The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he would make consultations with his wife and friends to determine whether or not to take up any appointment offer from President Bola Tinubu. Wike, in an interview with BBC Pidgin, insisted that his wife and friends are the set of people he would […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund says it is mobilising resources to improve access to quality education by the poor and vulnerable children in Kaduna State. UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria, Ms. Cristian Munduate, stated this in Kaduna on Sunday during the annual UNICEF-Access Bank Charity Shield Polo Tournament, at Fifth Chukker Country Polo Club. Munduate, […]

United States of America sprinter Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for 100m, has died at the age of 76, World Athletics said on Monday. At the 1968 US Championships in Sacramento, Hines became the first man to officially go below 10 seconds for 100m, running a hand-timed 9.9sec. Later that […]

An Australian mother jailed for killing her four young children was pardoned and released on Monday after 20 years behind bars, ending what authorities called a “terrible ordeal”. Kathleen Folbigg was dubbed “Australia’s worst female serial killer” after she was convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children and the manslaughter of a fourth. […]

 enough to kill 48M people Officials have disclosed a police dog helped border patrol agents sniff out $2 million worth of smuggled fentanyl, during a traffic stop in Arizona, USA. The Chief Patrol Agent of Yuma Sector, Patricia McGurk-Daniel disclosed this via her Twitter handle. The seizure occurred at a checkpoint along Interstate 8 near Yuma, […]

Barely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new Executive Council members of the Parks Management System in Oyo State, normal activities, on Monday, resumed at the various motor parks in Ibadan, the state capital. Our correspondent who visited some of the parks within the Ibadan metropolis observed that transporters have moved into the multi-billion […]

Agric experts in Bauchi State have cautioned farmers against the use of adulterated agrochemicals, fertilizers, and substandard seeds in their farms. The experts gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Bauchi. An Agronomist and former General Manager of the Bauchi Agricultural Development Project, Dr Iliyasu Gital explained that […]

A Civil Society Organisation, Better Nigeria Movement has called on the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress to allow the lawmakers-elect to select their leaders. The PUNCH had reported that the APC nominated the immediate past minister of Niger Delta affairs Godswill Akpabio, and the senator representing Kano North, Barau Jibrin, as the senate […]

The Zamfara State Police Command has disclosed it rescued nine children abducted by bandits from the Gora-Namaye Community in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday. He said, “On 3rd June, 2023, at about 2014hrs information […]

A total of 4,591,055 passports have been produced by the Nigeria Immigration Service between August 2019 and May 2023. Also, there were no fewer than 4,736,075 applications for passports within the period under review. Our correspondent observed an exponential increase yearly in the number of passports produced by the service. Data obtained from a document […]