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Twelve members of a family were among the people who died in a flood that occurred at Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa communities in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State late Wednesday night.The flood, which was said to have left many other persons, including over 50 almajirai missing, destroyed many houses. Mokwa is known as a resting and parking point for travelers and heavy-duty vehicles, making it one of the busiest towns in Niger State.SPONSOR AD Daily Trust gathered that many of the victims of the incident, believed to be caused by a torrential downpour on Wednesday night, were…

By Chidimma C. Okeke, Itodo Daniel Sule (Abuja), Hope Abah (Makurdi), Dotun Omisakin, Peter Moses (Lagos), Hameed Oyegbade (Osogbo) & Magaji Isa Hunkuyi (Jalingo)  Parents, teachers and other stakeholders have criticised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over its handling of the delay in conducting English Language Paper 2 in the ongoing 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) on Wednesday evening.SPONSOR AD This is coming after some disturbing videos and pictures emerged where candidates were shown writing the examination late at night, with some centres without good electricity and candidates had to make do with touch lights and…

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s business community have raised the alarm over the crippling impact of high energy costs on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), warning that the current trend is unsustainable and threatening the survival of businesses across the country. They issued the warning on Thursday in Abuja at an Energy Efficiency Awareness Campaign organised by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in partnership with WINOCK Group, a conglomerate with interests in solar energy, lending, and agriculture. Speaking at the event, the President of ACCI, Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, who was represented by the First Deputy President, Dr. Aliyu…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has sanctioned 235 vehicles for traffic infractions and arrested 10 miscreants during an enforcement campaign across critical traffic corridors within the metropolis. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Bakare-Oki noted that the decisive and far-reaching intervention was to reassert order, discipline, and structural coherence within the urban mobility architecture of Lagos State. (NAN) Bakare-Oki, who coordinated the operation, said there was full deployment of personnel across high-density zones, notably Oyingbo, Iddo, Eja-Lonibu, Adeniji…

Governor Uba Sani has commended President Bola Tinubu for establishing the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, describing it as a transformative initiative.The Governor who made this known at the commissioning of the upgraded Kachia General Hospital on Thursday, further said that the university will boost education and innovation in southern Kaduna and beyond. “The Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, is the first of its kind in Nigeria. For this visionary initiative, we owe special gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.SPONSOR AD Governor Uba Sani also disclosed that President Tinubu had personally assured him that funds will…

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected President as the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.Tah is expected to succeed Nigeria’s Akinwunmi Adesina whose tenure elapses by the end of August. Adesina served two terms of 10 years in the pan-African financial institution. Tah was elected on Thursday by the Bank’s Board of Governors, comprising Finance and Economy Ministers or Central Bank Governors of the Bank Group’s 81 regional and non-regional member countries. The board is the highest decision-making authority for the Bank Group.SPONSOR AD The results were announced by…

A native doctor, Obi Obieze, popularly known as Obu Onyeka, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the abduction and attempted ritual killing of a 13-year-old girl in Enugu State. Obieze, a native of Umuojor village in the Isiagu community, Enugu State, was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force following the rescue of the teenage victim from a shrine allegedly linked to him. According to reports, the young girl was abducted on Tuesday, May 27, while on her way to the farm with her father. Three unidentified men were said to have attacked them and whisked the girl…

Contrary to the submissions by various bigwigs of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s policies have started yielding results, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Felix Morka, has said he does not know when the policies of the Tinubu administration would start yielding results.Morka stated this on Thursday while fielding questions from newsmen at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Nigerians have been groaning over high level of unemployment, poverty, hunger, insecurity, high cost of living and other challenges.SPONSOR AD But the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon…

Maiduguri, NigeriaIn a transformative step toward rebuilding the psychosocial fabric of communities torn apart by conflict, the North East Development Commission (NEDC) has launched a pioneering Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) program focused on children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 across Borno State. The launch event, held at the Emeritus Umaru Shehu MHPSS Hall at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, marked a significant milestone in mental health innovation—not just for Nigeria, but for the entire sub-Saharan African region. The initiative is a joint effort between the NEDC, the Child Mortality Control and Eradication Foundation (CMCEF), the Federal Neuropsychiatric…

The Nigerian Navy has successfully completed the rehabilitation of a warship belonging to the Republic of Benin.The ship, BNS COUFFO, is among the numerous fighter vessels in the inventory of the Republic of Benin navy. The successful rehabilitation of BNS COUFFO, makes a total of 110 vessels that were refurbished at the Nigerian Navy Dockyard Limited, Lagos.SPONSOR AD Speaking at a brief handing over ceremony, held on Tuesday in Lagos, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, said the relaunch of BNS COUFFO to sea is one of the three ships in Phase 1 that the…