The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TetFund) has approved the sum of N292.7 billion for disbursement to selected public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting of stakeholders of beneficiary institutions. He said…
A coordinated covert operation by the Department of State Services (DSS) has led to the dismantling of a gunrunning syndicate operating in Kaduna State, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition and arresting key suspects. Governor Uba Sani, while reacting to the development, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the DSS for their decisive intervention….
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded its 8th national convention in Abuja, reaffirming Nentawe Yilwatda as national chairman and Ajibola Basiru as national secretary. Delegates at the convention, held at Eagle Square, also produced a new national working committee (NWC) through a consensus arrangement endorsed by party stakeholders. Ben Nwoye was named deputy national…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that a repentant Boko Haram member enlisted into the army killed a woman at the Enugu baracks and hid her corpse. In a statement on Sunday, Major.Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu Director, Army Public Relations, while regretting the killing of the woman, said the Nigerian Army has at no point in…
The inspector-general of police Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Sunday, said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police command. The Abuja-Kaduna train operation is…
By Joseph Kwewum On February 15, 2026, Nigerian athlete and star sprinter Favour Ashe announced his decision to change his nation of representation from Nigeria to Qatar. The development comes six months after Favour Ofili, another elite sprinter, declared her switch from Nigeria to Qatar. The steady decline of Nigerian athletics over the past decade,…
