The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has commenced nationwide interviews for 5,885 shortlisted Nigerians for its 2026/2027 Overseas Scholarship Scheme.

The exercise, which began on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, is being conducted simultaneously across six centres nationwide, with officials stating that merit and the federal character principle will guide t...

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has said his administration is putting measures in place to decentralise power supply and reduce dependence on the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC).

He made this known at the 52nd Annual Convention of the Uromi Community Association of Nigeria (UCAN) held on Monday in Uromi, Edo State.

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By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun

The Headquarters Theatre Command, Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI says it has apprehended five suspects linked to an unauthorised discharge of firearms resulting in the loss of life in Ngomari, Borno State.

In a statement, Colonel Sani Uba, the Media Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, says that troops of...

By our Reporter

Some owners of television and radio stations have dissociated themselves from the statement by the Independent Broadcast Association of Nigeria (IBAN), threatening boycott of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike’s media engagements should he failed to retract his comment on Channels Television’s Seun Okinbaloye and issue a...

By our Reporter

Muhammad Usman Zuru, Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, is dead.

Zuru died on Monday night in an Egyptian hospital where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness.

His death was confirmed by sources close to the Kebbi State Government, although details surrounding his illness were not disclosed.

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