By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice-President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated 375 tractors refurbished by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), under the National Asset Restoration Programme. The programme, launched in Maiduguri, Borno on Sunday, is an initiative of NASENI aimed at boosting mechanised agriculture and enhancing food security inContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nur Tijani Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Barau Jibrin, on Sunday visited Farm Centre, Kano’s largest phone market, to sympathise with the traders affected by Friday’s inferno. During the visit, Barau announced the donation of gadgets worth N200 million to the victims of the inferno, as partContinue Reading
By Angela AtaboThe Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) in collaboration with Near Foundation, an NGO, has distributed meat to 150 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir. The beneficiaries were selected from Waru and Yimuthu IDP camps in the nation’s capital. Hajiya Fatima Ibrahim, Head, Relief and Rehabilitation,Continue Reading
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will operate additional special train services across its major standard gauge corridors – Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kaduna – on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. The Managing Director of NRC, Dr Kayode Opeifa, said that the extension was in response to exceptional surge in passengers’Continue Reading
By Martins Abochol A cross-section of commuters in Taraba have commended transport owners for ensuring stable fares during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Hajia Zubaida Zakari, one of the commuters at the Jalingo Central Motor Park, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, said that the cost ofContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described infrastructure as not merely about roads and bridges, but about connecting destinies, unlocking potentials, and laying groundwork for national transformation. Wike said this in his 2025 Distinguish Personality Lecture, titled, “Nigeria of our Dreams” presentedContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Prof. Adebayo Bamire, Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, as a pragmatic and result-driven public servant. Bamire spoke during the university’s 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture titled, “Nigeria of our Dreams,” delivered byContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the completed 27km dual reinforced concrete Deep Sea Port Access Route at Lekki, Lagos State. The President also virtually inaugurated some other road projects across Nigeria. The President equally flagged off construction of sections of the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway and Lagos-Calabar CoastalContinue Reading
By Olatunde Ajayi The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has charged stakeholders at the grassroots to take actions that will reduce the adverse impacts of flood during the 2025 rainy season. The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, said this at a stakeholders’ engagement on flood disaster organised by the agency onContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to transform the country for the good of all. Wike made the call in his 2025 Distinguish Personality Lecture, titled, “The Nigeria of our Dreams”Continue Reading
