The All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in Kaduna State on Saturday pledged two million votes to President Muhammadu Buhari and Gov Nasir El-Rufa’i in the 2019 general elections. The youth made the pledge in a communiqué at the end of a summit tagged, “Kaduna State APC Emerging Young Leaders Summit’’,Continue Reading
Former Miss Suzzy Tolofari of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday signed off her maiden name to become Mrs Ufre-Abasi Eduok. The bride and her heartthrob, Mr Ufre-Abasi Eduok, exchanged vows and rings at Fountain of Truth Assembly (FOTA), Lugbe, a suburb of Abuja, the nation’s capital. InContinue Reading
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, has said that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) acquired 30 aircraft and activated 13 grounded ones in the last three years. Abubakar disclosed this on Saturday at the inauguration of the new Headquarters of Air Training Command, and the Sports complexContinue Reading
Rwanda on Saturday freed Victoire Ingabire, an opposition leader, who had served six years of a 15-year jail term, after President Paul Kagame exercised his power to grant a pardon. Ingabire, who leads the unregistered FDU-Inkingi opposition party, was freed along with other prisoners, including singer Kizito Mihigo, jailed inContinue Reading
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has urged the Federal Government to enact a law that would enable it to demobilise networks in all centres during the conduct of its examinations. The Head, Public Affairs of the council, Mr Damianus Ojijeogu, made the appeal in an interview with the NewsContinue Reading
The Director General of Nomadic Affairs, Alhaji Abdullahi Babayo says that the agency has recovered 6,622 cattle in 14 months. Babayo made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Saturday. He said that most of the cattle recovered were not the specieContinue Reading
The UN Environment on Saturday called on African civil society organisations (CSOs) to help advance essential environmental agenda that are critical to the effective implementation of policies and projects in the field of environment and sustainable development. Juliette Koudenoukpo, Director and Regional Representative at UN Environment Africa office, said thatContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Malaysian government that issues relating to the documentation and welfare of Nigerian students in the country will be properly handled to avoid hitches during their stay. Buhari said this when he received Letters of Credence from High Commissioner of Malaysia to Nigeria, Mrs GloriaContinue Reading
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State on Thursday destroyed drugs weighing 110,542 tonnes. Speaking during the exercise in Akure, the Chief Executive of NDLEA, retired Col. Muhammad Mustapha, said drug trafficking and abuse were not abating. Mustapha, represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Oloruntoba, saidContinue Reading
