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REPS PROBE $4.6BN HEALTH GRANTS FROM GLOBAL FUND, USAID By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into over $4.6 billion in grants Nigeria received from the Global Fund and USAID between 2021 and 2025 to fight HIV/AIDS,
WOMEN BREAKING BARRIERS IN KANO’S TRICYCLE INDUSTRY By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban In Kano, Northern Nigeria, women are rewriting history by venturing into the once male-dominated tricycle business. On the busy streets filled with the hum of Keke Napep, a few brave women
ALLEGATIONS OF VOTE BUYING MAR ANAMBRA ELECTION – APC CANDIDATE SPEAKS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, APC governorship candidate in the just-concluded 2025 Anambra election, has alleged widespread vote buying. Speaking to journalists in Awka, he praised his party supporters
FUT MINNA SEEKS NEW WAYS TO BOOST REVENUE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT Minna) is taking steps to reduce its dependence on government funding by exploring new revenue sources. Vice Chancellor Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta disclosed
NIGERIA REAFFIRMS GLOBAL CLIMATE COMMITMENT AS VP SHETTIMA RETURNS FROM COP30 By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Abuja after representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the COP30 Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil, where he highlighted Nigeria’s leadership
SOLUDO THANKS ANAMBRA PEOPLE FOR RE-ELECTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Governor Chukwuma Soludo has thanked the people of Anambra State for re-electing him as governor. Reacting at his country home in Isuofia after INEC declared him winner of the just-concluded governorship election,
APGA CHAIRMAN HAILS INEC OVER ANAMBRA POLL By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sly Ezeokenwa, has praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting a free, credible, and peaceful governorship election in Anambra
UNIABUJA APPOINTS NEW VICE-CHANCELLOR By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Governing Council of Yakubu Gowon University (formerly University of Abuja) has appointed Professor Hakeem Fawehinmi as the new Vice-Chancellor. A statement by the Acting Director of Information, Dr. Habib Yakoob, said the appointment
KANO GOVT WARNS AGAINST ENCROACHMENT ON BRIDGES, WATER FACILITIES By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kano State Government has cautioned against encroaching on bridges and water board facilities, especially by members of the Tipper and Quarry Employers Union. Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Alhaji
ANAMBRA ELECTION PEACEFUL ACROSS THE STATE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The governorship election in Anambra State was largely peaceful. Governor Chukwuma Soludo voted at Ofuiyi, Unit 002, Isuofia in Aguata LGA and expressed satisfaction with the process. He noted minor BVAS issues