By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) inaugurated an ultra-modern mortuary he constructed for the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jalingo, Taraba state. The state-of-the-art facility, equipped with some of the best preservation technologies available, is aimed at addressing long-standing challenges faced by the hospital. Speaking while inaugurating on Thursday, Danjuma…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Tuesday, handed over 128 victims rescued from kidnappers in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of tZamfara state. Speaking while handing over the victims to the Zamfara state government, Ribadu vowed that the federal government would sustain its onslaught against terrorists and kidnappers until they are completely…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Thursday evening failed in her bid to retain the women’s 100m hurdles gold medal of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, clocking a dismal 12.62 to finish 6th in the race won by Jamaican Danielle Williams in 12.43 secs. The effects of the suspension clamped on Amusan by the Athletics…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state. Candidate of the party, Senator Monday Okpebholo, 291,667 votes to defeat his close opponent Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who garnered 247,274 votes. The Labour Party (LP) candidate and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata,…
The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has dismissed claims by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that he (Tinubu) wanted to run a Muslim-Muslim ticked with him in 2007. Atiku had in an interview on Friday with Arise Television, said he rejected Tinubu’s request to be his running…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The inaugural Nature’s Gift 21-km Marathon race organised by the Taraba state government held on Saturday in Jalingo, the state capital. Over 100 athletes participated in the amid heavy down pour to compete for the top prize. Nenfot Mathias from Plateau state and Charity Agbofure from Delta state. emerged as…
