The Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB) has urged Education Secretaries in all the Local Government Councils to judiciously utilise the Universal Basic Education Commission’s (UBEC) intervention funds. The Chairman, NSUBEB, Alhaji Sai’du Ibrahim, made the appeal on Wednesday…
Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has directed Muslims to look out for the crescent of Shawwal 1444 AH from Thursday. Abubakar made the call in a statement on Wednesday…
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced a five-day training for women on shoe and bag making in Ebonyi. The Newsmen reports that the programme was declared open by the Director-General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu-Fikpo, in Abakaliki on Wednesday.…
Comedia, Ayodeji Makun, popularly known as AY, has threatened a lawsuit against colleague Julius Agwu over the accusation that he hung the phone on him. Recall that Julius Agwu had weighed in on the ongoing feud between his colleagues, Ayodeji…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto State Council has congratulated Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, the state’s Governor-elect and his running mate, Alhaji Idris Gobir, for their victory at the gubernatorial election. In a statement jointly signed by Dalhatu Abdullahi and…
Stakeholders in the academia and civil society organisations have called on traditional and religious leaders in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) for a credible and acceptable census in the area council. They made the call at a one-day interactive session with civil…
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Ekiti State University(EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, Prof. Akin Oyebode and the Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Prof. Edward Olanipekun have implored the graduands of the University to cultivate ideas that will create jobs rather than looking…
As Nigerians look to judges at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal for decisions on the various petitions before them, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Showunmi, has released an open letter. In the letter signed on Wednesday…
Arsenal legend, Emmanuel Petit has identified Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti as the perfect manager to replace Frank Lampard at Chelsea. Petit said Ancelotti, who coached Chelsea in the past, won everything in the game. Chelsea is still searching for…
Justice Iniekinimi Abraham Uzaka of the Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa, on Wednesday, frowned at the absence of the counsel to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, in the suit filed by an Ijaw Rights Activist, Collins Opumie, over…
