BY DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Catholic Bishop of Jalingo Diocese, Taraba State, Most Reverend (Dr) Charles Michael Hammawe, has expressed disappointment with the democratic leadership and economic policies imposed by government on Nigerians which turned to be curse instead of blessing. Bishop Charles spoke during an interview...
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OLADIMEJI SOLOMON (Lead Writer) – “Our Climate is Changing…. Why Aren’t We?” — Vanini Aggarwal, a 15-year-old telling climate stories by young people in Nigeria. Children make up 51% of the 223 million people in Nigeria who are disproportionately impacted by climate change. They are often the first to be affected by climate change...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Member of the House of Representatives for Gwer East / Gwer West Federal Constituency, Dr. Asema Achado has promised to provide projects that would have direct bearing on the lives of his constituents and to cooperate with the relevant stakeholders to develop...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has tendered an unreserved apology to the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its Easter message which generated controversy amongst Christians. In celebrating Easter, the FIRS had shared a flier showing a Point of Sale (PoS) machine which...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu has appealed to His Holiness, Olumba Olumba Obu, spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star to help pray for the liberation of the state from occultic and other evil forces that may have held it...
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election Omoyele Sowore has faulted the attitude of young Nigerians to politics in light of the swearing-in of 44-year old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the Senegalese president. Faye was sworn in at an event...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has reiterated enforcement of approved guidelines as a condition to enjoy the new retirement age, 65 years old and length of service, 40 years for teachers in Osun public schools. This is contained in a circular issued by Mr Ayanleye Aina, the Head...
All Progressive Congress (APC), South-West National Vice Chairman, Mr Issac Kekemeke, has declared his interest to participate in the Ondo State governorship primary election scheduled to hold on April 20, 2024. Kekemeke made this known at a press conference and public presentation of the LEKELEKE agenda of prosperity...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has said that the Haitian population “cannot wait any longer,” for the reign of terror by gangs to end. Türk said this on Tuesday in a video statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of...
The Zamfara State Government has ordered immediate restriction of movement along the state’s borders with Katsina and Sokoto states from 7:00p.m to 6:00a.m. The State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Manir Haidara disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. Haidara noted that the directive was part of...
The Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi and former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim, on Tuesday graced the 83rd birthday celebration of ex-governor of Ebonyi, Chief Martin Elechi. Also in attendance at the event held in Abakaliki was former President-General of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo,...
The PDP candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District in the 2023 elections, Chief Segun Adewale, has said a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, is not his political benefactor. Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland, made this assertion in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos....
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has vowed to make the state, a first choice medical tourism destination in Nigeria and Africa. Fubara said this to newsmen at the Government House in Port Harcourt, while speaking on his administration’s modest achievements in the health sector since assumption...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Thursday, arraign Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, two top officials of Binance Holdings Ltd on five counts of money laundering charge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reliably gathered on Tuesday that Binance, Gambaryan and Anjarwalla, who escaped from...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the Direct Entry registration process. The board’s weekly bulletin made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede gave the figures when he received officials of the...
The Federal Government has enrolled two million out-of-school “Almajiri” children in basic and Arabic literacy programmes. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at the Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on Nigerian Education Sector Ministerial Deliverables in Abuja on Tuesday. NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu, on...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi was sworn in on Tuesday before parliament for a third term, in a ceremony held at the new administrative capital east of Cairo. Al-Sissi, who has been in power since 2014, secured another six years in office after receiving about 90 per cent...
Transcorp Hotels Plc (“Transcorp Hotels” or the “Company”), the listed hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc (“Transcorp Group”), has released its audited 2023 full-year results, showing outstanding performance and setting new revenue and profit records. In its full year audited results filed with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), Transcorp...
The National Examination Council (NECO) says it is ready for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) slated for April 20, and urged parents of candidates to maintain decorum during the examination. Mr Azeez Sani, the acting Director, Directorate of Information and Digital Communication of NCEE, disclosed this...