By Nana Musa The Dangote Cement says its company’s policy is in line with the United Nations’ ideals of empowering the youth for social and economic development of societies. The Plants Director, Nawabuddin Azad, said this when the company marked the International Youth Day at its Obajana plant, Kogi.Continue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja Mr Kayode Opeifa, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), on Tuesday said that emergency responders are already on ground at the site of the derailment of a Kaduna-bound train at Asham station. In a statement posted on NRC X handle, Opeifa said thatContinue Reading
By Sunday Bassey Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has received 35 indigenous Ibom Air cadet pilots and maintenance engineers who graduated from Airbus Flight Academy in France and Ethiopian Airline Aviation Academy. Eno while receiving the Board and Management of Ibom Air at the Government House, Uyo onContinue Reading
By Moses Kolo A passenger train travelling from Kaduna to Abuja derailed on Thursday morning, leaving several cabins overturned along the busy corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident caused panic among the passengers, many of whom scrambled to safety. Although details remained sketchy,Continue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, ordered six banks to furnish the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police with details of account documents and all transactions, including inflows and outflows, linked to Omoyele Sowore from January 2024 till date. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order afterContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman A former Executive Editor of the defunct Newswatch magazine, Yakubu Mohammed, has recounted how a rare interview with Brig.-Gen. David Mark had put the magazine’s directors in trouble with late Gen. Sani Abacha. Mohammed recalled the experience in his recently published memoir,Continue Reading
By Rita Iliya Niger government on Monday empowered no fewer than 2,500 women in Kontagora Local Government Area with N250 million as part of Gov. Umaru Bago’s women empowerment grant to boost their business. Hajiya Hauwa Bako, Special Adviser to the governor on Social Investment Programme and Focal Person,Continue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Veteran journalist and one of the founders of Nigeria’s first weekly news magazine, Newswatch, Yakubu Mohammed, says the assassination of Dele Giwa in 1986 had nothing to do with the late Gloria Okon. Mohammed, who co-founded Newswatch with Giwa, Ray Ekpu and Dan Agbese in 1984, saidContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has begun the 2025 Governance Assessment Report (GAR) Tour in Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement issued by the NGIJ President, Malam Abdulrahman Aliagan, in Abuja on Monday. The guild said the tour was a core component ofContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Veteran journalist, Yakubu Mohammed, says an unexplainable friction between late Chief MKO Abiola, the publisher of the defunct National Concord, and late Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu and himself led to founding of Nigeria’s first weekly news magazine, Newswatch. Mohammed, who together with Giwa, Ekpu and DanContinue Reading
