The Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof Dantani Wushishi, has promised to establish examination centres for the police in Lagos State. He made the promise during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, at the command Headquarters in Ikeja on Friday. Wushishi said that NECO would…
Prince Tajudeen Olusi, chairman of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State, says the council was not consulted before Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as the Lagos State House of Assembly speaker. Olusi, speaking with reporters in an interview at his residence on Friday, said that lawmakers neither consulted the party nor the council. He…
Dr. Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of Ramadan 1446 AH in Nigeria. The Sultan announced a nationwide radio and television broadcast on Friday, confirming the sighting of the new crescent of…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has blacklisted an Indian company, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, for producing a range of harmful addictive pills capable of causing death. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said at a news conference in Abuja on Friday that the company is located on the…
A woman, Hadiza Baffa, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja not to grant the prayers sought by Kabiru Turaki, former Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Minister, in his fresh suit. Hadiza told Justice Inyang Ekwo in her affidavit to show cause filed by her lawyer, Sani Idris, why the reliefs sought in Turaki’s…
The Lagos State University (LASU) on Friday warned its students, especially females, against engaging in prostitution, popularly known as ‘hookup.’ LASU’s Chief Security Coordinator, retired CSP Oluwole Ojo, gave the warning in a lecture at the orientation ceremony of students for the 2024 Modular Year Sandwich Degree Programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, intimidation and mistreatment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi). In a statement on Friday in Abuja, Abubakar described the allegations as “grave” and said they deserved a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation. Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has praised the judiciary for its boldness in resisting what he described as “impunity” in Rivers. Wike made the commendation in Abuja on Friday while reacting to the Supreme Court’s judgment on the constitution of the Rivers State House of Assembly and the legality of…
Ekaette Akpabio, wife of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has jumped to her husband’s defence over sexual harassment allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central, was involved in a spat with Akpabio on the floor of the Red Chamber last week over the seating arrangement. She had challenged the new seating…
President Bola Tinubu signed the N54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill into law on Friday at the State House, Abuja. The bill passed by the National Assembly on Feb. 13, after increasing it from the initial N49.7 trillion submitted by President Tinubu, was signed in a brief ceremony in the President’s office. The 2025 Appropriation Act…
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