By DAVID IORJA, Abuja -. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with His Majesty, King Charles III, on the sidelines of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. President Tinubu in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said he had a productive engagement with...
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The House of Representatives has invited the Acting Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), Director General, Council of Legal Education over termination of law programme at the National Open University Commission (NOUN). Others invited included heads of the Nigeria Law School, the Chairman of the Board of Benchers...
The capital city of Cross River, Calabar, is wearing a new look ahead of the commencement of the 2023 edition of the Annual Calabar Carnival scheduled to begin on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in a bid to ensure seamless movement, the state government...
A total of 12 persons have been confirmed dead in a road traffic crash involving three vehicles at Peke, along Olooru-Okoolowo-Ogbomoso road, in Kwara. Those involved in the accident included 21 males and one female, out of which 12 were burnt to death and 10 others who sustained...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi State was besieged on Wednesday morning by a mob that barricaded all entrances to the office and prevented access to staff to carry out routine duties. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State,...
President of the Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists, Dr Olubusola Alagbe-Briggs has said that more than 400 consultant anaesthetists left the shores of Nigeria for greener pastures in the last two years. Alagbe-Briggs spoke to newsmen on Wednesday in Gombe on the side-line of the society’s 31st annual scientific...
The members of the 7th Oyo State House of Assembly have urged the Federal Government to allow the national flag be flown at half-mast whenever Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, would be buried. Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi was the designer of the National Flag. The lawmakers, who served between 2011 and...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, has advised staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to guard against falling foul of anti-graft laws by keeping abreast of the relevant statutes guiding the conduct of public servants. The ICPC Zonal Commissioner for Rivers...
Rivers State Governor, Siminilaye Fubara on Wednesday launched the Armed Forces Emblem with N30 million, and promised to redeem previous financial pledges made to the ex-servicemen. Fubara disclosed this on Wednesday during the 2024 Armed Forces Emblem Appeal Fund launch at Government house in Port Harcourt. Fubara, in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it was taking significant steps to address the increasing cases of brain and spinal cord injuries caused by road traffic crashes in Nigeria. Corps Marshal Dauda Ali Biu said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the National Brain and Injury Conference....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has said Nigeria’s national defence and internal security, local job creation, macro-economic stability, investment environment optimization, human capital development, poverty reduction, and social security are some of the top priorities of the 2024 Budget of Renewed Hope. Addressing...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday presented a budget of N27.5 trillion for 2024 to the National Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget tagged ‘’Budget of Renewed Hope’’, Tinubu said that it main focus was on national defence, internal security, local job creation and macro-economic stability. He said that...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori on Wednesday presented a budget of N714.4 billion for 2024 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget tagged ”Budget of Hope and Optimism”, Oborevwori said it was made up of N316.6 billion recurrent expenditure and N397.9 billion capital expenditure....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State has made adequate provision in its 2024 budget for nutrition in line with Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s 9-point agenda. The state’s Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning Mr Usman Arzika Bodinga, disclosed this at a two day capacity...
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, said both the old and the new resigned naira notes remain legal tender till further notice. The apex court, in a ruling by a seven-man panel of justices led by Justice John Okoro, said the banknotes should remain in circulation, pending when the...
The President of the Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA), Mr Emeka Ogbu, is dead. Prof. Mohammed Bawa, the Acting President of the association, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Jos. Bawa said that Ogbu died on Monday after a brief illness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has approved more than N1.3 billion for the payment of final examination fees for indigent students in public secondary schools in the state. Alhaji Mukhtar Abdulmumini, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Planning and Research Department of the state Ministry of Basic and...
Nigerian Human Rights Activist, Olumide Makanjuola sits with Chude Jideonwo to discuss his recently launched book, ‘Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria’s Queer Men Speak’, a bold, blinding book about LGBTQ men of all ages. On the show, he spoke about the last two decades of fearlessly advocating...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, has congratulated Barr. Johnny U. Agim on his elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN). The congratulatory message was contained in a letter to the Learned Silk following...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured citizens of Cross River and Akwa Ibom state that priority has been given in the nation’s 2024 budget to addressing the precarious road infrastructure in the two sister states. Sen. Akpabio gave the assurance,...