President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Kayode Opeifa as the substantive Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC). Opeifa was the former Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State under the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola. He was subsequently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to help tackle the perennial, notorious, intractable Apapa…
Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has distributed 7,158 red goats to 2,386 women as part of the second phase of the Women Empowerment Initiative under the Livestock Fattening Programme of the Kano Agro-Pastoral Development Project. In a statement on Tuesday, the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, revealed that the initiative, valued at N2.3 billion, is designed…
U.S. immigration and border officials will be able to arrest migrants at so-called “sensitive” locations again after the Trump administration overturned policies limiting where such arrests could happen. Officers will now be able to make arrests at designated “sensitive” areas, including houses of worship, schools, and hospitals. Officials have been prohibited from doing this since…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commiserated with the Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Tunji Disu, on the death of his son Adam Disu. Sanwo-Olu said the tragic loss of Adam Disu in a car accident on Monday night while travelling came to him as a rude shock. Expressing his heartfelt…
● A Grand Sporting Vision to Discover, Unify Budding Talents All roads lead to March 2025. In the third month of the new calendar year, a grand new spectacle is set to unfold as the National Sports Commission (NSC) partners with Practagali Limited to host the maiden edition of the South West Games 2025. A…
Northern Professionals have backed the decision of the Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, to re-award the revoked section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway to a new company. The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Works, had revoked a section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway contract handled by Julius Berger Construction Company over a price dispute and…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, said his administration had been targeting the financial backbone of terrorist groups in the country. This was, as he said, over 100 terrorist financiers had been convicted in the last two years. Speaking at the opening of the 2025 National Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Summit in Abuja,…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, has vowed to tackle the commoditisation ( buying and selling) of Naira notes, which has become widespread in the country. CBN Governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso made this vow in a keynote address at the inaugural Stakeholders’ Conference of the Committee of Heads of Banks…
THE Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, yesterday, alerted Nigerians over the outbreak of anthrax in Zamfara State.The Director, Information and Public Relations Department of the ministry, Ben Bem Goong, who disclosed this in a statement, said: “The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development wishes to officially notify the public of a confirmed outbreak of anthrax in…
President Donald Trump has removed Admiral Linda Fagan — the first woman to lead one of the six US military services — as the head of the Coast Guard, with an official citing alleged “leadership deficiencies.” “She served a long and illustrious career, and I thank her for her service,” acting Department of Homeland Security…
