The Federal Fire Service has announced a groundbreaking national capacity-building initiative following a strategic collaboration with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to train 7,400 Nigerians on fire safety preparedness across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. This partnership was consolidated during a courtesy visit to Mr. Tony Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman of Heirs Holdings and the United Bank for Africa (UBA), at the Hilton, Abuja. The Controller General, Federal Fire Service, Samuel Olumode, led a delegation of senior management officers to the high-level engagement. A statement by the spokesman of FFS, Paul Abraham…
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The Diplomatic Missions of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia have announced the launch of a coordinated international campaign to combat visa fraud and protect people from exploitation by fraudulent immigration facilitators. According to a statement on Monday, 24 November, 2025, the #FightingVisaFraud campaign was launched during International Fraud Awareness Week (16-22 November) and represents an unprecedented level of cooperation between the three countries to tackle a shared global threat that costs victims millions of pounds annually and puts vulnerable people at risk of exploitation, financial ruin and legal consequences. The statement read: “Visa fraud and illegal immigration facilitation have…
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Hajiya Binta Bello has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to eliminating all forms of gender-based violence in the country. She made the commitment on Monday, 24 November, 2025, at a press conference on activities lined up by the agency for the commemoration of the 2025 Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Bello, while describing the annual event as a “powerful reminder of the world’s collective duty to safeguard the rights, dignity, and safety of women and girls,” explained that the 16-day campaign—running from November 25…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday, 24 November, 2025, disclosed that a robust security arrangement would be put in place to secure the state in view of the recent spike in the spate of banditry, terrorism and other heinous crimes in parts of the country. As such, the Governor noted that the state government will begin the documentation of all undocumented foreign nationals working with multinational companies operating in the state. He also said new non-indigenes entering the state for the first time would undergo proper screening by their community leaders to ensure they are not used to…
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called on Nigerian youth to lead the country’s crusade for environmental sustainability. She spoke at the national launch of the Environment Club and Society to be coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Environment. Opening with a warm tribute to the inspiring contributions of young voices, the First Lady singled out Esther Abraham, a Senior Secondary 3 student from Government Senior Secondary School, Mabushi, for her moving poem on the environment. “From Esther, I see the passion and the love. When she recited, I saw a woman in love with the environment. It…
By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi State Government has ordered the closure of all public and private secondary schools and all tertiary institutions across the state, except College of Nursing Sciences, Birnin Kebbi. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Alhaji Issa Abubakar-Tunga and the state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Dr Halima Bande in Birnin Kebbi. The Commissioners stated that the closure of both public, private and state owned institutions had become necessary following the recent cases of attacks in part of the state. They listed the affected tertiary…
By Oluwole Solanke, PhD, FCIB Life is a journey filled with seasons, lessons, victories, and quiet moments that shape who we are becoming. Every day, life holds up a mirror—not to our faces, but to our souls. In that sacred reflection, we encounter our strengths, our fears, our hidden potentials, and our deepest truths. The mirror of life does not lie; it reveals what we carry within. The Reflection Within We often look outward to measure success, happiness, or fulfillment, but the true measure begins within us. Life challenges us, not to break us, but to show us what we…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Dr Kayode Opeifa, has restated in strong terms, the commitment of the management to the building of a culture of integrity, transparency and accountability within the corporation’s workplace. Dr Opeifa stated this on Friday, 21 November, 2025, at the inauguration of the newly reconstituted Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) of the Nigerian Railway Corporation. “Today marks another strong step in our collective journey to building a culture of integrity, transparency and accountability within our corporation . I appreciate the presence and support. Of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission…
By Lanre Adewole “In keeping with the established internal policies of the Party and as we approach the Convention in a few days, therefore, I wish to solicit the reciprocity and support of the Governors and other stakeholders in picking my successor, who would fly the flag of our party for election into the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.” That was then-President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday May 31, 2022, soliciting APC governors to support his aspiration to anoint his successor, by handpicking the party’s presidential flagbearer for the 2023 poll. Speaking at the presidential…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled no fewer than six syndicates leading to the seizure of tons of assorted illicit drugs and the arrest of nine kingpins in series of intelligence-led interdiction operations, the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said on Sunday, 23 November, 2025. Babafemi, in a statement, said in one of such operations, NDLEA officers last Tuesday arrested two members of a drug trafficking organisation in Onitsha, Anambra state when they showed up to take delivery of 5.4 kilogrammes of methamphetamine; 10.7 kilogrammes of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis; 16…