FG okays N350 billion to tackle flooding

The Recording Academy has unveiled Ace South African comedian Trevor Noah as the host of the upcoming 67th Grammy Awards. In a statement on its website, the organisers said Noah will also serve as a producer on the show. They wrote: “ Emmy® Award-winning, Golden Globe® Award-nominated and GRAMMY® Award-nominated comedian Trevor Noah will return…

Some staffers of the Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, have urged the government to pay their outstanding salary arrears which the government has been allegedly owing them. The affected members of staff claimed that they were employed between March and July, 2020, assumed duty without delay, but they started receiving salary about six to…

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has validated its National Biosafety Guidelines on Low-Level Presence (LLP) to ensure that only approved Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are safely imported into the country. Speaking during the presentation and validation of the guidelines on Wednesday in Abuja, the Director-General of NBMA, Dr Agnes Asagbra, emphasised the agency’s commitment…

  Nasarawa State Government has cautioned mining companies against fraudulent practices capable of causing chaos and insecurity in communities in the state. Dr Emmanuel Akabe, acting governor of the state, said this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia, while reacting to an ongoing dispute involving a lithium mining company. The company, Timadix Geomin Consult Limited,…

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit has apprehended a hit-and-run driver, Dauda Bello, over alleged reckless driving. The task force’s Director, Press and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulraheem Gbadeyan, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. He said the incident, which occurred on Tuesday, left the victim, Oluwole Bukola, severely injured. “Preliminary…

The troops of Defence Headquarters has neutralised popular terrorists leader, Bello Turji’s second-in-command, Aminu Kanawa and other major commanders. This is contained in a statement in Gusau on Wednesday by the Director Defence Media Cooperation, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba. “Sequel to ongoing military onslaught on terrorist in the North West region between 20-21 Jan 2025,…

Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, said Nigeria was ready to spearhead the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Shettima said this at a forum of Friends of AfCFTA on the sidelines of the ongoing 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. While addressing the forum tagged, “Forum Friends of AfCFTA: Turning Digital Trade into…

Luggage on their backs, they trudged all Wednesday morning along the road leading to downtown Goma, fleeing the advancing fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Streams of displaced people have flocked from Minova, a port city the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has already captured as it conquers swathes of territory at the expense…

President Donald Trump has halted arrivals of refugees already cleared to enter the United States, according to a memo seen Wednesday, as he quickly pursues a sweeping crackdown on migration. Following an executive order signed Monday hours after Trump took office, "all previously scheduled travel of refugees to the United States is being canceled," said…

Operatives of the Lagos Police’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have detained a 42-year-old suspected army impersonator, for allegedly abducting and robbing a man of his valuables. RRS made this known in a post shared on its official X handle @ rrsLagos767 on Wednesday. It stated that the suspect, a dismissed army sergeant and ex-convict, was…