By MARGARET TIZA, Abuja – Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sunudu, has called on the leadership of President’s School Debate Nigeria to widen the scope of the activities of the body to cover debating on topical issues like security, unity, climate change and promotion of entrepreneurship...
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A coalition of civil society organisations, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to recognise Mr Edozie Njoku as the authentic National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling. The group under the umbrella Centre for Credible Leadership...
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have endorse Earl Osaro Onaiwu’s bid for the governorship of Edo State. Onaiwu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Onaiwu said the former governors’ endorsement was indicative of the party’s admirable show of support...
The money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, could not proceed on Friday before the Federal High Court in Lagos as the court did not sit. The Judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, is said to be away on official assignment. At the last adjourned...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Thursday tasked the new Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ahmed Anaje, not to fail the Ebira Kingdom and Kogi on unity and peaceful coexistence that fosters development. Bello made the call after presenting a Staff of Office to the new first class traditional...
Mr Collins Orji resides in Karu, a suburb of Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory. He used to undertake a road walk as a form of exercise between 5:00am and 6:00am before going to work. But this is no longer the case in recent times, no thanks to...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Lagos and former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 presidential campaign council, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has said the party does not need any merger ahead of the 2027 general elections. Pearse who said this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of...
Publisher of THE CONCLAVE (online newspaper), Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo, has pointed the finger at a federal commissioner with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, for the threat to his life over a report on change of leadership guard at the Bureau. Mr Ojeifo, in a...
The Secretary for Education, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Danlami Hayyo, has approved N7 billion to offset 25 per cent of the outstanding arrears of salaries of teachers in public primary schools. Hayyo said this during a familiarisation visit to the management of the FCT Universal Basic...
A Baltimore County Circuit Court in the United States of America, presided over by Theresa Adams, has slammed a record $50,000 damages on a US-based Nigerian blogger, Funke Ashekun. Collins Edomaruse, media aide to Dr. Olukoya, said in a statement on Thursday that the damages were slammed on Ashekun...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday asked President Bola Tinubu to account for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan. Last August, the NNPCL secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan from the African Export-Import Bank to stabilize the...
Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, says he cannot be intimidated out of the Sept.21 governorship election, because he has all its takes to win. Shaibu, stated this when he returned his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form for the governorship election, at the party national secretariat in Abuja...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja on Thursday vacated its earlier order of the court directing the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede for disobeying a ruling of the court which asked operatives...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Orientation Agency (NDE) has empowered no fewer than 48 graduates of the Agricultural Enhancement Scheme (AES) in Sokoto with 50, 000 naira each to enable them actualize their training on poultry and vegetable production. Delivering his speech at the NDE’s Sokoto...
Former Edo State Governor, Oserheimen Osunbor has said he is optimistic of returning to the Government House on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Sept.21 poll. Osunbor said this on Thursday in Abuja at the APC National Secretariat when he spoke with newsmen after...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has condemned incessant attacks on communities in Plateau, which led to killings and displacement of people. In a statement on Thursday, Abbas said it was devastating to read the news about renewed attacks and hostility in communities around Mangu...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Gov. Similanayi Fubara of Rivers and his Taraba counterpart, Kefas Agbu, over the Supreme Court judgments affirming their victories in the 2023 governorship election. The party gave the congratulations in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja...
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi says President Bola Tinubu has approved funds for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge Bypasses, Lagos-Ibadan highway and the Lafia Bypass. Umahi said this on Thursday in Makurdi, during the inspection of the Lafia Bypass Road and dualisation of 9th...
Ahead of the Ondo State Governorship primaries, Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim on Thursday commenced familiarisation tour of the 203 wards across the 18 Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim, one of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the All...
The mother of a late student of Chrisland Schools, Opebi, Ikeja, continued her evidence on Thursday with denial of knowledge of any chats in which her late daughter said she fainted few days to her death. Mrs Blessing Adeniran was cross-examined by defence counsel at the resumed trial...