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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…

The House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has disclosed that twenty-one road projects have been completed in the South West region, while eight others are ongoing in Kwara State.Chairman of the Committee, Hon Aderemi Hussein, made this known in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, during an oversight inspection of FERMA’s activities in Kwara, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, and Lagos states. He said the visit was part of efforts to verify that budgeted funds were properly utilised for road maintenance.SPONSOR AD He said the committee was pleased with the volume of work executed in line with the…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State.In a judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court unanimously held that the appeal by Asue Ighodalo, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, and his party was unmeritorious and dismissed it. The court held that the appellants failed to show that the tribunal erred in its decision and proceeded to affirm the judgment of the tribunal delivered on April 2 on the election of September…

Anger and outrage rippled through Abeokuta on Thursday as traders at the renowned Adire/Kampala market in Itoku, Abeokuta,Ogun State, demanded an immediate retraction and public apology from the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, over his controversial claim that the indigenous Adire fabric was “stolen” from Osun State by Egba  people. The traders, led by the Iyaloja of Kemta Adire Market, Alhaja Sadiat Akamo, said Adeleke’s statement was not only historically inaccurate but also defamatory and capable of inciting cultural discord among Yoruba people. Governor Adeleke, in a viral video that emerged from a courtesy visit to the Chief of Staff…

#Endbadovernance Movement has announced its plan to stage protests across states of the federation on June 12.Comrade Hassan Soweto, one of the leaders of the movement, announced this at a press conference in Lagos, on Thursday. ‘He said the protest is aimed at expressing dissatisfaction with the current administration over its economic reforms which have triggered hardship.SPONSOR AD Soweto stressed that the removal of subsidy and unification of naira have adversely affected the economy, pushing many citizens into hardship.“Another result of Tinubu’s two-year presidency is the asphyxiation of the national economy due to the adverse effect of the removal of…