NYSC D-G Tasks Employers on Corps Members’ Safety, Welfare
By Isaiah Eka The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Kunle Nafiu, has urged employers to promote the welfare and safety of corps members posted to their organisations. Nafiu made the call in a keynote address delivered at the 2025 NYSC/Corps Employers’ Workshop in Uyo on Thursday. Represented by Mr Ede Ezekiel, the Assistant…
Setting the Record Straight: Governor Mutfwang’s Commitment to Security in Plateau
By Peter Akpah. A recent article by Dan’Aseb Muhammad, a public affairs commentator and punished by nigeriantimes on the 22 July 2025, has sparked controversy by questioning Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s commitment to security in Plateau State. The article alleges that the governor’s actions are driven by political gains rather than a genuine desire to address…
Suspected Killer of Kogi Journalist Dies – Police
By Stephen Adeleye The Police command in Kogi says the suspected killer of Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, a photo-journalist, Mr Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, has allegedly committed suicide. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya said Pelumi’s corpse was found in a…
Kogi Varsity Resumes Running MBBS Programme 10 Years After – Commissioner
By Thompson Yamput The Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU) in Anyigba has resumed its Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme after a decade-long suspension. This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Abdulazeez Adams, on Thursday in Lokoja. The resumption, he said, followed the National Universities Commission (NUC’s)…
Yilwatda Assumes APC Leadership, says 2027 Secured
By Emmanuel Mogbede Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has pledged to grow the party’s membership and secure a resounding victory in the 2027 general elections. Yilwatda made the promise while addressing the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday in Abuja upon assuming office. The News…
Prof. Nantawe Yilwatda is now APC National Chairman
By Admin The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday chose Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, from Plateau, as its new National Chairman. Chairman of the Progressive Governors and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodima, raised the motion to appoint the Humanitarian minister as Chairman and was seconded by Speaker, House of Representatives, Abba Tajudeen The 56 year old…
Police Launch Manhunt for Suspected Killer of Photo-journalist in Kogi
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command on Wednesday said it has launched a manhunt for a suspected ritual killer of Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, a photo-journalist in the state. Aiyepeku was reportedly gruesomely murdered on Tuesday night in an office located around the Government House/GRA axis of Lokoja, where he and his suspected assailant repotedly…
A’Ibom: Police Reiterate Commitment to Welfare of Retired Officers
By Isaiah Eka Baba Azare, the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, says the police is fully committed to implementing polices that will promote the wellbeing of retired officers. Azare made the statement in Uyo on Wednesday when the National Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (NARPON), Akwa Ibom Chapter, visited him. He said…
Engaging Youths in Critical Structural Transformation Key to Taming Insurgency – Buratai
By Thompson Yamput A Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd), says that committing the nation’s teeming youths to radical structural transformation is key to taming insurgency and other vices. Buratai made the assertion on Wednesday while delivering the Federal University Lokoja (FUL’s) 18th Distinguished Public Lecture in Lokoja. The public…
Security Operatives Arrest 12 Suspected Kidnappers, 1 Informant in Kogi
By Thompson Yamput Security operatves have arrested 12 suspected kidnappers and one informant in a coordinated operation carried out across parts of Kogi and Kwara. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Commissioner for Information, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja. He also said that some of victims of the kidnapping were rescued. He gave…
