Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has promised to provide enough funds for education, praying that Nigerians will never witness a repeat of APC’s government beyond 2023, which he says brought untold hardship on Nigerians. The PDP presidential candidate made this known at the...
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The Senate on Wednesday, passed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) N607.9 billion 2022 Appropriation Bill. This followed the adoption of the harmonised report of the Senate and House of Representatives Committee on FCT at plenary. Presenting the bill, the Chairman of the committee, Sen. Smart Adeyemi, said that the...
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo is close to signing a contract with Saudi club Al-Nassr, according to media reports. The 37-year-old captain is set to reach an agreement on a two-and-a-half-year contract, the Spanish newspaper Marca reported on Wednesday. Ronaldo has been without a club since leaving Manchester United last...
The Court of Appeal in Ibadan has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Joel Chuks and his company on his N700 million property that was taken over by Access Bank due to non-payment of loan debt. Chuks and his company, Joel Chuks Venture Ltd., had filed an...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed Feb.8 for to hear Abdulrasheed Maina’s appeal challenging the judgment of a trial court sentencing him to eight years imprisonment for N2 billion pension fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Maina before Justice Okon Abang of a federal high...
The APC Governorship Campaign Group in Lagos State on Wednesday, officially flagged off the re-election campaign of the incumbent governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Speaking at a media briefing to herald the flag -off at Ikeja, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso said the theme of the...
Nigerians, including workers and traders, on Wednesday, expressed concern over the rising prices of foodstuffs, especially as the 2022 Christmas celebration approaches. The respondents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ado-Ekiti, Ilorin, Osogbo and Akure, said if the situation was not urgently addressed,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says timely arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of attacks on its facilities and assets nationwide would end the trend. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the opening of a two-day Induction Retreat for the commission’s Residents Electoral Commissioners in Lagos...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has unveiled the new enhanced Nigerian passport in Canada. Aregbesola who inaugurated the central Passport Production Centre in Ottawa, Canada, said Nigerians living in Canada will now have access to the highly coveted 64-page 10-year validity passport. This is contained in a statement by...
As the world gets set to mark 2022 World AIDS Day (WAD) with the theme “Equalise’’, there is the need to critically analyse the state of people living with the virus, stigma problem and how accessible and affordable are the drugs they need to keep them healthy. There is...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory and other stakeholders have received the sum of N3,049,291,338.40Billion as its share of statutory allocation for the month of October, 2022. The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijani Aliyu presided over the 171st Joint...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cautioned consumers against the patronage and use of devices that have not been typed approved and counterfeit devices, strongly warning that such devices negatively affect the quality of experience while leaving their users vulnerable to losses and other...
A senior staff of Golden Olive Academy has disclosed that the father of Aisha, a minor alleged to have been abused, once complained to their school management about the attitude of the driver who regularly takes his daughter to and fro from school back home. PRNigeria gathered that one...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) lecturers have been paid full salaries for the month of November by the Federal Government. However, the lectures’ eight-month arrears remain withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this known in an interview...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has described the death of Second Republic Minister of Power and Steel ,Dr. Paul Iorpuu Unongo as a huge loss to the nation. Reacting to the death of the elder statesman , Senator Mark said in...
The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the arrest of a woman who allegedly beheaded her 11 months child in Yonen community of Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo gave the confirmation on Wednesday in Calabar. She said...