By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government on Monday expressed concern over the inadequacy of qualified teachers in the country, saying that the 1.4 million teachers in the system were not enough for the over 42 million pupils in basic schools. It therefore called on states to engage...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The man who trekked from Gombe to Abuja to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s win in 2015 presidential election, Dahiru Buba has gotten a car and a cash gift from Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state. It would be Recalled that Buba had cried out...
Lawyer John Akparibo Ndebugre, the former Zebilla MP, has confirmed Martin Amidu’s major reason for resigning from the Office of the Special Prosecutor as being the sudden demise of former President Jerry John Rawlings. According to Ndebugre, the main reason Amidu was able to discharge his duties without any fear or...
The recent #EndSARS protest in Nigeria may go down in history as the loudest wakeup call since the civil war, for the country to be restructured. The President/CEO, World Stage Limited, Mr Segun Adeleye who said this in his welcome address at the virtual WorldStage Economic Summit 2020 with...
Presiddent Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the quarterly National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Present at the meeting are Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister...
Privatisation now occupies the centre stage in global economic liberalization and is regarded as an avenue for raising productivity and enhancing overall economic growth. In line with its commitment to champion sustainable growth in Africa’s largest economy. The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) in collaboration with the...
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, says Federal Government’s earnings, from oil and non-oil sectors coupled with low revenue receipts from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), have dropped by 60 per cent, putting the nation’s economy under serious pressure. Sylva stated this after a closed...
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee perusing activities surrounding the #EndSARS protest has started hearing to find lasting solutions and halt further breakdown of law and order. The committee, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Wase (APC-Plateau), met with heads of security agencies in the country behind...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has warned motorists against panic buying, assuring that there is enough fuel on ground. Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, IPMAN National Public Relations Officer said that the long queues in some parts of Abuja were due to panic buying. Yakubu told the News...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja –The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced on Monday that 157 new cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in the country. According to the health agency, the 157 new infections were recorded from eight states across Nigeria. The NCDC, in the daily update on...
By JACOB KUBEKA Ghana’s former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Martin A.B.K.Amidu, on Monday resigned from his position Special Prosecutor, leaving tongues wagging in several concerned quaters. Amidu,s resignation came barely one month after he conveyed in a 13-page letter, the conclusions and observations on the analysis of the risk of...
Nigeria’s delegation to Tuesday’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against Sierra Leone have arrived in Freetown. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a statement on Monday said the team arrived in the afternoon afternoon from Benin City. He said the...
Ogun Government is partnering with telecommunications service providers to provide free internet service to students for e-learning in public secondary and primary schools in the state. Gov. Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Monday at the 2020 International Students’ Day, held at the Cultural centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. The governor said...
Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri is in his home country, Malawi after jumping bail in South Africa on fraud charges raising speculation that he may have escaped using President Lazarus Chakwera’s plane. But both Malawian and South African authorities have cleared Chakwera of the controversial millionaire prophet’s mysterious escape who...
Source: ZURIEL ODUWOLE – One January afternoon in 2012, I as a 9-year-old girl, accompanied by my parents and younger siblings were ushered into a large but very modest waiting room in Ridge, Accra. I was nervous, not because it was Ghana, or that the heat was sweltering. Rather, it...
American-born Nigerian singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, better known as ‘Davido’ has described how it looked so unreal for him to have a song with American-Trinidadian rapper, Nicki Minaj. According to Davido, it was so surreal to him, after Nicki Minaj assented to his request for them to record their latest...
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has attributed the success of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to the quality of its leadership. Bayero made the commendation when the Board of Commissioners, NCC, led by its Chairman, Prof Adeolu Akande, paid him a courtesy visit in his palace....
A former Super Eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo who was allegedly abducted on Sunday by unknown gunmen in Refinery Road, Effurun, Delta, has been released.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta Command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed this to newsmen in a cell phone conversation on Monday in Warri.“It was more...
Lebanon has signed two agreements with foreign pharmaceutical companies on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and would be among the first states to receive them in the first quarter of 2021, an Official said. The Health Minister, Hamad Hassan said this on Monday in Beirut. “Lebanon has signed two...
Champion of the just concluded 42nd Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Open Tennis tournament, Joseph Imeh, says the organizers should increase the event’s prize money, especially for female players. ” An improved prize money will affect the quality of the female game,” Imeh said. Imeh, who won his first...