A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has denied claims that he did not support the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku …
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Group seeks end to indiscriminate digging of boreholes
The Rite Place Health Initiative (RPHI) has cautioned against the indiscriminate digging of boreholes across communities in the country. Executive Director of RPHI, Dr. Chukwumezie Okolo, issued this warning while …
Read More »Kano reviews progress on basic education reforms
The Kano State Education Sector Joint Steering Committee conducted a two-day meeting in Kaduna on Monday to review progress reports from Technical Working Groups on the implementation of basic education …
Read More »Bayero’s daughter denies squandering Kano gov’s money
One of the daughters of the late Emir of Kano, Zainab Ado Bayero, has denied allegations that she squandered the money given to her family by Kano State Governor Abba …
Read More »LG poll: Benue APC faction defies Ganduje, nominates 23 chairmanship candidates
The crisis rocking the Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress deepened on Monday after the dissolved Austin Agada-led All Progressives Congress announced that it had nominated 23 chairmanship and …
Read More »JUST IN: Ex-England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dies at 76
Swedish football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who coached England from 2001 to 2006, died Monday at the age of 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his agent said. “He passed …
Read More »NNPC has no funds to fix old pipelines – FG
The Federal Government has declared that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited does not have the funds required to rebuild old pipelines. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, (Oil), …
Read More »Okonjo-Iweala blasts politicians for weaponising insecurity
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the country’s insecurity is weaponised by politicians for political and selfish reasons. Speaking on Sunday at the …
Read More »ASUU, FG meeting postponed to August 28
The scheduled meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), initially set for Monday, has been postponed. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed the delay, which …
Read More »Nine months on, justice eludes victims of Kaduna drone strike
Nearly nine months after at least 88 innocent civilians were mistakenly killed in a drone strike in Tudun Biri, Kaduna State, justice remains elusive for the victims. The incident, which …
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