President Bola Tinubu has urged the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately get to work, warning that non-performance would not be tolerated. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Tinubu said this while inaugurating...
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No fewer than 3,963 teachers who sat for the Nov. 2023 Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) failed the examinations. The Registrar of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), the body that conducted the examination, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye disclosed this at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. this...
he Cross River chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has decried the non release of its member and a Professor of medicine, Ekanem Ephraim, after 148 days in captivity. The chapter Chairman, Dr Felix Archibong, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on...
BY DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The governor of Taraba State, Dr. Agbu Kefas has inaugurated a committee to review and appraise the performance of Local Government Councils revenue collection in the state. Governor Kefas in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yusuf Sanda said the committee...
No fewer than 70 candidates jostling for the stool of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi are being screened by a committee to replace late Alhaji Ado Ibrahim who died on Oct. 29. The late Ohinoyi died at the age of 94. Alhaji Yunusa Sule, Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council,...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Worried by the fallen standard of education in the state, Bauchi government has put together a two-day summit to re-jig its education sector. The summit has the themed, “Nurturing a Flourishing Future, Improving Access and Quality Education in Bauchi state”, In...
The Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (COCSON) has commended President Bola Tinubu over the recent flag off of the National Cash Transfer Programme which aims at improving consumption and developing savings skills to reduce poverty. The National Secretary General of COCSON, Ademola Folabi, gave the commendation...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has issued an order attaching the accounts of the Oyo State Government in ten commercial banks in the country. The order was issued by Justice A. O. Ebong, in a ruling on a garnishee proceeding initiated by ex-council...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is considering the first week of February for the conduct of re-run and by-elections arising from the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said this at an extraordinary consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has initiated moves by seeking fiat from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), to empower the Council on enforcement and compliance through the prosecution of unqualified teachers to stem the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, declared open the 18th national conference of the Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria (ASALLIN) which was organized to commemorate the International Arabic Day slated for the 18th of December every...
The Idiroko Unit Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has warned motorists plying Idiroko area against wrongful overtaking, to prevent auto crashes during the yuletide. Mr Charles Daramola, the Idiroko Unit Commander of the FRSC, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Resident Doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, have called on governments at all levels to take deliberate steps to address the plague of brain drain in the medical service delivery. The doctors made the call at the first Annual General Meeting and Academic...
Amid the political crisis rocking Rivers State, ex-governor Nyesom Wike, has warned politicians not to pull the ladder they used in getting to exalted positions. “Don’t pull the ladder that you use in climbing. When you are coming down, the ladder may not be there,” Wike said...
As the political climate in Rivers State gets turbo-charged, the Labour Party (LP)’s 2023 Governorship Candidate, Beatrice Itubo, has urged ex-governor Nyesom Wike to make peace with his successor, Siminalayi Fubara. “I’m using this medium to call on the FCT minister to come back to his godson...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has offered scholarship, through the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), to the five rescued undergraduates of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katstina state, who were abductors on Oct. 4. The first lady, alongside the Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, has said the former President Muhammadu Buhari initiated critical reforms and impactful economic policies which benefitted Nigeria. Senator Lawan stated this in a statement on Saturday to celebrate the 81st birthday of Buhari. ...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked media reports alleging that it has entered into an agreement with the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on the Kano Governorship Election. The Kano State APC Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, stated this in a statement...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has said traditional rulers in the state are critical stakeholders in his government, noting that their pride of place in the development of the society cannot be over emphasised. Governor Otu made this known, Saturday, while...