SENEGAL-BORN TikTok phenomenon Khaby Lame, celebrated worldwide for his silent, expressive videos that captivate millions, has been named a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. The 24-year-old digital icon, who now boasts over 162 million followers, addressed the youth of his native country on Friday as…
THE Federal Government says it has empowered 27,302 farmers in Niger to encourage agricultural productivity and enhance food security. The programme is being implemented in partnership with International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (FG/IFAD-VCDP). Mrs Hadiza Isah, the…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri FOLLOWING the endless atrocities posed by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists for over a decade, the Lake Chad Basin Traditional Rulers Forum has declared their total support and cooperation with security agencies and other stakeholders to bring…
THE Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), an NGO, has commended the successful hosting of the 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum, aimed at promoting regional cooperation. CISLAC also commended the emergence of Gov. Mala Buni of Yobe, as…
THE Federal Government says it has allocated N940.5 billion to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in the 2025 fiscal year, to enhance manpower and infrastructure development in the education sector. President Bola Tinubu stated this on Saturday at…
THE Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos, says it has signed a partnership with the University of Liverpool’s AHUWA Research Centre, on Global Urbanism and Heritage Programme. This is contained in a statement by Director…
THE authorities of Church of God Mission International, CGMI, in Benin City, Edo State have Thursday demanded a public apology from the management of the vanguard newspaper over its published article titled “Rumbling in PFN: Why Bishop Wale Oke…
THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident along Onitsha-Oba Expressway, Idemili South Local Government Area, claimed the lives of four men on Friday. The Sector Commander, Mrs Joyce Alexander, confirmed the accident to the News…
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organization. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Hamma Barka, affirmed…
A father in Pakistan killed his teenage daughter after she uploaded what he considered to be inappropriate videos on the social media app TikTok, police said on Thursday. The man, said to be in his 50s, recently brought his family…
