By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has given final approval for immediate recruitment of 4,000 new teachers already evaluated and shortlisted for deployment to public primary and secondary schools across Borno State. Governor Zulum announced the approval on Wednesday evening in Maiduguri....
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The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin on Thursday affirmed the election of Mr Omoruyi Osaro of the Labour Party (LP) for the Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency of Edo. In a unanimous Judgement by the three-member panel, led by Justice O. A. Chijioke, the tribunal dismissed the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects allegedly connected to the death of a student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti. The deceased, Atanda Deborah, was a 200 level Nursing student who went missing and her body later found in a shallow grave,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to tune in to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit via video call, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Putin is not making the trip to New Delhi for the G20 meeting of major industrialised nations because he says he wants to stay...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN,, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, has received the induction course and retreat report organize for the state executive council members in FCT Abuja on 24th to 26th July, 2023 held at Nigeria Army Resource Center, in Abuja, as he complete 100 days...
One Malam Ali, has reported his wife to a Sharia Court sitting in Rijiyar Lemo, Kano State after she threatened to renew his circumcision. Malam Ali told the court that his wife has been threatening him for long that she would renew his circumcision, adding that she even...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Judiciary will on Sept. 25 simultaneously hold its 2023/2024 new legal year service at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina and Lagos Central Mosque. The Acting Chief Registrar, Mr Tajudeen Elias, disclosed this in a statement issued to...
A man has been accused on Thursday of murdering his 100-year-old grandmother with an axe as she sat in a wheelchair. He went on a trial in the northern German city of Hamburg on a charge of homicide. “He could not cope with looking after...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended President Bola Tinubu and the Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on the recent appointment of Bitrus Garki as Mandate Secretary of the FCT Area Council. The Head of Government, NANS, Umar Lawal made the commendation in a...
Traditional rulers in Epe Division, Lagos state, have appealed to all the tiers of government not to hoard food palliatives but distribute them accordingly by targeting the downtrodden or needy. They made the plea in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Epe on Thursday....
The Election Petition Tribunal in Benin on Thursday dismissed the petition by Mr Okhuarobo Henry of the PDP against the INEC’s declaration of Mr Omoruyi Murphy Osaro of LP as winner of the Feb. 25 Egor/Ikpoba Federal Constituency election of Edo Delivering the unanimous judgment in Suit NO:...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) delivered a clear verdict on the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process. Akpabio in a statement on Thursday lauded the court, judgment which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi on Wednesday stopped some road construction in the Southeast pending the review of the existing and additional contracts. Umahi gave the directive on Thursday in Enugu during the inspection of some ongoing construction/rehabilitation of federal roads across states in the South-East....
Mexico is on course to see its first female president as both the ruling coalition and the opposition have nominated women as candidates for the 2024 election. The country’s ruling party named former mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate for the June 2 election, the...
Spain recently won the 9th edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand by defeating England 1-0 at the Stadium Australia in Sydney. After 63 gruelling yet intriguing games, the Spanish women’s football team emerged as world champions for the first time, joining the...
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says he fully understands the grief of the opposition parties over the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Okechukwu, also a foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said this when he spoke...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Jesutega Onokpasa on Wednesday’s judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) was based on facts and not sentiments. Onokpasa, also a lawyer, said this at a virtual news conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying that the petitioners sought...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the Federal Government to increase routine vaccination to nip outbreaks in the bud. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General made the call during an online media conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports diphtheria to be an acute and highly...
The Vice-President, Mr Kashim Shettima, has said that judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court is a testimony to the fate Nigerians have in President Bola Tinubu and his administration. Shettima made the assertion while speaking to newsmen shortly after the 5-member panel of justices of the...
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, says the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is a triumph of truth over propaganda. Edu said this in a statement issued by Mr Rasheed Zubair,her media aide ,in Abuja on Thursday. ...