Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 19th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20). Arriving on Sunday at 11.03 p.m. local time, (Monday 3. 03 a.m. Nigerian time), the President was received by Breno Costa in the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil. President Tinubu will aso hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the ...

A policeman attached to the member representing Isialangwa North and South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe has been feared dead, Newsmirror reports. The incident happened around 9pm at Ubakala Umuahia South According to a police source, gunmen dressed in black and wearing police-style armor jackets had blocked the convoy of the House of Representatives member with a ...

Stakeholders have recommended 12 years as the minimum age for enrolling children into Tsangaya education systems outside their home states. They have also proposed an eight-month timeline to eradicate street begging as part of efforts to reform the Almajiri and Tsangaya education systems. The Chairman of the Borno State Arabic and Tsangaya Board, Sheikh Aliyu Ahmad Abdul-Fathi, announced these ...

Troops from the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Jalingo, Taraba State, have arrested a suspect who confessed to abducting 20 individuals and extorting N70 million in ransom. Captain Oni Olubodunde, the Acting Assistant Director of Public Relations for the brigade, said in a statement that Suleiman Ahmed, a resident of Bomanda village in Lau LGA, was apprehended on November 12, 2024, during an ...

The Kano State Government has announced plans to renew hunting licenses across the state as part of efforts to conserve wildlife and protect the environment. Ahmad Halliru Sawaba, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Wildlife Conservation, disclosed this during a press conference in Kano. He said wildlife resources should be managed as public assets, regulated by law, and accessed through ...

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved N5 billion for investment in research activities for 2024 through TETFund’s National Research Fund. The initiative aims to address national development challenges through targeted research efforts in public tertiary institutions. Dr Alausa disclosed this on Sunday during an inspection of the venue for ...