Tragedy struck again in Zamfara as another fire outbreak ravaged the central market in the early hours of Tuesday, destroying at least 55 shops in the herbal medicine section.
This latest incident comes just six weeks after a similar fire consumed over 100 shops at the same market, raising serious concerns among traders and residents.
According to the traders’ chairman, Alhaji Sa’adu…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Honourable Justice Binta Nyako has issued a restraining order barring all parties involved in the ongoing legal challenge surrounding the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from making public statements or granting media interviews on the matter.
The case, which was recently reassigned to Justice Nyako following the recusal…
Federal government has received over one million doses of the pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the global emergency stockpile funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as part of efforts to curb a deadly meningitis outbreak in the country’s northern region.
The shipment targets the ongoing outbreak of meningococcus serogroups C and W, which has so far claimed more than 70…
and appointed Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the new GCEO and Ahmadu Musa Kida as non-executive chairman
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) including its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari and board chairman Pius Akinyelure.
The decision, effective April 2, 2025, was announced in a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo…
Governor Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have won round one in the series of the peitions challenging their declaration as winners of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo state.
A petition instituted against them by the Action Alliance (AA) and one Adekunle Rufai Omoaje was thrown out by the Edo State Governorship Election Peition Tribunal for lacking in…
The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, threw out the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) and Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, challenging the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo.
In its first judgement on Wednesday, the tribunal held that the case instituted by the AA ”lacked merit and was frivolous”.
The three-member tribunal led by Wilfred Kpochi held…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has condemned the murder of 16 travellers in Edo State, describing it as a senseless act of violence, unacceptable and having no place in our society.
According to a release by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, Senator Akpabio said, he is deeply saddened and disturbed by the gruesome murder of 16 travellers in Edo State, adding that the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved an extension of Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap’s tenure as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) through December 31, 2026.
Mrs Nandap began her career in the Nigeria Immigration Service on October 9, 1989.
President Tinubu appointed her as Comptroller-General on March 1, 2024, to serve till August 31, 2025.
Under her…
Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has unveiled the local organising committee for the 23rd National Sports Festival, Enugu 2026.
Governor Mbah said the committee’s membership was carefully selected based on their competence, excellence, and outstanding contributions to the sports sector.
The LOC will be chaired by Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Enugu State, Mr. Lloyd Ike…
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has argued that the Senate did not meet the constitutional two-thirds majority required to approve President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proclamation of a State of Emergency in Rivers State.
The Senate, last Thursday, held a closed session to deliberate on the president’s proclamation and later approved it during plenary through a…