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The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists Sunday held a mass funeral for their members killed by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets on the outskirts of Kwalaram in Marte…
A Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) expert and professor of urogynaecology and perineal reconstruction, Aniefiok Umoiyoho, has lamented the shortage of personnel and hospital facilities to tackle the ailment in the country. Speaking at…
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has urged the federal government to support the development of modular refineries in the Niger Delta. PANDEF explained that the establishment of modular refineries would checkmate the…
The federal government has been advised to reverse the new retirement age regime for workers and disregard further agitations by labour unions on the issue. A professor of guidance and counselling, University…
The Kaduna Polytechnic Mass Communication Alumni Association (KAMASSCAA) has lauded the appointments of Daily Trust’s Deputy General Editor, Ismail Mudashir, as Special Adviser (SA) on Media and Publicity to the Deputy Senate…
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Atiku Abubakar, has described the report of the Economist Intelligence Unit on the election in Nigeria…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has raised alarm that traffickers are now recruiting and trafficking girls from Mali to Edo State for prostitution and exploitation. Kadpoly…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Nigeria and other member states in the region to increase efforts toward the elimination of viral hepatitis. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso…
The Director General, National Council of Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has said showcasing Nigerian culture more will change the negative perception about the country. Speaking in Abuja over the…
Fintiri declares curfew as 4 hoodlums killed, 80 arrested States yet to receive grains From Hope Abah Emmanuel (Makurdi), Haruna Gimba Yaya (Gombe), Tosin Tope (Akure), Adenike Kaffi (Ibadan), Amina Abdullahi, …
Clash imminent as regional body orders borders closure, no-fly zone Chiefs of Defence Staff asked to act French embassy attacked; US considers cutting off ties Military intervention will be catastrophic – Expert…
LP party faction opposes move From Idowu Isamotu, Dalhatu Liman (Abuja) Iniabasi Umo (Uyo), Tosin Tope (Akure), Peter Moses (Abeokuta), Idris Umar Momoh (Warri) & Adenike Kaffi (Ibadan), Hassan Ibrahim (Bauchi), Mumini…
The Arewa Women for Tinubu/Shettima has hailed the nomination of capable women into the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu, saying the appointments reflect the efforts made by women across the country…
The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party (LP) has opposed a planned nationwide protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). The faction, which has had a running battle with the one…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates can proceed on the August 2 strike and protest as planned, saying the exercise does not translate to…
Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, led high-ranking clerics from the Izala Islamic group to Bauchi to seek soft landing for a cleric who is standing trial for alleged public disturbance. Fintiri…
Troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and those of a private security firm have jointly uncovered a major illegal refining site in Delta.…
The Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Prof Kaletapwa Farauta, has disclosed how three warehouses were attacked by hoodlums in the state on Sunday. Some young people had broken into warehouses in the…
President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government is receiving support and commendations from the global communities over the removal of fuel subsidies and the foreign exchange regime policies, saying they are yielding…
A two-month-old baby, Usman Idris, has been stolen from the mother during the graduation ceremony of a school in Ilọrin, Kwara State capital. Sources familiar with the development told our correspondent that…
A coalition of Quranic Reciters, Memorizers and Learners has asked the Senate to reject former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The former governor’s name is among the 28 President Bola Tinubu submitted…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has not released Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), competent sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of sidelining Muslims, especially from the South West. MURIC Executive Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola, said this in a statement issued on…
The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, says it auctioned two helicopters at 556,200,322USD (N1.2 billion), because of under-utilisation. The Rector and Chief Executive Officer of the institution, Capt.…
Soonest Nathaniel, a Poet, Journalist, and spoken word artiste, has been selected to participate in the esteemed International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, United States. Nathaniel is…
Max Air has resumed its domestic operation two weeks after it was suspended following the decision of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to suspend the operation of its B737 aircraft type.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently presiding over a special Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Lekki-based artiste manager and his Ikoyi businessman accomplice who specialise in distributing illicit drugs to fun seekers at VIP night…
The camp of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has released a clip of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appealing to the ex-governor to work with him. This was in reaction to a…
A lecturer at Yobe State University (YSU), Dr. Sheriff Muhammad Ibrahim, has threatened to deal with one of his students, who insulted him on social media. Ibrahim, who was appointed as the…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on the Department of State Services (DSS), Police and the Nigerian Army to secure its warehouses in Kaduna State. Zonal Coordinator of NEMA Office…
Governor Ahmadu Finitiri of Adamawa State has declared curfew following the looting of a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Among the items looted were the ones that the…
Malam Yakubu Muhammad Bugai, Vice-Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Birnin-Gwari Branch, has died from injury sustained during an attack by bandits. He was shot on his farm located around…
Gunmen have reportedly beheaded a 26-year-old man, Oghenevwede Aminah, a nephew to Mr Joseph Aminah, former chairman of the Correspondents Chapel, Sapele, of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union…
The striking Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has decried the 25 per cent increment in the basic salary of doctors recently announced by the federal government. In a communique issued…
A professor of English Language in the Department of English, University of Abuja, Simon Abochol, has called for the inclusion of entrepreneurship education in the elementary curriculum to tackle unemployment. Speaking…
The Kebbi State Government has promised to offer scholarship to the 11 students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, rescued from bandits this year. The state governor, Dr Nasir Idris,…
Five governorship candidates in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State have dissolved their structures and resolved to back the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo. This…
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has said that most of the patent medicine vendors in Kano State who refused to relocate to the newly built drugs only market have ulterior…
Arewa Youth Federation, an umbrella body of youths from 19 northern states, has condemned calls for the resignation of the Director General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Mallam Yusuf Magaji…
The operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS) in Kogi State, on Saturday invited the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo for questioning over a…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) yesterday sensitised persons with disabilities on the new trend of human trafficking and exploitation in Edo State. Speaking during the event…
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has said he always took over duty post from the late Lt. Gen Oladipo Diya during their service in the Nigerian Army. Gen.…
By Oluwapelumi Oluwayemi In a groundbreaking move for gender representation in Nigerian politics, President Bola Tinubu has unveiled a list of ministerial nominees, with 25% of the nominees being women. These remarkable…
As efforts to install a successor of the removed national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, gather momentum, some former governors within the party are pushing for one of…
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has said the state is not doing too well in education, hence, it needs the support of Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s (TETFund) to help transform the education…
A Professor of English Language in the Department of English, University of Abuja, Simon Abochol, has called for inclusion of entrepreneurship education in the elementary curriculum to tackle unemployment. Speaking as Guest…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)has sensitised persons with disabilities on the new trend of human trafficking and exploitation in Edo state. Speaking during the event as…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has criticised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State for “unjustifiably denigrating Muslims” in his 39-man list of commissioner nominees. In a statement on Saturday, Executive Director, MURIC,…
The Citizens Action for Good Governance (CAGG) has said that the ongoing crisis in Niger Republic following Thursday’s military coup is dangerous for Nigeria and that the Federal Government must take action…
The governments of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have started taking steps to contain the hike in transportation caused by the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The News Agency of…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has concluded plans to tighten the security of all marine borders across the country. The Acting Comptroller General of the Service, Mrs Caroline Adepoju, made this known…
It was an emotional moment as the heroes of the 1976 Olympics Games and members of the 1980 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) National Team (Green Eagles) were decorated as Air Peace…
The Chairperson, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Muheeba Dankaka, says the commission was like a marketplace for selling job slots before she assumed office, stating that an attempt to stop the alleged corruption…
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has arrested eight personnel of Kano Agricultural Supply Company Limited (KASCO) and others in relation to an alleged fraud of over N4.3billion in less…
The Police in Benue State have arrested four suspects in connection with child trafficking in Makurdi metropolis of the state. Spokeswoman of the command, SP Catherine Anene, said that the arrest followed…
A shopping complex of 20 shops located at Fufu Street, Sabo-oke area in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, was gutted by fire on Saturday destroying properties worth several millions…
Celebrity native doctor, Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki, popularly known as the Oba, who was abducted in Anambra State, said he chose not to disappear when his assailants struck in order to save…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said it is not fair for him to return as minister at his current age. El-Rufai stated this in an old video of him discussing…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has clarified the reason behind the “let the poor breathe” joke he made at the plenary session on Tuesday, a sarcastic remark that has…
Tweeps have knocked former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as an old video showing the ex-governor boasting he would not be a minister resurfaced. Wike and the Presidential candidate of the…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has struck out the objection of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) to the N20 billion suit filed by Governor Peter…
The National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to pay the sum of N20million to the family of a police constable, Emmanuel Gene of the…
The Catholic Relief Services (CRS), with the support of USAID, has delivered water infrastructure to about 55,000 farmers and herders in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. The CRS country representative, Paul Townsend,…
The Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sworn in the Head of Service (HoS) of the state, two special advisers and 27 caretaker committee chairmen of local government areas (LGAs). The…
The member representing Ningi/Warji federal constituency of Bauchi State, Adamu Hashimu Ranga, has raised the alarm over heightened insecurity in the form of killings and kidnapping by fleeing bandits, who have relocated…
About 19 million Nigerians are currently living with hepatitis, the National Coordinator of National AIDS and STDs Control Programme (NASCP) of the federal ministry of health, Dr Adebobola Bashorun, has said. He…
A former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) has called on the federal and state governments to make education at the basic and secondary levels free and compulsory. Okojie stated…
About three weeks ago, thick black smoke from the burning of used tyres by armed youths saturated the Aiyetoro area of Ajegunle, regarded as one of the biggest slums in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has told the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta that thugs disrupted voting in over 99 polling units,…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the cycle of violence witnessed in the states. The…
Economy will collapse without govt’s support – Barbers, welders, dry cleaners Reforms should be bit-by-bit – Dr Yayi Persistent energy crisis in Nigeria has dealt a severe blow to industries, causing…
The Ogun State Government is brimming with confidence ahead of the 22nd National Sports Festival to be held by the state in 2024. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youths and Sports, Dr.…
The immediate past Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mr. Lekan Fatodu, has been nominated as an executive member in the Governor’s second term cabinet. The nomination…
Efforts by some stakeholders to settle the crisis that has been ravaging the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since the conduct of the Presidential primaries has hit the rock. Party chieftains…
Listen To Trust Radio Live The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has marked its 20th anniversary and recognised stakeholders who have collaborated and supported the agency over…
Country Director, Accountability Lab, Mr Friday Odeh, has said that the recent economic hardship in the country is not enough reason for Nigerians to become corrupt, both in the public sector as…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Prominent activist Hamzat Lawal has commended Kaduna Governor, Senator Uba Sani, for appointing Bashir Suleiman Zuntu as the state’s Accountant General. Muhammad Shehu Molash, the Governor’s Chief…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has nominated Lloyd Ekweremadu as one of the 15 commissioners in the state. Lloyd is the son of the imprisoned former…
Listen To Trust Radio Live The European Union (EU) has condemned in the strongest terms the coup in Nigér, warning of dire consequences. It said the events of recent days constitute a…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Kano State Videos and Film Censorship Board has announced the cancellations of licences of all Kannywood practitioners in the state. The censorship board which serves as the…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Former Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso and his health counterpart, Dr. Akin Abayomi, are among the returning commissioners as Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, sent 39 names…
The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has ordered the immediate deployment of more personnel of the Agro-Rangers unit to Mangu LGA for effective…
Listen To Trust Radio Live About 19 million Nigerians are currently living with hepatitis, the National Coordinator of National AIDS and STDs Control Programme (NASCP) of the federal Ministry of Health, Dr…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Manchester United have rejected a £20million offer for Harry Maguire from West Ham. According to The Athletic, the Hammers are unlikely to pursue the move further due…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, CON, has felicitated the Senate Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB), on the occasion of his 60th birthday.…
Jennine Naidoo, a bride-to-be, has been left stunned after robbers stole her wedding dress in peak hour traffic. In a social media post, Naidoo said she and her father were driving to…
Anambra State Police Command has made a new revelation on the alleged murder of a young lady identified as Miss Chinyere Awuda allegedly beaten to death and dumped into a swimming pool…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani, has described the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu as a big disappointment. Speaking in an ARISE TV interview, the human right…
Listen To Trust Radio Live Niger coup: Buhari expresses concern over fate of Bazoum Former President Muhammmadu Buhari has expressed concern about the Republic of Niger and President Mohammed Bazoum and his…
Former Super Eagles skipper, John Mikel Obi, has been appointed as Honorary Adviser on Sports to Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State. Obi, who grew up in Jos, Plateau capital, made a…
Founder and Chairman of Great Standard Montessori Model School, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Tiwalade Akingbade, has said the future of Nigeria lies in the quality of education the children receive at tender age.…
Kano state government says it has set up three treatment centres as a measure to curtailing the current spread of diphtheria disease in the state. This is coming as the state has…
Jaiz Bank, the pioneer Islamic non-interest financial institution in Nigeria, has declared profit margin of N6.6 billion before tax for the 2022 financial year, depicting an increase of N2.4 billion (53 per…
The Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use at least N500 billion from the petrol subsidy palliative fund in providing health insurance coverage for at…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian youths to ensure that they are digitally inclined and acquire other skills required to excel in the 21st century. He also urged them to…
The Appeal Court in Kaduna has dismissed an appeal brought before it by the Kaduna State government to set aside the ruling of a state High Court presided over by Justice H.…
Northern Independent Petroleum Marketers Forum comprising nine depots in the North, including Kano, Kaduna, Suleja, Minna, Jos, Maiduguri, Gombe and Yola depots, has revealed that the forum had discovered that there is…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has instituted an annual memorial lecture in honour of its pioneer President and former Governor of Lagos State, the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, with the maiden…
Bandits on Wednesday abducted at least 23 women in a forest near Damaga community in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Daily Trust gathered. The women including young ladies went into…