The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced the public presentation of its book, Nigeria Media Renaissance: GOCOP Perspectives on Online Publishing, on Tuesday, June 17th at Abuja Continental Hotel, at 10.00am. According to a press statement by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Ogbuefi Remmy Nweke, this highly anticipated event promises to...
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The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate operational issues related to driver’s licence issuance, revenue generation and usage within the last three years. The resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Victor Ogene (APC-Bayelsa) at the plenary...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has identified leadership failure not structural deficiencies as the root cause of Nigeria’s institutional decay. He made the assertion in Jos while declaring open the 13th National Delegates Conference of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria...
The coalition being formed by a the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi; a former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, and others ahead of the 2027 elections to tackle President Bola Tinubu has decided on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has distributed palliatives to 1,500 widows across the 21 local government areas in the state as part of a broad initiative aimed at alleviating economic hardship faced by vulnerable groups. The ceremony, held at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has called on the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to refund fees paid by students who have subsequently received financial support from the Fund. NELFUND’s Managing Director, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, made the call during a sensitization meeting with students...
Pope Leo XIV again called for aid to be allowed into the Gaza Strip and for hostilities to end at his first weekly audience on St Peter’s Square in Rome. “I renew my appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to put an end to the...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Osun Command, says it is working with Department of State Services (DSS) to re-capture seven inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the command declared the inmates missing due to rain which...
President, Dangote Group Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Wednesday advised governments at all levels to encourage domestic investors, nothing that only local investors can attract foreign investors in Nigeria. Dangote gave the advice at the Taraba International Investment Summit (TARAVEST) 2025 held in Jalingo. The News Agency of Nigeria reports...
The rivalry between Africa’s Quadri Aruna and South America’s Hugo Calderano is set to reignite at the 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha on Thursday. They will clash in the fourth round of the Men’s Singles at Lusail Arena, promising another high-stakes encounter between two continental table tennis icons....
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has called on the Federal Government to include the state in the disbursement of the 13 per cent oil revenue share. The governor said the call was in line with the Derivation Principle as provided for in the 1999 Constitution, as amended. Mbah made...
European Commission has announced an additional 50 million euros (56.7 million dollars) in humanitarian aid for Gaza and the West Bank as part of a larger aid package for the region. EU Crisis Management Commissioner Hadja Lahbib said on Wednesday that the money, which is to be made available...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it would conduct additional mop-up examinations for candidates who missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting with key stakeholders to address the challenges encountered during the...
Senate has called on Federal Government to establish military base in Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa to tackle resurgence of Boko Haram activities in the area and other North-East states. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Sen. Aminu Abbas (PDP-Adamawa) and co-sponsored by all the senators from the...
World leaders have pledged an additional 170 million dollars to the World Health Organisation (WHO) during a high-level pledging event at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. In a statement issued by WHO on Wednesday, the contributions were made in support of WHO’s ongoing Investment Round (IR), aimed...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Abbas Tajudeen, has described Nigeria as one of the most attractive and lucrative investment frontiers in Africa. Abbas made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Italy Investment Summit 2025 (NIIS 2025), themed “Building Bridges: Unlocking Opportunities.”...
A witness and an operative of Department of State Services (DSS), identified as BBB, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that his office was not involved in the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya. BBB, who was the 2nd prosecution witness (PW-2) in the ongoing trial...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja- A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered service of court documents on the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (also known as Prof. Pat Utomi) in relation to a suit pending against over his announced plan to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said there was no secret plot by the board to shortchange the South East. Prof. Oloyede, therefore, dismissed claims of conspiracy theories against a part of the country following the...
The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has continued on Wednesday with Justice James Omotosho sounding a note of warning to a member of his defence team, Aloy Ejimakor, for illegally live-streaming court proceedings and documents on social media. The court also...