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The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has urged corps members deployed to the state to emulate the sacrifices of Nigeria’s founding fathers and contribute meaningfully to the country’s unity and development during their one-year mandatory national service. The governor made the call at the sweari...
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has declared Monday, October 5, 2026, a work-free day for teachers across the state to commemorate this year’s World Teachers’ Day. The declaration was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mash...
The Police in Kano State, North West Nigeria has introduced a 72-hour advance notification requirement for anyone planning to organise Durbar or horse and animal-riding activities in public places across the state. The measure is aimed at enabling security agencies to conduct proper risk assessments...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has officially inaugurated the ultra-modern corporate headquarters of Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited in Lagos. At the inauguration of the firm’s corporate head office in Victoria Island, Lagos, VP Shettima declared that the world-class facility sends a clear...
President of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, Prof. Justin Green, has urged Nigerian public relations practitioners and corporate organisations to participate actively in the World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) 2026 scheduled to hold in Abuja. Green made the cal...
The Nigeria government has indicated plans to extend by another two years, the Presidential Executive Order supporting local pharmaceutical manufacturing, as stakeholders seek sustained policies and investments to strengthen medicine security and position Nigeria as a regional pharmaceutical manufac...
Nigeria has secured an additional 10,000 Hajj slots from Saudi Arabia for the 2027 pilgrimage, increasing the country’s total allocation from 50,000 to 60,000. The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Ismail Yusuf, announced this at the General Assembly of the Nigerian Supre...
Organisers cancelled the final high-profile debate in Brazil’s presidential election, after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the two leading candidates, declined to attend. The cancellation came days before voters are due to cast their ballots and followed the cancel...
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has charged all Nigerians to see Independence Day as a time to reflect on resilience, diversity and shared identity of Nigerians and to renew commitment to building a nation of choice. Speaking in Ilorin at the celebration of Nigeria’s 66th Independenc...
Nigeria has increased its presence in global higher education, with 29 Nigerian universities featured in the 2027 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, the highest representation by any country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The development reflects ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s tertiary ed...
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has threatened unspecified measures against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledges an alleged confidentiality agreement over the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and issues an apology. “If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology co...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying two US astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, lifted off from Florida on Thursday on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The rocket, carrying an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Stat...
