Caleb British International School, located in Lekki, Lagos, has secured an outstanding victory as the Overall Champions in the highly anticipated Lagos Inter-School Olympics tournament. The tournament, organized by the esteemed Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, brought together schools from across the region to compete in...
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Dr Kayode Ajulo, a renowned constitutional lawyer and rights activist, has commended President Bola Tinubu for renaming the Port-Hacourt Airport after the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Ajulo said in a statement in Abuja on Sunday that renaming some federal airports after patriotic personalities who contributed to the growth...
The PDP Action 2023, a political pressure group, says former governor of Sokoto State, Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, never betrayed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Nigeria in the course of his service to the party and the nation. The Chairman of the group, Dr Rufus Omeire, in a statement...
The Federal Government has rejected the European Union Elections Observation Mission (EU-EOM) report on the 2023 general elections in the country. The government described it as a reflection of a plan to discredit the election, especially the presidential election won by President Bola Tinubu. This is contained in a...
The people of Eke Community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State have alleged the killing of a volunteer member of its neighborhood vigilante watch and a housewife from the community by soldiers. Narrating what transpired on Sunday, Mr Emeka Anigbo, Assistant Chief Security Officer of Eke Security...
The Cross River chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it would invoke the “Monkey Work, Monkey Chop” mantra in the appointment and empowerment of its members in the State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is contained in a press statement, titled: “Ward Nomination...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, Prince Preye Aganaba, on Sunday berated the stagnant growth of Bayelsa under the PDP, saying the state must join the APC at the centre to speed up development. Aganaba, who spoke in Yenagoa alleged that the state Governor, Douye...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result of Ejikeme Mmesoma for alleged manipulation of her scores. Earlier, Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME, was recently awarded a N3 million scholarship...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has decried that most Federal Government formations in Nigeria operate in breach of the law by not allowing for the freedom of religious practices. Bishop Kukah stated this on Sunday while opening the 119...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – An elder statesman and former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has warned that, all is not well with Nigeria and things might continue to grow from bad to worse in the near future if urgent measures are not taken to address the...
Maj.-Gen. Abdusalami Ibrahim Ali, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigeria Army, Rukuba, near Jos, has called for concerted prayers for the army and other security agencies to tackle insecurity in the country. Ibrahim, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Brig.-Gen. David Kurmi, made the...
Mrs Ogbomade Johnson, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election, has challenged the emergence of Mr Timipre Sylva as candidate of the party for the poll. . Johnson made the prayer in a fresh suit filed by her team of lawyers led by...
Kano Pillars FC of Kano on Sunday defeated EFCC football club of Abuja 1-0 as the NNL Super 8 competition kicked off in Asaba. The match, which was played in the maim bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, saw the two NNL Northern Conference teams attacking from the blast...
Born on 10 Jan 1966 , 57 year old Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, first and foremost is a barrister , a member of Body of Benchers , a Life Bencher , the highest body in the legal profession He was minority leader in 2003 He was a deputy (majority)...
An Engineer with Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Engineer Ibrahim Abdulmajeed has bagged the Early Career Scientist Award at the 2023 Science and Technology Conference in Vienna, Austria. NNRA is the government entity responsible for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation in Nigeria. The award was...
The cessation of abduction incidents and other violence perpetrated by terrorist groups on the Abuja-Kaduna highway is due to the efforts of a security panel raised by the immediate-past Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Leo Irabor, according to PRNigeria report. Recalled that armed bandits and Boko Haram...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that the Ibadan Dry Port Project may likely come on stream quicker than expected because the present leadership of the country under President Bola Tinubu, understands “the benefits of developing the economic value chain.” He said that...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a prominent civil society organization, is demanding the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) compliance with a recent court judgment in their favor. The judgment, relating to the case of “Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Council of Jamiyyatu Ansaarudeen Attijaniyya Nigeria (JAMAAT) in partnership with The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) have sponsored and trained no fewer than 950 registered members of the organisation including women and IDPs on various entrepreneurship skills acquisition. The Chairman, Borno...
A man has been confirmed dead in a multiple accident involving five vehicles at Odumodu Junction, Umunya by Nteje-Awka Expressway in Anambra.tge Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka...