The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has conferred a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in French on a 78-year old man, Dr Hammid Taju. The UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, announced this in her address at the 56th convocation ceremonies in Lagos...
The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined the request by the Rivers State House of Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, citing subsisting court orders and pending appeals. Justice Amadi’s...
The Village Head of Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Ishaku Dan’azumi, has revealed that the bandits who abducted 177 Christian worshippers have been sighted moving with their captives through parts of the...
A fire outbreak on Wednesday razed parts of Abbatuwa Cemetery in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, destroying sections of the burial ground. The incident occurred at about 2:02 p.m. after the Kano State Fire Service received a distress...
BUA Cement Plc has signed an agreement with CBMI to build a new ultra-modern 3-million-ton-per-annum cement line in Sokoto. BUA, in a statement on Thursday, January 22, 2026, said the agreement marked a major milestone in the company’s expansion drive...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening collaboration on non-kinetic operations, civil protection and capacity-building to boost recovery efforts in Nigeria’s North East. The commitment...
The Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association (SKCLA) has declared a two-day fasting and prayer over the recent kidnapping of over 150 worshippers in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The worshippers were abducted from three Churches in Kurmin Wali...
Grammy-winning artiste Burna Boy has been seen performing Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s classic song “Palava” at a time when social media is awash with debate over a controversial claim by Wizkid that he is greater than the late Afrobeat pioneer. The online...
The Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the Kwara State College of Education, Oro, citing worsening security conditions in the area. The directive was conveyed in an internal memo dated January 20, 2026, issued by the Ministry...
The troops of the Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have discovered a mass grave containing corpses of about 20 terrorists neutralised by troops during operations at Timbuktu Triangle in Borno State. The Media Information Officer of the OPHK, Lt.-Col. Sani Uba,...