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Dangote Group Plc has assured comprehensive support and compensation for Mrs. Ruth Otabor, the sister of Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Ijeoma “Phyna” Otabor, who was injured in a recent accident involving one of the company’s trucks in Auchi, Edo State. The incident, which occurred last week along the Auchi axis, led to Mrs. Otabor being hospitalized at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital. Eyewitnesses reported that the accident caused […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed 20,850 personnel to ensure protection of lives and Critical National Asset and Infrastructure for the Saturday by-elections. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct by-elections across 16 constituencies in 12 states. This was disclosed in a statement issued Friday in Abuja by the NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Afolabi. According to him, […]

The Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday said President Bola Tinubu is working to stabilize Nigeria’s economy. Speaking to journalists after a closed-door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Okonjo-Iweala praised Tinubu’s economic reforms, describing them as steps in the right direction. She said: “The President and his team have worked hard to stabilize the economy and you can’t really […]

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has said President Bola Tinubu’s renewed Hope Agenda has made cancer treatment possible in the country. Idris made this statement on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Peter Mbah, in Enugu. He explained that the entire federal information team was in the state to observe and report on the positive impact of both President […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said it will begin the screening of over 500 exceptional candidates below 16 years of age seeking admission into tertiary institutions for the 2025/2026 academic session between September 22 and 26. According to JAMB, the process will be handled by a special technical committee established specifically for this purpose. Screening will be conducted at three designated centres: Lagos, Abuja, and Owerri in Imo State. […]

Five candidates contesting the forthcoming bye-election in Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Oyo State, on Wednesday signed a peace accord at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ibadan, the state capital. The candidates include Femi Akin-Alamu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Adewale Olatunji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olabisi Odususi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Fola Oyekunle of the Peoples Democratic Party […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Hon. Ayo Omidiran as Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). The monarch also expressed gratitude to the President for the appointment of Mr. Eludayo Eluyemi as the Federal Commissioner representing Osun State at the Commission. A statement issued by the Ooni’s Palace on Wednesday in Ile-Ife, said the appointment was a recognition of their competence, […]

The Oyo State government has set up a Staff Audit and Verification Committee for the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State. According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the committee was officially inaugurated at the Scholarship Board Conference Room of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Ibadan. The verification exercise reaffirms the government’s transparency, accountability and excellence, according […]

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has closed its recruitment portal after receiving 1,911,692 applications for just 30,000 vacancies across the four paramilitary agencies under its supervision. The portal, which opened on Monday, July 14, 2025, was closed on Sunday, August 10, 2025. Earlier, the federal government board had disclosed plans to recruit 30,000 Nigerians into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Correctional Service, […]