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Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has called for the establishment of large-scale irrigation farms as a key solution to addressing the escalating food insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin region. He the call during a panel discussion titled ‘Ensuring Food

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday revoked the air operator certificates of Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited and Omni-Blu Aviation. In a post on its X handle, the NCAA said the move is part of efforts to “further sanitize the

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revoked the Air Operator Certificates (AOCs) of Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited and Omni-Blu Aviation for breaching critical aviation regulations. The NCAA made this announcement on Friday via its official X (formerly Twitter) account, stating

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the postponement of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration, initially scheduled to commence on Friday, January 31. The registration will now begin on Monday, February 3, 2025. In a statement issued

In a significant policy shift aimed at boosting regional trade, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the inclusion of the CFA Franc in the Nigeria Export Proceeds (NXP) forms, facilitating the repatriation of export proceeds for Nigerian exporters. The development

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, on Thursday, announced that payment of ₦77,000 to corps members will begin in February 2025. The NYSC DG disclosed this while speaking to the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has said that a driver of a private vehicle “recklessly ran into troops” during its Bi-Annual Route March near Myhoung Barracks in Yaba, Lagos State, on Friday. This resulted in the death of a soldier,

Almost two months after it announced the landmark arrest of 193 foreigners and 599 Nigerians, in one fell swoop for offences bordering on Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud and Romance Scam, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the prosecution of some

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has ordered the immediate release of the sum of N548 million to the Nigerian Union of Teachers Endwell scheme which was withheld by the past administration. The release of the fund has therefore resolved the long-standing

A petrol tanker went up in flames on Thursday while offloading fuel at a filling station in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria. Eyewitnesses said the fire erupted after someone answered a phone call near the tanker, igniting the