Oba Adeleye commiserated with Aiyedatiwa and prayed for him that God should guide and guard him to lead the state rightly. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Wednesday sought the support of traditional rulers in the state, requesting them to extend love and support shown to the late governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to him. Aiyedatiwa…
The Federal Government on Wednesday pledged to make education more accessible to Nigerians. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made the pledge at the inauguration of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Surulere Campus, Ojuelegba, Lagos. Sununu described the campus, as aimed at enhancing access to education by all, was in…
The senator said that 1,000 students had benefitted from a similar gesture in the last three months. Senator Ibrahim Lamido (APC – Sokoto-East) on Wednesday began the disbursement of ₦142 million as a bursary to 2,840 indigenes of Sokoto State studying in higher institutions. At the flag-off in Sokoto, Lamido said that the beneficiaries were…
A new route that runs through the West African Atlantic coasts to the Spanish Canary Islands also attracted more migrants in 2023. Moroccan army units and law enforcement authorities arrested about 87,000 undocumented migrants in 2023, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, the army’s General Command said Wednesday. The army said in a statement that…
The FRSC personnel who responded to the accident have since taken the victims to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Birnin Kudu. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Jigawa Command, on Wednesday, said two persons lost their lives in an accident on the Birnin Kudu/Kano highway. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed this…
Obasanjo said it would be almost impossible for any administration on the African continent to achieve debt cancellation like during his time. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that coming generations will be left with no other option than to pay the debts accrued as a result of mismanagement by previous administrations. The former President…
Bossey added that the programmes included Extended Regular Cash Transfers in rural areas across the country. Edo Government says no fewer than 102,650 persons across 1,969 communities in the 18 local government areas of the state, will benefit from the second phase of the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Cash Transfer( RHCT) programme. Ms Yuwa Aladeselu,…
This is a breakdown of the biggest events in Nigeria by month in 2023. It’s a new year and a fresh start for Nigeria as a country, but it’s impossible to forget what an eventful 2023 Nigerians just escaped. Many events defined the past year for the country and we’ve compiled the 12 most significant…
The NNPCL also debunked the reported dispute between it and petrol marketers in the country. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has debunked the reports making the rounds that it planned to jack up the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, to ₦1,200 per litre. Reports in some media outlets…
Justice Okorowo declined to grant the application seeking to bar Gov Yusuf from disbursing or spending funds and allocations belonging to the 44 LGGs. A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, gave Kano State government seven-day ultimatum to show cause why the ex-parte orders sought by the 44 local government areas (LGAs) of the state…
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