The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Hamid Bobboyi, has said 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are yet to access the 2024 Universal Basic Education (UBE) matching grant. Bobboyi disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, during an oversight function of the Senate Committee on Education...
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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship poll in Ondo State, Chief Bamidele Akingboye, have rejected the outcome of the election. The state chairman of the SDP, Mr Gbenga Akinbuli, who spoke at a press briefing on Monday in Akure, called for immediate cancellation...
The leader of the Northern Regional Caucus in the House of Representatives, Rep. Alhassan Doguwa, has said that the caucus will allow national interest to take precedence in the consideration of the four tax reform bills. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on a Monday, Doguwa assured that the caucus will...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has lauded the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises(BPE), Mr. Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi, for his dedicated service to the country and acknowledged his significant contributions in attracting Foreign Direct Investment(FDIs) to Nigeria. In a congratulatory message marking the...
Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN, on Monday, disagreed with critics of the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike over the construction of houses for judges in Abuja. Daudu, the Coordinator of the Rule of Law Development Foundation, made this known at the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference...
Lecturers and consultants at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Medical School and Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, have withdrawn their services for the second time in two months. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development is in compliance with the seven-day warning strike embarked upon by the national...
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun says President Bola Tinubu is charting a way to move a lot of Nigerians out of poverty. He stated this in Bauchi on Monday, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 National Council on Finance and...
As different states across the country embark on Local Government Council and off season elections, the Commissioner of Police (CP), Bayelsa Command, Mr Francis Alonyenu, has cautioned politicians and their supporters that election is not war. Alonyenu, gave the caution during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Ondo State’s chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged its supporters to remain “calm and steadfast” after the candidate of the All Progressives Congress and incumbent governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa was announced winner of the 2024 gubernatorial elections held on Saturday. The party had earlier...
Nigerian singer Davido has pledged a sum of ₦300 million to be distributed to orphanages in Nigeria through his foundation. The singer announced his intentions via his official Twitter on Monday, saying, “Once again my birthday this year we Donating to orphanages and a charity that helps young people...
The Edo State’s chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, against taking credit for the construction of Temboga Road and other projects initiated and completed during the tenure of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. In a statement, the Publicity Secretary of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has flagged off the second dry run of the Carnival Calabar festival, with the assurance of a better experience in 2024. Speaking at the flag-off point at the popular 11/11 roundabout in Calabar, Governor Otu, represented by the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – As part of preparations for the funeral of the late former Senate President, Joseph Wayas, scheduled for November 30, Cross River Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Planning Committee, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, on Sunday, conducted a routine inspection of the deceased’s compound where...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said the party’s victory in the Ondo State governorship election is a signal that it will capture more states. Oyintiloye, a member of the APC National Campaign Stakeholders Engagement Committee for the election, said this on...
At least six people including two children were killed in a boat accident off the coast of Angola’s capital Luanda, police and emergency services said, as rescue efforts continued Monday. The ship carrying more than 30 people was part of a Catholic maritime procession in the southern African nation...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– The Federal Government has described the ongoing Research Fair/Exhibition organised by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) as gateway to changing the narrative of some major challenges bedeviling the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this known at a press conference to herald...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to conduct a comprehensive review of the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State and its outcome. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, that the party would take appropriate...
Ex-National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has raised the alarm that the Acting National Chairman of the Party, Ambassador Umar Ilyasu Damagum, will extinguished life out of the PDP unless the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for November 28 elect a substantive National...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 19th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20). The President, who arrived on Sunday at 11.03 p.m. local time, (Monday 3. 03 a.m. Nigerian time), was received by Amb. Breno Costa...