The Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Fasina, on Tuesday visited Chef Damilola Adeparusi, a student of the institution who has just broken Hilda Baci’s record by cooking for 108 hours. Fasina visited the student chef with members of the University Governing Council and the Management team...
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Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has cautioned against incessant congratulatory visits to elected and appointed government functionaries in the state. Nwifuru made the disclosure on Tuesday while swearing-in the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Prof. Grace Umezurike. The governor, who also swore-in Prof Emmanuel Echiegu as his...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has sworn-in the reappointed Secretary to the Government, Barrister Muhammad Ubandoma Aliyu, seven newly appointed permanent secretaries, as well as two members of the State Judiciary Service Commission. The governor, while administering the oath of office to the appointees,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigerian Police Retirees across the country have lamented the ordeal its members have been passing through the Contributory Pension Scheme PENCOM, describing its as enslavement. The Police Retirees in a statement on Monday which was signed by Bar. Ofem Mbang the National Legal...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday distributed 442 tractors, 312 ploughing and harrowing implements and 100 trucks of MPK fertilizers to farmers at Borno Digital Farm Center, Muna along Mafa-Dikwa Road, Maiduguri He directed that 5 tractors should be distributed to each of...
Alhaji Yusuf Falgore (NNPPP-Rogo) has emerged as Speaker of the 10th Kano State House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Falgore was nominated by the lawmakers shortly after the proclamation of the assemblyby Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf on Tuesday in Kano. Mohammed Bello Butu-Butu (NNPP-Rimingado/Tofa) was...
Guiness World Records has confirmed Hilda Baci as the record holder for the longest cooking marathon in the world., voiceofnaija.ng can reliably report. This piece of news was confirmed in a video shared on the official Twitter page of the GWR on Tuesday morning, where it was revealed that...
A former Chief of Staff to Imo State Government, Uche Nwosu, says Democracy Day remains a day to celebrate Nigeria’s past heroes who fought for the nation’s democracy. Nwosu said this while addressing newsmen in a virtual news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He said President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy...
BY LAOLU AKANDE – First let me say how liberating to be back to the life of a journalist. I will say more on this very soon. For now I am burdened as a citizen on the problem of Fake news. Having served 8 years as a public servant...
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Students Loans Bill into Law, which was part of his campaigns promises. The law would allow indigent students in tertiary institutions to access a Federal Government loan for the duration of their studies. Mr Dele Alake, a presidential spokesman, disclosed this on Monday...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has held the bid opening exercise for the 2023 planned disposal of assets forfeited to the Federal Government. Its Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. She quoted the ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji...
The Chairman, NDLEA, retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa says the existence of illicit drugs laboratories in Nigeria underscores the growing threat of illicit drugs to public health and national security. Marwa said this on Monday in Lagos at the Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) twinning programme, organized...
The Ogun Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday organised a special prayer in honor of democracy hero, late MKO Abiola, in far away Saudi Arabia. This is contained in a statement by the State Amirul Hajj, Prof. Kamaldeen Balogun, from Saudi Arabia and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta...
Some Key players during the 1993 presidential election have called for a shift of Nigeria’s presidential inauguration day from May 29 to June 12. The key players who were panelists at the 2023 Democracy Day celebration, organised by the Tinubu Support Group (TSG), made the call on Monday in...
The Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Balarabe Ilelah, has reaffirmed the commission’s commitment toward sanitising the nation’s media industry. Ilelah made this known on Monday in Umuahia, while declaring open a two-day training programme for media practitioners. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has pledged to establish mega sprinkler Irrigation projects in 6 LGAs of the state in order to boost agricultural production and development of the state. Governor Zulum made the pledge on Monday in Maidugiri while inspecting completed capital...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday, urged Nigerians, irrespective of tribe, religion and colour, to unite and build the country. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, made the call at the 30th Anniversary of June 12, 1993 Election at the Late Chief M.K.O...
As Nigeria marks yet another democracy day on June 12, pundits have continued to evaluate the significance of that day to the nation’s struggle for freedom and representative governance. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had, on June 6, 2018, declared June 12 as Nigeria’s democracy day instead of May 29....
Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has advised President Bola Tinubu to tackle insecurity and other vices in the country. President of ECWA, Rev. Stephen Baba-Panya, gave the advice in a statement issued in Jos on Monday to commemorate the 2023 Democracy Day. Baba-Panya, who decried the spate of killings,...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwtang, has disclosed that the state government is owing its workers about N11 billion in salary arrears. The governor said this at a town hall meeting organised by the Plateau Radio Television Corporation (PRTVC) in Jos on Monday. The meeting with the theme: ‘ Unpacking...