BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Students at the Federal and States Universities have been called up on to boycott the 2023 general election in protest against the federal government over its lukewarm attitude towards their education. The students who came out in solidarity protest with Academic Staff Union of...
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Those who are aspiring to lead the country should learn strategic communication and campaign initiatives from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives’ Congress-APC. His campaigns have been most strategic, issue-based, sector-specific, and all-encompassing in both content and delivery. He takes his campaigns to his target...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has said that the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) remained a huge threat to Nigeria’s security. Monguno said this during the destruction of over 3,000 small arms recovered from across the country by the National Centre for...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the removal of Rep Chris Azubuogu as the 2023 Anambra South Senatorial District candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, directed the party to, forthwith, submit the name of the plaintiff, Ben Nwankwo, to...
The EFCC on Thursday arraigned an Indian, Chandra Singh, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N816 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Singh is facing a 19-count-charge bordering on bribery and retention of stolen property. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge....
Out-going Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun approved the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries on Thursday to fill existing vacancies in the state’s civil service. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head of Service, Dr Festus Oyebade. In a spontaneous reaction, the governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, said...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday in Enugu expressed worries about renewed killings in the country. It said it would continue to engage governments at all levels to ensure that the killings were curtailed. CAN National President, Rev. Daniel Okoh, expressed the worries at the 31st General...
A man identified as Adewale Ibitoye, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old daughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye who presided over the case at Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday also sentenced Mr. Ibitoye’s friend, Moses Okrukpe, to life imprisonment for...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In response to the low levels of participation of girls in schooling, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK, and UNICEF have implemented the Girls’ Education Programme Phase 3 (GEP3) across six northern Nigerian states of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – THE Federal Government on Thursday formally announced the reintroduction of History as a stand alone subject in basic education curriculum in Nigeria, thirteen years after its abolition. A total of 3,700 History teachers have also been shortlisted for the first round of training for...
The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the conviction of Faisal, the son of the jailed former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, for conspiracy and money laundering. In addition, a three-member panel of the appellate court reduced his term of imprisonment from 14...
A group coordinated by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, has endorsed presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, as its preferred candidate for 2023 poll. In a statement released in Abuja, Lawal said that the group comprising some Northern Christian...
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, withdrew a suit filed at a Federal High Court, Abuja to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days after his arrest. DSS’ counsel, A.M. Danlami, told Justice Nkeonye Maha shortly after the matter was called for hearing....
JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – The governors of Delta and Ebonyi state are to answer contempt of court charges before the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, over their alleged refusal to pay judgment creditors/applicants a total sum of N54.30 billion and USD139.55 million. Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and...
Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ifeanyi Okowa said the party is working assiduously to reconcile with five aggrieved PDP governors known as the G5. Okowa stated this a a meeting with some other South-South PDP governors including Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Godwin Obaseki (Edo) and...
The Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations recorded 120 entries for the upcoming Lagos Public Relations Gala and Awards scheduled for 2 December 2022. The high-profile event will hold at The Podium Event Centre, Ikeja.
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reiterated that as a regulatory body holding in trust the management and administration of scarce spectrum resources on behalf of Federal government, it will continue to make available, the much needed harmonized and standardized Spectrum resources to the...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola has set aside the High Court rulings nullifying the primaries that produced Emmanuel Bwacha and Aishatu Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates for Taraba and Adamawa states respectively. The court on Thursday ordered that their names should be forwarded...
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday in Abuja pledged to bequeath a country free from proliferation of substandard products. The Director-General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim, said this at a news conference to mark the official commencement of events lined up to celebrate 50th anniversary of the...
The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) says it has jacked up the price of sachet water from N200 to N300 per bag. This is contained in a statement issued by the National President of the association, Mrs Clementina Ativie in Abuja. The president said the decision was unanimously...