The West African Examinations Council has urged schools intending to enroll candidates for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to adhere to the new Feb. 12 deadline to do so. The council’s Head, National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, said early registration would give the council...
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Prof. Efihraim Idyorough of Department of Sociology, University of Jos, has suggested possible ways to end the lingering crisis between the Jukuns and Tivs in the country. Idyorough, a professor of Social Works, gave the suggestion while delivering the 100th inaugural lecture of the university, on Tuesday in Jos....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Borno State Government has promised to render all necessary support and assistance to the National Examinations Council (NECO) to enable her deliver on its mandate. The Governor of the state, Babagana Zulum made the pledge during a courtesy visit by the Registrar/Chief Executive of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Tuesday, tendered the judgment of a court, convicting Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team to prison in evidence against former Head of Service, Stephen Oronsaye at the Federal High Court, Abuja. At the resumed trial on Tuesday, the Prosecution...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Vice President and Chairman of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has tasked members of the reconstituted NCP to tackle new transactions and reform activities of the Federal Government as well as resolve some of the thorny economic issues...
….Orders full scale investigation BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed sadness over the fire that gutted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s mango farm in Howe, Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State. He therefore ordered a full scale investigation into the incident “to unravel...
President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a N62.1 billion fund to improve efforts towards sustaining the country’s HIV response, addressing killer diseases and public health emergencies. The trust fund was launched at an event at the state house on Tuesday. President Buhari, however, said he was hopeful that the private...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued 61 victims of human trafficking in Kongolom International border Post, Maiadua in Katsina state. The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in Kano, Mr Abdullahi Babale, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has welcomed the release of four girls abducted by armed groups in Borno State, north-east Nigeria. In a statement issued and signed by the Communication Officer Borno State, UNICEF, Mrs. Folashade Adebayo on Monday in Maiduguri, called for the immediate release of all...
Tragedy struck in the Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State as a Bishop and historian were murdered in a renewed communal clash in the locality. Baise is the Local Government Area of origin of the Cross River State Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu. The murder is in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State and chairman of Northeast Governors forum, Babagana Zulum, was in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Monday on behalf of governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States to show empathy and solidarity over recent attacks on communities by armed bandits....
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged his commitment to hand over a strong repositioned agriculture-led, diversified home-grown economy, stable democracy and revamped armed and security forces to the next administration. Buhari stated this at a dinner in honour of the 2022 Committee of Business, Political, Media and Civil Society Leaders...
The Director, Benue Fire Service, Mr Donald Ikyaaza, has confirmed the fire incident at Obasanjo Mango Farm at Howe, Gwer Local Government Area. Ikyaaza confirmed to journalists in a telephone interview in Makurdi on Monday that the fire gutted the farm at 2 p.m. on Saturday. He said that...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 17-count charge to the tune of N2.9 billion against a former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha, in the charges filed on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, was accused of conspiring with others, including...
The National Assembly has transmitted the re-amended Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on NASS Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He explained that the transmission of the bill was in line with the...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says over 90 per cent of the applicants seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force have consistently failed to score up to 30 per cent in their examinations. The commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Musliu Smith, stated this during a one-day sensitisation and town- hall meeting...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) with the Nigeria Police Force, Mrs Amabua Mohammed, has been appointed Police Adviser for Multinational Joint Task Force in N’Djamena, Chad. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, made this known in a statement on Monday...
The Nigerian Railways Corporation has pre-qualified five firms to submit their technical and financial bids for the provision of e-ticketing solutions for Lagos-Ibadan and Warri Itakpe Standard Gauge railway Line. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two bidders were shortlisted for Lagos-Ibadan line, while three lots were...
Nigeria and the U.K. have commenced its first ever Nigeria-UK Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue in London this week. This is according to a statement signed by the Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High Commission, Miss Ndidiamaka Eze, on Monday in Lagos. Eze said that the dialogue was...
The family of the late Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala says the burial programmes for the late former Governor of Oyo State begins Feb. 14. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chairman, Publicity Committee, Rep. Dokun Odebunmi (APC-Surulere/Ogo-Oluwa), which was made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan....