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By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, said that innovation is at the heart of President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda designed to kick out poverty from among Nigerians. Nnaji said this on Tuesday, May 6 in Enugu while declaring open a two-day Techno-Expo (Technology Exposition/Show) organised by the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), under the Federal Miniatry of Innovation, Science and Technology. The South-East Techno-Expo 2025, which is the first edition, is themed: 'Nurturing Research and Development (R&D) Results and Innovation to Drive Nigeria's Economic Growth Using Technology Incubation as a Tool'.…

By our reporter Residents, motorists and others located between Kompanin Bobby and Wamba in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State fled for dear life yesterday following reports of the sighting of scores of suspected insurgents heading towards the axis. Sources said hundreds of heavily armed insurgents, traveling on motorcycles, reportedly from Zamfara State, were spotted crossing the Kontagora–Minna highway between both communities. It was gathered that a local security team comprising mainly of vigilantes, mobilized to challenge and halt the advance of the stern-faced, no nonsense-looking insurgents, was worsted in an ensuing battle, with two killed and one…

By Ademola Adegoke, Abuja There has been a frenzy of activities all day in District Hospitals owned by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) as relations of patients on admission within the facilities have been evacuating their sick loved ones to private hospitals or back home. This followed information that resident doctors in the nation's capital will tomorrow kick off a three-day warning strike to protest against the dismissal of about 127 health workers by FCTA authorities last Friday. Three Managing Directors of District Hospitals, medical doctors, nurses,pharmacists, lab scientists and clinical staff were among those sacked. Ironically, the same…

The European Union (EU) is expected to lure U.S researchers looking to relocate in the wake of Trump’s attacks on universities. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are hosting a conference in Paris to attract United States (U.S)-based academics and researchers in the wake of U.S President Donald Trump’s targeting of universities. EU commissioners on Monday, May 5, announced half a billion euros ($568million) in incentives to lure international academics to the continent at the Choose Europe for Science conference. The meeting at Paris’s Sorbonne University is targeted at academics and researchers who fear…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has disclosed a plan to resettle 6,000 families in the state displaced by Boko Haram insurgents. The families mostly hailed from Dikwa and Mafa Local Government Areas (LGAs). Zulum announced the plan on Monday, May 5, at Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, one of the largest with about 11,000 families taking refuge there due to the over a decade-old crisis in the North-East Nigerian state. Addressing journalists, Zulum reiterated that the resettlement became imperative due to the high-level of illicit activities in the camp, according to a statement released by…

Recently-resigned Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu in the Office of the Vice President, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has thumbed down the idea of President Tinubu gunning for eight years in office. By the 1999 Constitution (as amended), a sitting president stays in office for four years in the first term, but can run for re-election for another four years. Indeed, Baba-Ahmed claimed that the practice of bidding to be in office for eight years was not in the national interest as such sitting president may have health- or age-related issues and could invariably lack the energy and zest to perform to…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Hitting the ground running, new Police Commissioner (CP) for Benue State, Emenari Ifeanyi, has deployed Tactical Commanders to troubled areas in the insecurity-ridden Middle Belt state with a charge to restratigize and confront security challenges bedeviling communities in the state. The CP issued the directive during an emergency meeting with Senior Police Officers (SUPOLS), Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) held at Police Officers Mess, Makurdi on May 3, 2025. A statement today by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the State Police Command, Sewuese Catherine Anene, which contained these, revealed that…

Some journalists brave the warm spring sun, others seek respite in the shade of the Vatican’s colonnades. Whatever their strategy, the aim is the same: to spot the red-capped cardinals emerging from Synod Hall and try to elicit from them a clue as to who will succeed Pope Francis. The men responsible for picking a new pontiff are enjoying rock-star status in Rome this week as they prepare for conclave: the secret, centuries-old ritual of electing a leader of the Catholic church that is due to begin on May 7. Marina García Diéguez is among the journalists partaking in the…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have nabbed three suspected fraudsters linked with Q-net scam in the country. The suspects, Olaniyan Joshua, Oyetunde Julius Akano, and Victor Oluwale who are currently undergoing interrogation in the Commission, were arrested on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, in Abuja. Operating under the name, Mighty Infinity Millionaire Limited, the trio falsely claimed to be representatives of Q-net, a global e-commerce and direct selling company. While Q-net has since denied any link with the suspects and their activities, investigations further revealed that the suspects were equally running a fraudulent university training in pavilions and under trees, offering fake Bachelor of Science degrees in Medicine, Nursing, Cybersecurity, Computer Studies, and Geology, among others with a false claim of affiliation with Quest International University,…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed dismay over the dilapidated nature of roads linking Taraba State to sister states in North-East Nigeria. National President, SSANU, Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, spoke while delivering an address during the body's 11th regular Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) meeting held in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. Comrade Ibrahim, who called on the Federal Government (FG) and others to wake up to their responsibilities, pointed out that the North-East is not getting its just due as a region. The SSANU leader revealed that he is "a bonafide indigene of…