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European Union has identified Nigeria as the highest food-wasting country in Africa, with an estimated 38 million tonnes of food lost annually.The EU disclosed that on Monday during the commemoration of 2026 International Zero Waste Day in Abuja, with the Theme, “Food waste reduction – minimisation and valorisation.”Speaking at the event, EU Deputy Ambassador to…
Several passengers were injured on Monday morning after a train operating on the busy Abuja–Kaduna rail corridor derailed, causing panic and a temporary disruption of services along the route. The passenger train, travelling from Kaduna to Abuja, derailed along the rail line connecting the Federal Capital Territory with Kaduna State.The source at the Nigerian Railway…
Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has stated that the board is not responsible for the failure of some Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates to be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).He made the clarification during a meeting with leaders of the National Association of Polytechnic Students in…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged politicians across the country to stop campaigns for the 2027 general elections and urgently address the worsening insecurity claiming lives in many communities.The former governor of Anambra State (2006- 2014) made the call in a statement shared on his official X handle on Sunday,…
Troops of the Operation Hadin Kai have repelled coordinated midnight attacks by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on three military bases in Borno State, killing 11 insurgents in separate encounters. The attacks, which occurred between February 28 midnight and the early hours of March 1, targeted Forward Operating Bases located in Mayanti, Gajigana…
Federal Government has maintained that many of the terrorists responsible for killings across the country are foreign nationals who infiltrated Nigeria through its porous borders. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, stated that on Sunday while addressing participants at the First Plenary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, held at…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, says Nigeria is playing a strategic role in advancing Africa’s long-envisioned single currency agenda. He made the remarks in Abuja following the decision of the African Union (AU) to grant Nigeria permanent membership on the Board of the African Monetary Institute (AMI), a key institution…
By Prof Chiwuike Ubah, Ph.D In recent years, Nigeria’s electoral reforms have been dominated by one seductive idea: technology will save democracy. Electronic accreditation, BVAS deployment, and the promise of real-time transmission of results were presented as watershed moments in the struggle against electoral fraud. Many citizens believed that once results are transmitted electronically, rigging…
Five Republican lawmakers in the United States have alleged that Chinese nationals involved in “illegal mining” operations are paying terrorists for protection. The lawmakers–Riley Moore of West Virginia, Chris Smith (New Jersey), Bill Huizenga (Michigan), Brian Mast (Florida) and Mario Diaz-Balart (Florida)–made this submission in a new bill aimed at addressing what they described as…
United States says it’s military has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria to help fight insecurity. The general in-charge of the US command for Africa said on Tuesday, the first acknowledgment of American forces on the ground since Washington struck by air on Christmas Day. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on what he described as Islamic…