Jiji Nigeria’s leading online marketplace, has officially launched its 2025 Black Friday campaign, themed “Deals Na Water.” The sale offers shoppers massive discounts of up to 85 percent across top-selling categories like Phones & Tablets, Electronics, Fashion, Home & furniture, and more. The month-long “Money Na Water” Black Friday campaign promises buyers unbeatable affordability, while verified sellers offer genuine discounts to create the best value shopping season Nigerians look forward to every year. Growing demand for online deals Recent industry data shows that over 70% of Nigerians now search online first when looking for the best prices on essential items. The country’s…
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The Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) has unveiled a strategic partnership with Abbey Rangers Football Club, a respected UK community football institution, in a move set to redefine grassroots football development in Lagos, reports thegazellenews.com The collaboration the first of its kind between a Nigerian state and a UK community club establishes a comprehensive seven-pillar framework covering talent development, coaching capacity, sports science, community engagement, policy advisory, resource mobilisation and infrastructure optimisation. Under the initiative, the partners will run state-wide scouting programmes in schools and communities to identify promising talent and offer technical training, scholarships and holistic athlete support. An athlete…
Major General Abdullahi Mohammed (retd.), a former Chief of Staff to ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua, is dead. Mohammed, a native of Ilorin, Kwara State, reportedly died around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, 5 November, 2025, in Abuja at the age of 86 after an old age related illness. Born in 1939, the late General Mohammed attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom, and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1958. He rose through the ranks to become the Director of Military Intelligence and played a key role in the 1975 coup that toppled General Yakubu Gowon and…
By Segun Adewale, Gombe Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has flagged off the disbursement of N13.5 billion under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project to further strengthen access to quality education and promote girl-child empowerment across the state. Speaking during the official launch Wednesday, Governor Inuwa Yahaya explained that the N13.5 billion School Improvement Grant will be implemented through the School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) of 442 secondary schools in Gombe State. He noted that the funds are intended to enhance infrastructure, provide learning materials and improve the overall quality of teaching and learning in…
By Segun Adewale in Bauchi The Wunti Al-Khair Foundation (WAKF) has hosted the 2025 edition of its flagship Skills for Employability Program, bringing together more than 600 young people from across Bauchi state for a full day of learning, inspiration, and empowerment. The program held yesterday under the theme “Beyond Degrees: Building Employability and Entrepreneurship Skills for a Changing World,” aimed to equip participants with practical tools to thrive in today’s dynamic job market while promoting entrepreneurship as a pathway to sustainable livelihoods. In his keynote address, Mallam Murtala Muhammad Alamai, director of the Centre for Career Services at the…
By Segun Adewale in Gombe Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has once again demonstrated his administration’s deep commitment to the welfare of senior citizens with the disbursement of N8.2 billion as gratuity payments to 3,204 retirees from both state and local government services. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony Tuesday, 4 November, 2025, Governor Inuwa Yahaya said the event was a continuation of his government’s pledge to clear all outstanding gratuities by 2027, ensuring that no retiree is left behind. “During the last payment exercise in July this year, we made a firm pledge to achieve zero gratuity backlog…
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan presided over by Justice A. L. Akintola, on Tuesday, 4 November, 2025 cleared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to proceed with its scheduled elective National Convention on Saturday, 15 November, and Sunday, 16 November, 2025 in Ibadan, the state capital. Justice A. L. Akintola, in his ruling granted an interim order allowing the party to hold the convention as planned in Ibadan, Oyo State. The court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to attend, monitor, and observe the exercise pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion on notice.…
By Fredrick Nwabufo “The precision strikes, coupled with enhanced battlefield awareness provided by the theatre’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets, gave troops additional leverage and impetus to respond with overwhelming and lethal force,” –Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Spokesperson of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK). This was after Nigerian troops killed over 50 Boko Haram terrorists in a daring encounter in Borno State in October. The battle was fierce as the death-dealers had forged themselves into a formidable number, but our troops overwhelmed them. In the past eight months, the Nigerian military has dispatched over…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has handed over 63 patrol vehicles to security agencies and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) operating in Maiduguri and its environs. Out of the 63 vehicles, 30 were given to the 10 different sectors of CJTF, 16 to Rapid Response and Anti-Social Vices, 10 to paramilitary organisations, 6 to hunters and one to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). According to a statement on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesman, Dauda Iliya, the distribution aims to enhance the mobility and response capacity of the police, other security outfits, and the…
The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN), a critical stakeholder in the North East region, has called on the North East Development Commission (NEDC) to significantly incorporate Livestock Development into its 2026 policies and programmes. The group in a signed statement by its National President, Hon. Khalil Mohammed Bello, while appreciating NEDC’s efforts, acknowledged the tireless efforts and significant achievements of the Commission since its inception in rebuilding and rehabilitating the North East. It also commended the Commission for its successes in infrastructure, renovation and construction of schools, houses, hospitals, health centres, roads, reconstruction of bridges destroyed by…