LUKMAN ABDULMALIK
Niger moves to nationalize French-run uranium venture amid tensions with Orano...
Niger's military-led government announced Thursday it will nationalize Somaïr, the country’s main uranium mining venture operated by French firm Orano, accusing the company of...
Mass protest erupts in Yemen amid escalating Israel-Iran conflict
Tens of thousands of Yemenis gathered in the capital, Sanaa, on Friday in a large-scale demonstration to express solidarity with Iran and the Palestinian...
150,000 Nigerian children born with sickle cell gene annually — FG
Over 150,000 Nigerian children are born each year with the sickle cell gene, largely due to widespread ignorance and misdiagnosis, according to the Federal...
Atiku, El-Rufai alliance seeks INEC approval for new party, ADA
A coalition of top opposition figures, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has formally applied to the...
Kaduna task force arrests 398, recovers arms in crime crackdown
The Special Joint Task Force set up by Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has recorded major successes in its ongoing crackdown on gang-related...
Bandits ambush police patrol in Katsina
Suspected armed bandits launched a deadly ambush on a police Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) patrol team in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State,...
PCN shuts down 48 pharmacies, 395 patent shops in Taraba
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 443 pharmaceutical premises across nine local government areas in Taraba State due to various regulatory...
Kano court sentences TikToker Kilina to one year for cross-dressing content...
A magistrate court in Kano has sentenced popular TikTok content creator Abubakar Usman, known as Kilina, to one year in a correctional facility over...
Kaduna sets up committee to enforce mining consent compliance
The Kaduna State Government has inaugurated a Standing Committee on Mining Consent Regulatory Compliance to enhance oversight and ensure responsible mineral resource development across...
Bauchi govt to revive state-owned newspapers after 20-years hiatus
The Bauchi State Government, in collaboration with key shareholders, has announced plans to revive the Bauchi Publishing and Printing Company Limited—publishers of The Trumpeter...
