Jigawa State governor, Malam Umar Namadi has ordered the immediate suspension of the ₦1.3 billion renovation and remodelling contract for Gumel General Hospital, citing poor workmanship, substandard quality, and unsatisfactory progress by the contractor. The suspension of the contract followed an unscheduled midnight inspection of the facility paid by the governor, during which he assessed […]

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has said the rumoured cancelation of the election was the handy work of his detractors. According to him, the election has been fair, credible and peaceful. He said at about 5pm Saturday, over 152 lawyers have exercised their franchise. Before the election, the president […]

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the President Bola Tinubu administration of fiscal recklessness following reports of alleged duplicated and overlapping allocations exceeding ₦210 billion in the 2026 federal budget. Atiku said the alleged budget irregularities, alongside Nigeria’s poor performance on global prosperity indicators, demonstrated […]

“The suspects and recovered items were subsequently handed over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos State Command by the Commanding Officer, 65 Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel S Adeojo, for further investigation and necessary legal action.”

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake pastor and his alleged accomplice for the abduction of a four-week-old baby in Minna, the state capital. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, saying the baby has been rescued and reunited with its mother. According […]

The Auburn University product and Nigerian record holder clocked a wind-assisted but legal 9.84 seconds (-0.7 m/s) to edge out Jamaica’s reigning world champion Oblique Seville, who finished second in 9.87 seconds.

Two United States service members have been killed and another declared missing following an Iranian missile and drone attack on a military installation in Jordan, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on Saturday. The incident marks the first American military fatalities attributed to Iranian fire since March, amid renewed hostilities between Washington and Tehran. In […]

  No fewer than 1,500 Bayelsa youths have completed a two-month digital and vocational skills programme aimed at improving their enterprise and business prospects, under an initiative created and implemented by Africa’s Hub for Skills & Enterprise Development (AHSED), in partnership with Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited and Maton Engineering Nigeria Limited. The graduation ceremony, […]

The federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Morocco-based partners to deploy a satellite and artificial intelligence-powered agricultural monitoring system across 15 states, in a move aimed at strengthening food security through real-time crop intelligence and data-driven policymaking. The agreement, signed  at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Ben Guerir, Morocco, will enable […]

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, Professor Ebunoluwa Adejuyigbe, has charged outstanding students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, to pursue excellence beyond academic success by embracing integrity, discipline and selfless service as the foundation for national development. Adejuyigbe, who made this charge while delivering the keynote address at the […] The post Nigeria needs graduates of character, not academic stars alone — UNIMED VC appeared first on Tribune Online.

African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed concern over the recent reports by the World Bank indicating that 139 million Nigerians now The post ADC to Tinubu: Rethink economic policies over rising poverty, hunger appeared first on Tribune Online.