By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Federal College of Education in Pankshin, Plateau State, has been elevated to the Federal University of Education, accompanied by a substantial take-off grant of N10 billion. During the unveiling ceremony of the newly established university, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, the Chairman of the House...
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is poised to become one of the greatest threats to global health. The NCDC said that it could push millions into extreme poverty, reverse decades of medical progress, and cause millions of deaths annually....
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, called for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline. Guterres said this in his remarks to a high-level event at UN Headquarters aimed at shining a spotlight on the 17 Goals, which include ending...
The Federal Government has approved the revision of the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) with effect from July 24. The Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Ekpo Nta, said this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. Nta said that President Bola Tinubu assented to...
The National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), the media ombudsman, has ruled that Daily Trust newspaper violated professional standards in a report published on July 4. The NMCC stated that the front-page story, titled “LGBT: Nigeria Signs 150 billion dollars Samoa Deal,” contained inaccurate and misleading information, prompting the commission...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, says lifting of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery will moderate foreign exchange demand pressures. Cardoso who said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while presenting a communique from the apex bank’s 297th Monetary Policy Committee meeting, said that...
The Abia Government says it will start the implementation of the new Minimum Wage in October. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Umuahia. “Baring any unforseen circumstances, Abia...
The Police Command in Kano has confirmed the death of five police officers in a ghastly motor accident at Karfi town in Kura Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said 11 other police officers sustained...
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has declared a two-week fasting and prayer for peaceful elections and bountiful harvest. A statement by Chief Stanley Obamwonyi, Esere of Benin on Tuesday, quoted the Oba as inviting all sons and daughters of Benin Kingdom, indigenes, and non-indigenes in Edo State...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised to increase funds allocation for nutrition intervention in the FCT Administration’s 2025 budget. Wike made the promise when the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister particularly commended the agency’s Capacity...
U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged 500 million dollars to African countries to help prevent and respond to mpox, and will donate one million doses of vaccine. Biden said this in his farewell address to world leaders at the general debate of the 79th session of the General Assembly...
The Federal Government has commended the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC) over its ruling which faulted Daily Trust Newspaper’s report on the Samoa agreement. The NMCC had found the newspaper guilty of publishing an inaccurate report on the deal in its July 4 edition. A statement signed by Rabiu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the Commission by Idris Okuneye (a.ka.Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the country. Okuneye, an ex-convict had...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, struck out the two separate motions filed by the Edo Government and the House of Assembly challenging the reinstatement of Philip Shaibu as deputy governor. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, also awarded the cost of N200, 000 each against the...
President Bola Tinubu may have dashed the hopes of many as he has rejected a bill seeking to raise the retirement age of civil servants working in the National Assembly. President Tinubu conveyed his decision on the matter in a letter he sent to the President of the Senate,...
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room and its accredited member organisations has said the just-concluded Edo governorship election did not meet the requirements of a credible election. The observers said this on Monday in Abuja while addressing newsmen on their observations during the election held on Saturday. They include...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 5.4 per cent in 2023. At the state level, Abia recorded the highest unemployment rate at 18.7 per cent, while Nasarawa had the lowest rate at 0.5 per cent. The NBS said this in...
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the murder of Col. Anthony Okeyin, the Commandant, Nigeria Army Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan. The three convicts sentenced to death by hanging are Agada Solomon, Taiwo Adeniyi and Bibisoye Kehinde. Justice...
A former Presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, on Tuesday said he was not in agreement with Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s call for complete removal of subsidy. Okupe expressed the position in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that Dangote, owner of the 650,000 barrels...
The Nigerian Police has said six persons were arrested for various electoral offences during Saturday’s governorship election in Edo. Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of the election, Frank Mba, disclosed this in Benin, on Tuesday, at a news conference. “We have made a total of six arrests, and we...