…Keeps choice party mute By Elvis Omoregie, Benin Rev. Fr. Andrew Obinyan of St. Francis Catholic Church, Benin City, has joined the 2024 Edo State governorship race with a promise to serve the people and not to be served. Obinyan…
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has sentenced a 22-year-old motorcyclist, Aron Sunday, to 10 months in the correctional centre for stealing property worth N700,000. The court sentenced Sunday, a resident of Dutse Jabu in Abuja, after he pleaded…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday received the Group Chairman and CEO of Total Energies Worldwide, Mr. Patrick Pouyanne in audience at the State House, Abuja. The President, speaking, reiterated the federal government’s commitment to remove all anti-investment impediments in the…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Monday, remanded five men for alleged attempted murder of a farmer at Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The defendants are Ademola Isiaka, 58; Alabi Rasak, 58; Ademola Aremu, 22; Muritala Habideen, 24; and Abisoye…
By Fredrick Nwabufo It has been months of bold decisions, strategic re-engineering, and studied statecraftship. The expectations effusive, the yearnings harkened, the promises certain, and the hope ever so sure. Nigeria is in planned drive under an ambidextrous and masterful…
By Sodiq Adelakun Twin brothers, Hassan Nurudeen and Hussien Nurudeen, were brought before the Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday. They were charged with assaulting two employees of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). The defendants, both 20…
The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu has lauded the Bauchi State Governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed over his commitment toward reinvigorating the education sector. Sununu specifically commended the governor over his plan to design an implementable roadmap to…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, has disclosed that out of the 4,567 teachers who sat for the November 2023 diet of the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE), only 1,604 passed,…
The recent abduction of over 23 residents in Dei-Dei town, situated off the Kubwa-Zuba Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is a stark reminder of the escalating wave of mass kidnappings in Abuja. This unfortunate incident unfolded in three…
The announcement by the Federal Government to exempt universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) platform has sparked controversy. The Federal Government made the announcement after a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting…
