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Anambra Guber: INEC Begins Voter Registration, Announces 168,187 New Registrants

25.07.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has registered a total 168,187 new registrants for the November 8 Anambra State governorship election. The commission had extended the special Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise to July 20 INEC in a statement by Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee Sam Olumekun disclosed that the breakdown showed...

UN Summit: Nigeria Commits To Private Sector-Led Food Systems Reform

25.07.2025

A head of the United Nations Summit, Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria would pursue a transformative private sector-led approach to food systems reform to position the country as a continental leader in agricultural innovation. He also hinted that the government was ever ready to introduce single-digit credit facilities to finance agricultural ventures, similar...

Nigeria Records 127,000 Cancer Cases Yearly, Says FG

25.07.2025

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Pate has said Nigeria records approximately 127,000 cancer cases annually, resulting in about 80,000 deaths. He said this yesterday during the inauguration of a newly con – structed Oncology Centre at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Katsina. He said: “Nigeria accounts for 127,000 cancer cases annually,...

Gombe Gov Hosts Ad-hoc Committee To Review Report On NSGF Institutional Framework

25.07.2025

…Northern Govs Chart Path for Greater, Sustainable Regional Impact The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya on Thursday convened a technical meeting of the Ad-hoc Committee on the Institutional Reform of the Forum, aimed at repositioning the NSGF for greater effectiveness, responsiveness and impact. The...

PDP Fixes National Convention For November

24.07.2025

Following the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, July 24, the party has fixed its national elective convention for November 2025. READ ALSO Speaking at a press conference in Abuja after the party’s 101st National Executive Committee meeting, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, announced that the convention...

1,000 Youths, Artisans, Others To Gather In Lagos For Inclusive Governance Dialogue

24.07.2025

No fewer than 1,000 Lagos residents are set to converge as part of efforts to institutionalise collaborative governance and build a state not only defined by physical infrastructure but also rooted in justice, equity, opportunity, and people-driven prosperity. President of the Greater Lagos Initiative (GLI) and Convener of the Greater Lagos Summit, Prince Adeniyi Olutimehin,...

We’re Building Capacities To Counter Terrorists’ Misuse Of Emerging Tech

24.07.2025

The Federal Government has said it is equipping law enforcement agencies with enhanced capabilities to counter the misuse of emerging technologies by terrorists. The National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka, made the disclosure on Thursday at the CTTEC Plus First National Workshop on...

N’West Youths Urge Tinubu To Appoint Ja’oji As Humanitarian Affairs Minister

24.07.2025

Following the appointment of Mr. Nebtawe Goshewa as Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), thereby vacating the position of Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, a youth group from the Northwest has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider the region particularly Kano for the replacement. Speaking after an emergency meeting in Kano...

Adeniyi Harps On Customs’ Role In Curbing Illicit Financial Flows

24.07.2025

Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has underscored the crucial role of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in tackling illicit financial flows (IFFs), during the opening of the National Conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flows in Abuja. Adeniyi noted that Customs’ daily operations involve rigorous monitoring of cross-border cash movements and negotiable instruments, enforcing mandatory...

Osun New Era Lions Club Carries Out Sanitation Exercise At Olugbeja Market

24.07.2025

The Osun New Era Lions Club, on Thursday, visited Olugbeja Market in Osogbo, where it carried out a sanitation exercise and donated cleaning materials to traders as part of its July service activities. During the visit, members of the club sensitized the traders on the importance of maintaining a clean environment and distributed essential cleaning...