By Naomi Sharang Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti) as majority leader of the 10th Senate. Akpabio made the announcement at 11. 29 a.m. on Tuesday at plenary after commencement of proceedings from the Eid-El Kabir break. Akpabio also announced Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno) as the ChiefContinue Reading
By Abiodun Lawal The Nigerian Army on Monday enlightened secondary school students in Ogun on the importance of civil-military relations. The Commanding Officer of 35 Artillery Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Muhammed Aminu, gave the lecture at Agunbiade Victory High School, Abeokuta, Ogun, in commemoration of the 2023 Nigerian Army DayContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The Senate is to resume sitting on Tuesday after the Eid-el-Kabir holiday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as the upper chamber resumes, majority and minority leaders are expected to emerge. The All Progressives Congress (APC), with the largest number of members, is expected toContinue Reading
By Thompson Yamput The Vice Chancellor, Salem University Lokoja, Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to urgently checkmate candidates’ manipulation of results. The vice chancellor, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Monday, saidContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says forgers of its discharge or exemption certificates risk jail term, option of fine or both as penalties. The Director, Legal Services, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim said this on Monday in Abuja during the 2023 Legal Officers’ Capacity Building Training. The themeContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi The absence of a witness on Monday, stalled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from opening its case in the petition filed by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi and his party. LP and Obi are challeging the election of President BolaContinue Reading
Agenda for new security chiefs By Kayode Adebiyi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) One of the greatest challenges the administration of President Bola Tinubu faces is in the area of insecurity. And the burden of tackling Tinubu’s inherited security challenge is not made lighter by Chapter II of the 1999Continue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Federal Government has rejected the European Union Elections Observation Mission (EU-EOM) report on the 2023 general elections in the country. The government described it as a reflection of a plan to discredit the election, especially the presidential election won by President Bola Tinubu. This is containedContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria will need to build no fewer than 3.9 million toilets annually to meet the open defecation-free target by 2025. Dr Jane Bevan, UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), said this on Monday at the opening of aContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris The Bayelsa Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has appealed to the State Government to deploy more personnel to the board to ease its operations. The board’s Executive Secretary, Amirah Dokubo-Asari, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said there are justContinue Reading
