The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Prof. Joash Amupitan, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Amupitan was conformed a screening by the upper legislative chamber on Thursday which lasted for about two hour. Amutan who spoke on the lessons of the 2023 elections, ppromised to…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that five persons were killed while 13 others were injured in a truck accident in Tashan Gona, Billiri LGA of Gombe state. The sector FRSC sector commander in the state, Samson Kaura, said the incident occurred at about 7:20 am. on Easter Monday after a truck laden…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) has disclosed that it has over 1 billion litres of safe petrol for nationwide distribution. The NNPC disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter page on Tuesday. The company disclosed further that 2.3 billion litres of petrol would arrive in Nigeria between now and the end…
The federal government has confirmed that coordinated security efforts with international partners, including the United States, have resulted in precision air strikes on terrorist targets in the North-West region. The operation forms part of ongoing measures to combat terrorism and violent extremism across the country. A statement issued by the Ministry the Ministry of Foreign…
Dan Agbese, veteran columnist, celebrated editor and co-founder of Newswatch magazine, has passed away at the age of 81. In a statement released on Monday, the family spokesperson, Okibe Agbese, confirmed that the respected media icon died earlier in the day. “Chief Dan Agbese transited to eternal glory this morning, Monday, November 17, 2025,” the…
The Managing Director of the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), Mustafa Sugungun, has appealed for the cooperation of the company’s host community for the successful completion of the ongoing maintenance project by Daewoo Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited. Speaking at a meeting of the KRPC Joint Community and Stakeholder forum on Friday in Kaduna,…
