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Nile University of Nigeria held its 6th Annual Career Fair, a flagship event designed to connect final-year undergraduate and current postgraduate students with leading employers and industry experts across multiple sectors.The fair brought together over 200 employer-partners and corporate exhibitors from diverse sectors, including Finance, Consulting, Energy, FMCG, Telecommunications, Engineering, Media, Technology, among others. These organizations set up interactive booths designed to facilitate direct engagement with students, offering insights into diverse career pathways while helping students explore how their skills, academic backgrounds, and aspirations align with current industry demands. Speaking on the university’s goal for this annual event, Prof. Dilli…

Kaduna State government, in partnership with the Zakat and Waqf Foundation, has distributed meat to over 10,000 families across the state in celebration of Eid-el-Kabir.The initiative, aimed at promoting inclusivity and compassion, reached families in multiple local government areas, including Kaduna South, Kaduna North, Zaria, and Lere. At the flag-off event held at the Kaduna South Local Government Secretariat, the Special Adviser to Governor Uba Sani on Social Investment Programmes, Bridget Sulaiman, emphasised that the distribution was not merely an act of charity, but one of restoring dignity.SPONSOR AD “This initiative is about dignity,” she said. “It’s about ensuring that…

The Sultan of Sokoto Foundation has partnered with the Benue State government to train traditional rulers as advocates for the eradication of polio, leveraging their influence to boost community enlightenment and vaccine acceptance.Ahmed Mustapha, Team Leader of the Sultan Foundation, outlined the 2025 strategic shift in the polio campaign, stressing that the Foundation for Peace and Development has been mandated to lead the dissemination workshops across the 19 northern states. “We are currently implementing this initiative across all 23 local government areas in Benue, with a team made up of officials from the BSPHCDA, Sultan Foundation, Chigari Foundation, WHO, and…

No fewer than six persons, including a woman, were reportedly killed in separate attacks in communities in Bassa and Mangu local government areas of Plateau State.Sources from the areas revealed that 12 persons were also injured and are currently receiving treatment in various hospitals. Residents said the first attack occurred around Ancha community in Bassa LGA, while the second one occurred in Gyenbwas Rinji community in Langai district of Mangu LGA.SPONSOR AD Daily Trust reports that the latest attacks came just a day after four persons, including farmers and herders, were killed in Uwok-Ishe community of Kakkek district of Bassa…

Major Joe Ajayi (rtd), who was kidnapped from his residence in Odo-Ape in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State recently, reportedly died in the den of his abductors, despite the payment of N10 million ransom for his freedom.The 76-year-old retired major from the Nigerian army was reportedly kidnapped on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from his residence around 11.30pm by armed men after sporadic shooting. It was learnt that barely 24 hours after his abduction, the gunmen put a call to his family, demanding the sum of N50m ransom for his release, which the family declined for want of funds.SPONSOR…

As part of moves to address the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s Special Reconciliation Committee chaired by a former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday met with the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan.Saraki was in company of a former governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo. The former Kwara governor disclosed this in a post on his social media pages.SPONSOR AD He said the meeting was part of the committee’s ongoing efforts on the party’s crisis.Following the meeting, Saraki expressed hope that leaders will forge ahead to secure a common position on the…

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has said that the reconstruction of roads and bridges connecting Raba and other communities with Mokwa town would be reconstructed at the cost of N7 billion.He said the contract has already been awarded. Bago made this known when he visited the victims of the devastating flood that swept through Mokwa town which claimed several lives and left many displaced.SPONSOR AD Bago also announced a donation of N1bn to the victims pending when resettlement begins properly.He also revealed that the state government will provide 10 trucks each of rice, beans, maize, millet and sorghum to…

A few hours after a naval officer was reportedly stabbed by a hoodlum in the Kawo area of Kaduna State, security forces launched a massive joint raid that led to the arrest of 27 suspected criminals and the seizure of weapons and hard drugs.The operation, which took place on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at about 8.30pm, was carried out by a combined team of the Kaduna State Police Command, military personnel, the Department of State Services (DSS), Kaduna State Geographic Information Service (KADGIS) and local vigilantes. The raid targeted known criminal enclaves in Kawo and surrounding neighbourhoods, flushing out suspects…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has faulted the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) over threats to seal embassies and other properties in Abuja over unpaid ground rent, describing the move as illegal and diplomatically dangerous.Falana, speaking on Channels Television today, during an interview, said that any attempt to close embassies violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which guarantees the inviolability of diplomatic premises. “As far as the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is concerned, the premises of any embassy in Abuja are inviolable,” he said. “By virtue of Article 22 of that convention, the premises of an embassy,…

The Centre for Girls Education Zaria has appealed for a harmonized data of out-of-school children and described the worsening figure of out of school children in northern Nigeria as politically exaggerated.Hajiya Habiba Mohammed, Director of the centre disclosed this in an interview with newsman in Zaria. Recall that the United Nations Children’s Fund estimates that 18.3 million children in Nigeria are out of school.SPONSOR AD The director said the data are mostly not realistic as it keeps fluctuating; and most of the figures vary; stressing that there is no authentic data base on practical assessment.“We have issues with data when…