Keziah Badamasi

Gov. Umaru Bago has announced N20,000 wage award for the state and local government civil servants in the state. The governor stated this during a town hall meeting in Minna on Thursday. READ ALSO Police arrest Delta hotelier, rescue 35 trafficked victims Police officers beat up APC chieftain, Danbilki Kwamanda, for ‘insulting’ Kaduna governor He […]

Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court 7, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, has jailed three people to life imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old married deaf woman. READ ALSO Katsina gov’t probes alleged torture by Hisbah officials Mangal sponsors surgery for 80 urology patients The convicts are Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar and Bashar Dan-Inno […]

The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), has shut down the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KAEDCO) over a N600 million tax liability. The Executive Chairman of KADIRS, Jerry Adams, disclosed this on Friday, saying the sealing was an execution of a Court order to restrain KAEDCO over the liability due to the state. READ ALSO […]

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), says it has disbursed more than N2.5 billion in institution fees to 12 schools across the country. The Spokesman of the Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that 22,120 students benefited from the exercise. According to Ayitogo, the gesture is in alignment with President […]

Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State, says its staff, Dr Salihu Ibrahim, has developed a software application for early detection of diabetes and breast cancer. The institution’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya, made the disclosure in a statement in Dutse on Friday. READ ALSO AI is key in resolving Nigeria’s out-of-school children crisis […]

A divorcee, Maryam Najib, on Monday, begged the Shari’a court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, to grant custody of her two boys aged 10 and eight, to their father, Abdulkarim Muhammad. READ ALSO Court sacks Rivers APC caretaker committee, reinstates Beke exco Court dismisses case seeking to stop nationwide hunger protests The complainant, who spoke […]

Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziak Salako, has revealed that he now has an elephant as a member of his family. The minister said he took the decision to adopt an orphaned elephant as his contribution to the conservation of the critically endangered species and to protect the remaining 300-400 elephants in Nigeria. READ […]

The Centre for Renewable Energy and Action on Climate Change (CREACCNG) in Zamfara State to be honored in the United States for its development activities in undeserved communities. CREACCNG has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 .ORG Impact Awards from over 1,700 applicants across nearly 90 countries. READ ALSO Floods destroy 32,837 houses, […]

The Kano State government has restored the boarding status of 15 girls’ secondary schools in the state. The schools were changed from boarding to day by the immediate past administration in the state. READ ALSO University of Ibadan shuts down over school fees protest FG raises SUBEB matching grants to N3.5 billion Bature Tofa, spokesperson […]

Arewa Democratic Front (ADF), a civil society organization, has called for a probe of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its management over the $6 billion subsidy debts deepening fuel scarcity across the country. The CSO revealed this in a statement titled, “A call on President Tinubu to suspend, investigate, and arrest Mele […]