The Federal Government has revoked 1,263 mineral licenses belonging to operators who defaulted in paying annual service fees, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development announced on Sunday.
The revoked titles include 584 exploration licenses, 65 mining leases, 144 quarry licenses,...
A dispute over the estate of the late former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Saidu Gidado Idris, has erupted among his family members, with some children alleging exclusion from their father’s inheritance.
Speaking to journalists in...
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of food items used to conceal 40 wraps of methamphetamine with a total weight of 2.30 kilograms heading to Hong Kong via Turkish Airlines at...
A major power outage has hit parts of Kaduna South after a transmission tower collapsed in the Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed that Tower No. 7 on the Kaduna Town Lines One...
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a businesswoman, Okolonkwo Ebere Theresa, for allegedly concealing illicit drugs in her underwear while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Doha, Qatar.
The businesswoman was apprehended...
Barely five months after unveiling a massive orphanage and elderly care home in Mgbirichi, Imo State, Evangelist Chukwuebuka Anozie Obi has launched another landmark project — Nigeria’s first-ever free psychiatric hospital.
The N600 million facility, built under the Seraphic Homes...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded multiple seizures and arrests in its ongoing nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking, including two Brazil returnees who excreted 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine after their arrest at the Murtala...
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has cautioned that Nigeria risks sliding into authoritarianism if President Bola Tinubu is not voted out in 2027.
Speaking during a solidarity visit from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday, El-Rufai alleged that...
The Federal Government has introduced N-ATLAS, an open-source, multilingual, and multimodal large language model designed to support Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Nigerian-accented English.
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, announced the launch in New York during...
The European-American University has disowned an honorary doctorate degree purportedly awarded to popular musician Dauda Kahutu Rarara, describing the ceremony in Abuja as fraudulent.
At an event held on Saturday at NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja, and attended by dignitaries including...
