Veteran Nollywood actor, filmmaker and screenwriter, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has died at the age of 66 after a battle with stage-four cancer. Hassan died on Sunday, August 23, 2026. His daughter, Kira Hassan, confirmed the death during ...
The Registrar/Chief Executive, National Examinations Council (NECO), Dantani Wushishi, has been elected as the Vice-President of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA). NECO has also been granted the right to host the 2027 AEAA Conference in Abuja, Nigeria. ...
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 25th August 2026, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid ul Mawlid, celebrated the remembrance of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. In a statement on Friday, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry ...
At least 46 people have been reportedly killed in a boat accident in Gorau community, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The boat, which was conveying 77 passengers, including farmers, women and children, was said to have capsized shortly ...
JOS — Plateau State Governor, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has described the deadly attack on Bin Mper community in Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area as a direct attack on his person, vowing that his administration would do everything within ...
President Bola Tinubu has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State not to shame his opponents in the recently concluded governorship election in the state. Tinubu, who stated this when he received the governor at the Presidential Villa in Abuja ...
Imo State will commence robotic-assisted surgery on Friday in what Governor Hope Uzodimma described as a major milestone in the state’s healthcare development. The procedure will be performed at the Imo Robotics and Oncology Centre (IROC), located within the reconstructed ...
President Bola Tinubu has maintained his stance on the removal of the fuel subsidy by his administration, saying that the call for the reversal of the policy by one of his opponents is a “demonstration of serious ignorance on governance ...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate preparation of a comprehensive national threat assessment and a rolling five-year strategic defense operations plan to strengthen coordination across Nigeria’s defence, intelligence and security capabilities. This was contained in a statement by his ...
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, during his working visit to the 2026 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Orientation Course at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Katsina on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. ...