The Ondo State House of Assembly has confirmed receipt of a letter from Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa requesting the screening of Dr Olayide Adelami, as nominee for the deputy governor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the demise of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu on Dec. 27 led to...
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President Bola Tinubu has sa n youths are vibrant, talented, eager to learn, and ready to compete globally. He said this on Wednesday at a meeting with Ms Reeta Roy, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mastercard Foundation in Abuja. Tinubu said his administration would support public-private...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it repatriated 975 stranded Nigerians from Niger Republic in 2023. The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kano. Abdullahi said the returnees were...
Justice Lewis Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by rights activist Chief Femi Falana (SAN) challenging a purported sale of Polaris Bank Justice Allagoa dismissed the suit following an application by the learned silk, seeking to discontinue same before the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Mohammed Hussain, on Wednesday in an FCT High Court insisted that a former director of legal services at the petroleum ministry, Grace Tiaga’ s death certificate be produced before the court. Taiga is standing trial before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi on...
The Pioneer Archbishop of the Enugu Anglican Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Amos Madu, has cautioned those calling for another war in Nigeria to desist from doing that. He said that those making the call did not witness the 30-month Nigerian civil war between 1967 and 1970, adding that...
Russian military transport plane carrying over 70 people has crashed at the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday. There were nine Russian crew members and 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft, local media reported.Ukraine...
Yemen’s Houthi authorities have ordered the United States and British staff of the United Nations and Sanaa-based humanitarian organisations to leave the country within a month. A document and a Houthi official said on Wednesday. The decision followed the strike of the United States and Britain, with support...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has travelled for a private visit to France. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said thay Tinubu would return in the first week of February. The President has earlier engaged a delegation from...
Telecoms firm Nokia has signed a multi-year global patent cross-license agreement with China’s Oppo, the Finnish company said on Wednesday. The deal also includes cross-licensing for 5G standard-essential patents. Nokia and Chinese device maker Oppo have been in a dispute for over two years regarding 5G patent payments....
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to obey orders of courts, affirming him as national chairman. Chief Njoku also urged the Attorney-General of...
The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, has said the Federal Government is targeting a 77 per cent increase in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Edun, who is also the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at opening of the 2024 Strategic Management Retreat...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) impounded a truck carrying about 450 vandalised railway sleepers on Tuesday in Damaturu and arrested three suspects. Its Commandant in Yobe, Mr Adamu Zakari, paraded the truck and the suspects before newsmen on Wednesday in Damaturu. “The truck was loaded...
Comic Nollywood film, “Dead Serious” starring veteran Nollywood actor Nkem Owoh and ace comedian Oga Sabinus, is to hit cinemas on Feb. 9, its Director, Moses Inwang, has said. Inwang stated this on his instagram page while sharing the official trailer of the comic film. He noted: “We...
A 42-year old man, Victor Adenegan was on Wednesday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, for allegedly sodomising two men. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant, Adenegan who resides in Moniya area in Ibadan charged with sodomy and attempted sodomy. The...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has emphasised the need for concerted efforts to enhance school safety in Nigeria, revealing that only 43% of the Minimum Standards for Safe Schools are being met in about 6,000 assessed schools. UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, Ms....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has affirmed that education is a global resource for learning and the acquisition of relevant skills for opportunities in today’s world, adding that it promotes wellbeing while serving as a “catalyst for peace.” The UNICEF Chief...
By PATRICK ABANG, Càlabar – National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Cross River State chapter has demanded immediate resignation of its state President, Comrade Mike Egre over poor handling of the affairs of the association. They also demanded for the immediate constitution of transition committee that...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Wednesday in Abuja, arraigned the immediate-past governor of Anambra, Willie Obiano, on a nine-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering to the tune of N4 billion. Obiano, however, pleaded not guilty to all counts when the charge was read to him. Following,...