in an interview on the Hausa Service of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), El-Rufai, a…

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has revealed that primary and secondary health facilities across the territory will wear a new look, with plans concluded to rehabilitate and renovate the 14 General Hospitals as well as Primary Health Care Centers (PHCs) to stand the test of medical tourism. The disclosure was made by Mandate Secretary, FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, during the unveiling ceremony of Barrister Nyesom Wike (BNW) VIP Ward in Maitama District Hospital, Abuja. The gesture is part of a bid to reduce medical tourism among the nation's elite and make health facilities comfortable…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Seeking to douse potential public fear, Nigerian Army has urged Enugu State residents not to panic on sighting heavy movement of troops, equipment and hearing of sound of gunshots between March 17 and March 20. 2025. It explained that the happenings would be part of a planned military exercise within the period in the South-East state of Nigeria. Acting Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, in a statement in Enugu on Thursday, March 13, said that the exercise would be aspects of a week-long range classification activities by Nigerian Army personnel. "In line…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi A community leader and National President, Tyoshin Development Association (TDA) in Benue State, Chief Tarnongo Timothy Tiza, has decried the gruesome murder of three of the association's members by armed herdsmen. The TDA President also decried the protest embarked upon by some persons, mostly youths, of Tyoshin in Naka, Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state to register their grievances over the attack at Onmba-Aondo settlement in the area. The protest led to the destruction of property worth millions of naira. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of TDA, Vincent Nyinongo said that…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has handed a princely $250,000 to 15 communities of six Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State. The gesture was part of activities to celebrate the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Day in the North-Eastern State. Kefas, during the event, on Tuesday, at the gym hall of the Jolly Nyame stadium, Jalingo, also flagged off the ACReSAL Community Resolving Fund (CRF), distribution of climate-smart agricultural inputs, and tractors. The $250,000 came in form of cheques to the benefitting communities. ACReSAL, our Correspondent gathered, is a World Bank-financed project designed to…

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has kicked off the distribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities to secondary schools across the territory, marking a major step in the Administration’s commitment to integrating technology into education. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, Permanent Secretary, FCT Education Secretariat, Mrs. Joy Okeke, highlighted the transformative leadership driving the initiative. She attributed its success to President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which has been actively championed by the FCT Minister. “We are all witnesses to the transformation that has greeted the FCT since the Honourable Minister’s assumption of office,…