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”Open Grazing Should Be Prohibited” – Taraba Varsity Professor
Professor John Ajai, a lecturer at Taraba State University, has urged President Bola Tinubu to expedite the adoption of a national law that would outlaw open grazing nationwide and to immediately review Nigeria's adherence to the ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol. Ajai made the call in an open letter addressed to the President on Sunday, where he warned that the country was...
Defection: ”No Genuine Supporter Lost” Adeleke
Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, has assured his supporters that he has not lost any of the people who supported his 2022 election. Also, he has advised them not to be concerned about those who have defected from the PDP. In a statement signed by the governor’s spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, and obtained in Osogbo on Saturday, Adeleke stated...
2025 Hajj: Bauchi To Begin Compulsory Polio Vaccination For Intending Pilgrims
On Monday, April 28, 2025, the Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board and the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency announced plans to start polio vaccinations for aspiring pilgrims. Disclosing the development during a press briefing in his office on Saturday, the board’s Executive Secretary, Abdulrahman Ibrahim, explained that “The vaccination will be administered at every local government primary healthcare agency...
State Allocations Reduced As Agency Demands N100bn Monthly
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has formally requested that the country's residual funds be increased by N100 billion per month. This could result in a reduction in the monthly statutory allocations to state governments from the federation account in the upcoming months. The request, which was presented by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NSIA, Aminu Umar-Sadiq, is aimed...
Delta: Police Kill Five Suspected Kidnappers, Recovers AK-47 Rifles.
Delta State Police Command operations have killed five suspected kidnappers who were causing terror in Delta State's Ubulu-Uku, Issele-Uku, Issele-Asagba, and surrounding areas. The police public relations officer in the state Command, SP Bright Edafe stated this in a statement on Sunday in Asaba, the Delta State capital. According to Edafe, acting on intelligence, the operatives stormed one of their hideouts...
Rwanda Arrests Three Top Mining, Oil Officials In Graft Probe
Rwanda has detained four businessmen and three senior officials from the Mines, Petroleum, and Gas Board on suspicion of corruption and power abuse. Rwanda’s Investigation Bureau said the trio — Augustin Rwomushana, John Kanyangira and Richard Niyongabo — were being jailed in the capital, Kigali, without giving a date for their arrests. It was unclear whether the officials were linked to...
ValueJet Launches Flight Operations To Banjul
Nigerian airline ValueJet intends to launch direct flights from Lagos to Banjul, The Gambia, on May 15, 2025. This information was released in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the new Lagos-Banjul flight offers an essential air link between two of West Africa’s most dynamic regions. It will provide greater access to The Gambia’s growing tourism industry and...
”APC Using Money To Buy Off PDP, Democracy At Risk” – Bugaje
Usman Bugaje, a former House of Representatives member and presidential adviser, has charged APC for orchestrating the defection of important members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party through financial inducements. Bugaje made the statement during a televised interview on Arise TV on Thursday. He expressed concern over what he described as the monetisation of politics and its implications for Nigeria’s democracy. “For...
Council, British Group Collaborate On Seaport Efficiency
The Nigerian Ports Consultative Council has finalised plans to establish a strategic partnership with the British Ports Association in an effort to improve port efficiency. The Chairman of NPCC, Mr Bolaji Sunmola, disclosed this during the quarterly meeting of the council in Lagos on Friday. The meeting, which also featured the inauguration of the NPCC pioneer Board of Trustees members, was...
Trump’s Administration Restores Foreign Student Visas Following Legal Opposition
Government officials confirmed Friday that the Trump administration is reintroducing visas for hundreds of international students whose legal status was abruptly revoked, causing widespread fear of deportation. The move follows more than 100 lawsuits filed by students who lost their legal right to study at U.S. universities. A BBC report on Friday noted that Justice Department attorney Elizabeth Kurlan informed a...
