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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of 35 patrol vehicles and motorcycles to enhance the operational capabilities of the military and youth volunteers in Izge town in the North-Eastern State. The patrol vehicles and motorcycles are to improve mobility for local security volunteers, enabling them to respond swiftly to threats and support military operations in the community. Zulum gave the approval on Friday during an assessment visit to Gwoza, according to statement issued by his media aide Abdurraman Bundi. The Governor commended the military and local community for their gallantry in repelling…

By Prosper Okoye Director General (DG) of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, has reaffirmed the scheme’s relevance as a unifying force in Nigeria. His comments followed renewed national debates over proposals to scrap or restructure the programme. Speaking during a visit to the Benue State NYSC orientation camp in Wannune on Friday, Nafiu urged corps members to embrace national unity and see the service year as a platform for personal growth and national development. “Youths are the leaders of tomorrow, and NYSC is here to shape that future,” the DG said. He encouraged them to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The management of Mainpower Electricity Distribution Limited (MEDL) has advised its customers in Enugu to pay their energy bill for the month as it plans massive disconnection of indebted ones. Spokesman of the firm, Mr Emeka Ezeh, in a statement in Enugu, advised customers under Abakpa, Awkunanaw, Nsukka and Ogui districts to pay up to avoid blackout to their business and residential premises. According to him, customers were to pay their bills before the disconnection team gets to their premises and not wait for the firm's marketers to visit before they pay, to avoid payment of…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Detectives in Enugu have arrested 228 persons for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, illegal possession of firearms and cultism in the state in the last two months. State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mamman Bitrus Giwa, who made this known at a press briefing held at the state police headquarters, Enugu, disclosed this whole giving details of his achievements since he assumed office two months ago. Giwa said they also rescued 36 kidnapped victims and recovered 44 firearms, 173 ammunition and 20 vehicles. According to him, the breakdown showed that of the 228, 44 are armed robbery…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin (Ige Olakulehin 1), has suspended two mogajis (family chiefs) and removed their traditional beads. They are Mogaji Kukula, Kamorudeen Kolawole of Kukula family, Oke-Ofa, Baba Isale in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area and Mogaji Samsudeen Bello of Ekerin Ajengbe family, Isale Osi in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State, South-West Nigeria. The traditional ruler also promoted former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin to become the Aare Alasa of Olubadan Ibadanland on the chieftaincy ladder of the ancient town -a development that attracted accolades from the lawmaker representing Egbeda/Ona-Ara…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo The first-ever Taraba State International Investment Summit, also known as Taravest, will kick off May 21, 2025 in Jalingo, the State capital. Chairman of the main Committee, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, stated this while answering questions from journalists shortly after inspecting the level of work done at the venue of the summit, the T.Y Danjuma House, Jalingo. Hon. Elumelu, who was Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Power, told journalists that the summit will feature prospective investors from both local and international arenas who will be deliberating on sectors ranging from Agriculture, Energy, Industrialization and others. On…

The results of 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The results of 39,834 candidates have been withheld, the board said today. JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed these during the official release of the 2025 UTME results, at JAMB headquarters, Bwari. The registrar added that the seizure of results was on account of suspected examination malpractices. About 80 persons, he said, were under investigation for exam-related offences.

By our reporter A month to his 65th birthday, businessman,lawyer and alleged fraudster, Fred Ajudua, heads back to prison following a Supreme Court verdict today. The apex court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal that granted bail to Ajudua, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and standing trial for allegedly defrauding a German company of $1 million over 30 years ago, when the accused was still a young man. In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court held that the Appeal Court erred in granting Ajudua bail and ordered him returned to correctional…

By Ademola Adegoke, Abuja Head of Civil Service of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Mrs. Grace Adayilo, has saluted Minister of FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike, who recently received the Quinquinnal Award for Governance and Infrastructure 2024. In a statement from her office, Mrs. Adayilo asserted that the Minister's leadership has indeed exploded in hugely phenomenal transformation of the nation's capital, the prioritization of staff welfare and restoration of the Abuja Masterplan. The Quinquinnal Award for Governance and Infrastructure, the statement noted, recognized the Minister's outstanding contributions to the development and transformation of Abuja’s infrastructural landscape. Congratulating the Minister on behalf…

A Nigerian woman, identified as Patience Gold, has tarnished the image of the country in Ghana following evidences produced in court showing her shocking degree of wickedness, raw greed and unconscionable avarice while running a prostitution ring --an illegality in the neighbouring West African country. The Tarkwa Circuit Court in Ghana sentenced the 32-year-old commercial sex worker to 20 years’ imprisonment for trafficking four young women from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution,reports Ghana Graphic in its May 8, 2025 edition. According to court documents filed by the state, the presiding judge, Hathia Ama Manu, heard that the convict,…