The All Progressive Congress (APC) has described as “expensive political gimmickry” the decision of the Edo Government to suspend indefinitely the resumption date for schools in the state over the hike in the price of fuel. The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Education, Ojo Akin-Longe, via a...
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By OUR REPORTER – When the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Benjamin Kalu, said his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), would win Abia state come 2027, countless voices attacked him, especially online. But a short while later, the 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue Public Service Institute (BPSI) is set to collaborate with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in the training of drivers for safety of lives on the highways The Director General (DG) of the Institute, Professor Terkura Tarnande disclosed this on Friday...
Edo State Government has announced an indefinite postponement of resumption of all schools in the state over the hike in fuel price. The government announced this, in a memo by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Ojo Akin-Longe, in Benin on Saturday. The permanent secretary said the...
The Federal Government has announced plans to establish Blood Collection Centres in all 774 local government areas, including the FCT, to ensure availability of blood during medical emergencies and transfusions. Head, Media and Publicity, National Blood Service Agency (NBSA), Abdullahi Haruna, made this known in a statement on Saturday...
Many residents of Nsukka in Enugu State have resorted to trekking long distances following the hike in petrol pump price. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), correspondent who monitored public motor parks and petrol stations, reports that a litre of petrol now goes for between N1, 100 and N1,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the recent hike in price of petrol will not affect the conduct of Edo governorship election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this while fielding questions from newsmen during the pre-election news conference in Abuja. Oyekanmi...
In politics, propaganda is a powerful weapon. False information is readily pushed down the throats of the gullible masses and presented as fact. This occurs more frequently when parties to a case give conflicting interpretations of court orders or judgements on political issues after the courts render even unambiguous...
Kano State Government has said it would reward two primary school head teachers found in their offices during vacation. The head teachers were preparing for the 2024/2025 academic session starting next week, when Gov. Abba Kabir paid unscheduled visits to the schools. Yusuf instantly announced the gesture during the...
Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, resigned from his positions as Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen. Ngelale, in a statement released to State House correspondents, said he submitted a memo to the Chief...
The Katsina State Government says it is ready to support people to assist the security agents in protecting their respective communities against attacks by bandits, kidnappers and other criminals. He made the disclosure at a Public Engagement, 2025 Citizens’ Budget Participation Process and the launching of a Community Development...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the receipt of two million Naira, through a bank draft, given by Adegboyega Awomolo, a former beneficiary of student loan. This is contained in a statement by Monalisa Dike, from the Corporate Communications Department of the fund on Friday in Abuja....
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi, full approval to run Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) ,LL.B. Law and four other programmes. The other four programmes that received the nod of the commission included Physiotherapy, Radiography, Agriculture and...
A former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, will be the chairman of the African Biblical Leadership Initiative Conference (ABLI) to be hosted by the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) in October. The General Secretary, Chief Executive Office of BSN, Mr Samuel Sanusi, stated this at a news conference on...
Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has said that prioritising investment in agriculture is a sure way of tackling hunger and insecurity in Africa. The former Governor of Anambra was speaking as a panellist at an international conference on food security in Kigali,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Court of Appeal over its judgment affirming the eligibility of Dr Asue Ighodalo, the party’s candidate for the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Friday, described the...
Twenty persons have died as a result of devastating floods that ravaged Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, its Chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim, has said. Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Gashua that most of the deceased were people trapped under...
President Bola Tinubu has broken his silence on the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. Tinubu ,who addressed Nigerians living in China on Friday, said the petrol price hike and other reforms by his administration are part of an overall strategy to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, handed over 53 recovered vehicles and 180, 300 dollars to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on behalf of the victims of financial crimes in Canada. The Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede handed over the recovered assets to...
The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made...