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Zamfara Good Governance Group Applauds Matawalle for APC’s Strong Performance in Bye-Election

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2025August 18, 20250

The Zamfara Good Governance Group (ZGGG) has praised the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, for ensuring that the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains a strong political force in Zamfara State following the recent bye-election. In a statement issued on Sunday, ZGGG President, Murtala Abdullahi, commended Matawalle for his...

Coalition lauds Sole Administrator for rescuing civil service in Rivers

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2025August 18, 20250

Barely three days after the oversight visit of the Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Rivers State Administration, a Group, Coalition for Civil Service Reforms (CCSR), has paid great tribute to the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd.), acknowledging the reforms of the Civil Service and reviving...

Rotary Club of Plateau donates textbooks and wheelchairs.

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2025August 17, 20250

The tenure of the newly invested president commenced in June 2025. The Rotary club of Naraguta, has donated 800 textbooks to students of St John’s Secondary School, House of Recab and Semji orphanages in Jos, Plateau State. The newly invested 41st president of the Club, Dr Afam Achoru, on Sunday...

APC offers condolences as National Chairman’s mother passes away.

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2025August 17, 20250

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State has expressed shock over the passing of Mama Lydia Yilwatda, the mother of its National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda. In a statement issued by the Acting Publicity Secretary of the APC in Plateau State, Shittu Bamaiyi, the Party described her death as...

From musician to filmmaker: JJC Skillz on his career change.

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2025August 17, 20250

JJC, who delved into filmmaking in the early 2010s, explained that he had to start afresh in Nigeria, despite his earlier success in the UK. Filmmaker and former musician JJC Skillz, alias Abdulrasheed Bello, has explained why he left the music scene for Nollywood. JJC, who made a guest appearance...

Ibom Air passenger recounts physical assault by flight hostess.

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2025August 17, 20250

Miss Comfort Emmanson, the young woman at the center of a controversy involving Ibom Air crew, has narrated her side of the story. In a post on her verified Instagram account, @soft_commy, Emmanson alleged that a flight hostess, identified as Julian Edwards, forcefully pulled off her frontal wig, cut off her gold...

Bye-elections: Tinubu’s Minister of Defence, Badaru, Loses Polling Unit, Ward to PDP in Jigawa

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2025August 17, 20250

In a stunning upset during Saturday’s Garki-Babura federal constituency bye-election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered a significant defeat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the polling unit of the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, in Babura Kofar Arewa Primary School, Jigawa State. Badaru, a prominent APC...

Two Ansaru Terrorist Group Leaders Arrested, Says NSA

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2025August 17, 20250

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, said they were responsible for masterminding several terrorist operations in Nigeria, high-profile kidnappings, and the 2022 Kuje jailbreak. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has announced the arrest of two men he identified as leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group. Ribadu, who disclosed this...

Ondo police arrest 29-year-old for allegedly faking own kidnap to extort parents

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2025August 17, 20250

The Ondo Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Bello Azeez, for allegedly staging his own abduction in a bid to extort money from his family and friends. Azeez, a native of Ipele in Owo Local Government Area, was apprehended on Saturday after police investigations revealed that he masterminded the scheme...

House of Reps Orders Emergency Renovation of Rivers State Secretariat, Directs Immediate Staff Relocation

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2025August 16, 20250

The Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Rivers State Administration has mandated an immediate overhaul of the crumbling Rivers State Secretariat complex and the urgent relocation of civil servants from unsafe work environments. The directive followed an emergency inspection led by Committee Chairman Professor Julius Ihonvbere, who assessed...