President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has emphasized the need for joint actions by global stakeholders to achieve the collective goal of eliminating malaria disease by 2030. Dangote, also United Nations’ Malaria Ambassador for Nigeria, said this in his World Malaria Day statement titled; “With Urgent Investment, Innovation and...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has set a new dawn in the relationship between Nigeria and France with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Campus France on collaboration in the areas of joint research and promotion of innovation, training of qualified...
Chude Jideonwo, the founder of Joy, Inc. and host of #WithChude, has been invited to speak at the 2023 Oxford Africa Conference, where he will be joined by other notable speakers such as Sir Mo Ibrahim, Vice President of Liberia, Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor, and Abdul Samad Rabiu. He will...
Labour Party (LP) has called on all election petition tribunals to disregard letters by its suspended National Legal Adviser, Mr Samuel Akingbade, withdrawing all the party’s petitions. The party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated on Tuesday in Abuja that the presidential election petition tribunal in particular should dismiss the letter. He called on the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s famous journalist, Peter Enahoro, popularly known as Peter Pan. The speaker in his condolence message issued by his spokesman, Mr Lanre Lasisi, also commiserated with the...
“I retired a permanent secretary in the Ebonyi civil service prematurely because the official could not calculate civil servants gratuities,’’ Gov. David Umahi said on Tuesday in Abakaliki. Umahi made the declaration while swearing in new permanent secretaries and members of the state’s Public Complaints and anti-Corruption Commission. “The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has warned skit makers to stop using its logo and jackets in their production. The the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, gave the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Babafemi warned that those fond...
Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the conduct of the 2023 UTME exercise so far, nationwide, has been impressive. Benjamin stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Recall...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 6.2 million Nigerian children are zero doses (unvaccinated), a consequence of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2021. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a news conference to celebrate...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board( JAMB) has rescheduled the 2023 UTME exercise for candidates, who could not sit for their exams on Tuesday, 25th April, 2023, on account of technical challenges. This announcement was made in a statement made available after the JAMB management...
I have been sufficiently scandalized in the last few days by the varieties of reactions, seemingly procured or tainted, that have greeted the judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which reinstated Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume as a non-executive chairman of the Board of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari and the First Lady, A’isha, on Tuesday mourned the passing away of Chief Olajide Oyewole. In a condolence message issued by the President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, the First Family described the deceased as “an exceptional lawyer and...
A police officer attached to Moniya Divisional Police Headquarters in Ibadan was reportedly shot dead by hoodlums while chasing some suspected criminals n Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident took place at Moniya Motor Park in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. The...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Olosan Mushin, over alleged professional misconduct at his station. Owohunwa has also ordered a sanction on the officers who allegedly harassed a young lady seeking justice from the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker of Ondo State House Of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyeloogun before the State High Court in Akure over alleged fraud. The lawmaker representing Akoko South/West Constituency 1 at the Ondo State House of Assembly, Felemu Bankole, and...
The trial of gun wielding pastor of the House on the Rock Refuge Church, Wuye, Abuja Uche Aigbe, on charges of alleged unlawful possession of firearm, was stalled on Tuesday in Abuja due to absence of his counsel in Court. The counsel, Uche Uzukwu, was not in due to...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reacted to a news story carried by an online publication with a headline titled: “NCC Incurs a Deficit of N17bn, Spending N35.2bn on Personnel, Consultancy Fees,” describing it as untrue. In a statement on Tuesday by its Director,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has identified regular meetings amongst countries that make up the Gulf of Guinea Commission as a critical route towards achieving peace and security in the region. He spoke on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana during the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has directed the Ministry for Local Government, Community and Chieftaincy Affairs, to commence the process for the selection of the new Aren Eggon, who will succeed the late Dr. Bala Angbazo. Governor Sule, disclosed this on Tuesday when he...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday unveil 81 national and regimental colours for the newly established and operationalised units and retired unit colours of the Nigerian Army. The Army’s Director of Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this while briefing newsmen on the Trooping and Presentation of Colours Parade...