By Muhammad Nur Tijani Mrs Maryam Balla has been inaugurated as the first female Chairperson of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE), Kano Chapter. Balla, elected in December 2024 alongside eight other executives, takes over from Mr Murtala Garba to serve a two-year term. Speaking at the inauguration inContinue Reading
By Shedrack Frank The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH (NNS SOROH) has provided free medical services to more than 2,000 residents of Tombia Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa. Commodore Omobamidele Akinbami, Commander of NNS SOROH, said during the outreach that the initiative aimed to strengthen cooperation with the hostContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Citizens of West African countries have called on ECOWAS to introduce an indigenous language from one of its member states as an official language, in addition to English, French, and Portuguese. Bishir Dauda, a Pan-Africanist who is travelling across West Africa to celebrate ECOWAS’ 50th anniversary, spokeContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has commended members of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NSA) 17th Regular and Short Service 9 Courses for their contributions to national development. He gave the commendation during the Golden Jubilee Anniversary Dinner of the Alumni of the coursesContinue Reading
By Segun Giwa Team Delta has taken an early lead on the medals table at the ongoing Niger Delta Sports Festival, securing a total of 67 medals. This is according to the latest tally released by the organisers as of the end of Day Three (8 p.m. on Saturday). TheContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu Autistic art savant, Tobechi Achionye, also known as Toby, has taken a campaign on inclusive empowerment to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ace artist unveiled the initiative at the Durumi IDPsContinue Reading
By Obinna Unaeze Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, one of the aspirants in the upcoming Governoship Election in Anambra, has emerged the Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ukachukwu was declared the winner of the party’s governorship primary election in the early hours of Sunday morning by the Chairman of theContinue Reading
By Okon Okon, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In recent years, smartphones with high storage capacity, advanced features and unrestricted internet access have become widely accessible to Nigerian teenagers. While these devices offer numerous benefits, they have also contributed to a decline in moral values among young people. This moralContinue Reading
By Christian Njoku, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In the heart of Nigeria’s last remaining rainforests, a growing crisis is unfolding. Once revered as symbols of nature’s majesty, elephants in the Mbe Mountains of Cross River are now seen as threats by local farmers. Their increasingly frequent crop raids areContinue Reading
Emmanuella Anokam The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) and LNG Arete Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on $27.3 million gas plant project to boost CNG infrastructure investment, expansion and availability. The Programme Director/Chief Executive Officer, P-CNGi, Mr Michael Oluwagbemi, said the partnership aimed at constructing aContinue Reading
