The Kaduna State Government has said it offered bandits access to education, healthcare, and livelihood opportunities rather than cash incentives as part of efforts to end years of killings and kidnappings in the state. This was disclosed by the state…
Dozens of University of Jos dental students have taken to the streets to protest the non-accreditation of their courses, which has resulted in them spending over ten years in school without graduating. According to punch, the students, on Wednesday, blocked…
Nepal’s Election Commission said on Wednesday that 125 political parties had registered to contest the first parliamentary polls since a mass uprising in September ousted the government. Many are established parties, but some of the movements vying for seats in…
Over 100 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Tarai in Kibiya Local Government Area of Kano state have defected to the New Nigeria People’s Party(NNPP). They were warmly welcomed by the Kano State Commissioner, Ministry of Humanitarian…
The French government has pledged confidence in Nigeria’s economic reforms. It also pledged to invest deeper across key sectors such as energy, manufacturing, and technology. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday ahead of the 40th anniversary of…
President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency over Nigeria’s security training facilities. According to him, the move was due to their outdated conditions which he cited as a threat to the effectiveness of Nigeria’s internal security agencies. The…
President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate seeking approval for a fresh ₦1.15 trillion borrowing from the domestic debt market to finance the deficit in the 2025 budget. The request was contained in a letter read on Tuesday by…
The former Military Administrator of Sokoto State, Navy Captain Abdulrasheed Raji (rtd), has unveiled N4.1billion 14-kilometre Buzulega–Lukuyawa–Yar Gada–Tabanni–Malikawa–Shalla–Kware road project jointly funded by the Sokoto State Government, the World Bank, and the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was disclosed in…
A 29-year-old Nigerian man, Chiemka Okoronta, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl after offering to share a taxi with her when her bus terminated unexpectedly in Leeds, United Kingdom. According to BBC on Monday,…
The death toll from a week of flooding and record rains in central Vietnam rose to 40 on Tuesday, authorities said, as another powerful storm threatened the battered region. Vietnam’s central belt has been deluged by torrential rain, turning streets…
