By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has upgraded its Universal Laboratory to improve service delivery and efficiency, benefiting both patients and the general public. UCH’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs Funmi Adetuyibi, said this in a statement on Friday. She stated that the laboratory now operates with a 24-hour uninterrupted power supply. […]
By EricJames Ochigbo The Public Assets Sub-committee of the House of Representatives has pledged to investigate alleged mismanagement of public assets under Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). In a statement in Abuja, Chairman of the sub-committee, Rep. Ibrahim Isiaka, said that the investigation was aimed at ensuring that public assets were properly maintained and utilised. He […]
The workforce of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will be slashed to just a few hundred employees from the weekend onwards, U.S. media reported on Thursday. The Trump administration plans to reduce the agency’s staff from more than 10,000 employees worldwide to around 290, the New York Times reported, citing three sources familiar […]
By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Feb. 7, 2025 (NAN) The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it will introduce its contactless passport application system in some European countries to ease the burden of passport acquisition and renewal for Nigerians resident in those countries. A statement issued in Abuja by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Akinsola […]
By Sunday Bassey The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area has intercepted a wooden boat carrying over 4,200 litres of stolen fuel in Akwa Ibom. The Commanding Officer of the Base, Navy Capt. Aliyu Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibaka on Friday. He said […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza. He said this at a session of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which met to elect a new […]
By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Feb. 6, 2025(NAN) The FCT command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says the agency arrested no fewer than 391 suspects for various drug-related crimes between January and December 2024. The FCT commander, NDLEA, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
By Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, Feb. 7, 2025 (NAN) The Federal Government has repatriated 7,790 Nigerians from the Republic of Chad, where they fled to amidst the conflict of Boko Haram insurgency for almost a decade. Mr Dauda Illiya, the Special Adviser on Media of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, made this known in a statement […]
By Monday Ajogun The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed recovery of the decomposing body of an Anambra House of Assembly Labour Party lawmaker (Onitsha North constituency), Mr Justice Azuka. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Onitsha. He said the lawmaker’s body was found on […]
By Wandoo Sombo The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has closed its case at the Edo Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and it’s candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo dragged INEC, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and Gov. Monday Okpebholo to […]