In a historic milestone for Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, Vitel Wireless (Vitel) has announced that it has become the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in the country to be issued a mobile number series by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Read more…
Nasir El-Rufai’s eldest son, Mohammed El-Rufai has voiced his approval of a probe into his father’s administration by the Kaduna State government. Mohammed, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday, added that he supports Read more…
Northern ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet have started throwing their weight behind the administration in the face of growing criticism from opposition figures. Sunday PUNCH noted that some of the ministers and senior officeholders recently became vocal following criticisms of the Read more…
May the heartbeat of love always be felt in your work, Pope Francis said to the Executive Committee of the II International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety, in Casa Santa Marta on Saturday. The Holy Father began his remarks Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The 2025 Governorship aspiration of Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu (Ikukuoma) received a big boost Saturday when the All Progressives Congress (APC) opened her Anambra State headquarters complex in Awka. When each of the governorship aspirants were called upon Read more…
The sense of Catholic unity didn’t last long. Less than a week after Vice President JD Vance shared the inauguration stage with a senior Catholic cardinal, Vance picked a fight with the top American leaders of his church. The new Read more…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that none of the 30 proposals for new states met the requirements of Section 8 of the Constitution. Kalu, in a statement issued Friday by his media office, clarified Read more…
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has condemned the proposed creation of 31 additional states beyond Nigeria’s existing 36, describing it as both ironic and comical. The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee put forward the proposal, which was read Read more…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has faulted the jump in the size of the 2025 budget to N54.2trillion from the initial estimates of N49.7tn, which President Bola Tinubu laid before the National Assembly on Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Director, National Orientation Agency(NOA), Edozie Ajaegbu, has warned Nigerians against scooping fuel from tankers that are involved in accident. Ajaegbu described the practice of rushing to scoop fuel at fuel tanker accident scenes as Read more…
..as ASPHCDA Flags off Big Catch Up Routine Immunization Campaign (2nd Round) at Idemili North By Uzo Ugwunze The most healthcare friendly Mayor in Anambra State, Chief Stanley Nkwoka of Idemili North LGA has tasked mothers and caregivers to lay Read more…
Russia will not accept a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine, since it will only be used by the collective West to reinforce Kiev until hostilities break out again, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Moscow is seeking only a lasting solution which Read more…