Kaduna State University (KASU) during the weekend matriculated 135 students from the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Environmental Science at its Kafachan campus. The matriculated students were fresh graduates and postgraduates for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic sessions. Speaking at the matriculation ceremony, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Musa, said the students were carefully selected out of the Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to emulate the commitment and sacrifice as exemplified by the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federation, late Bola Ajibola. Prince Ajibola died Sunday at a Lagos hospital, aged 89. Speaking at the 8-day fida’u for the late legal luminary in Abeokuta, Sunday, the president opined that the country would Read More
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Cross River state has said it was leaving no stone unturned in its determination give to the country a credible and internationally acceptable population and housing census next month. In a chat with Blueprint in Calabar, the federal commissioner representing Cross River on the NPC Board, Navy Captain Charles Ogwa (retd.), said the Commission Read More
Niger state governor-elect, Hon Umar Mohammed Bago, Thursday, inaugurated a 71- member independent transition committee in Minna, the state capital. He said the transition and secretariat committee is mandated to take stock of all the outgoing prospects, liability, assets and advised the incoming government accordingly. He said: “Our intentions are clear, not negative or personal, but in the interest of Nigerlites because Read More
The Tinubu/Shettima Associates and Professionals (TAP-IT) Project 2023 has constituted a 12-member Independent Advisory Council to advise on appointments and responsibilities to be made by president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The appointments and responsibilities cut across all levels of governance. This was contained in a communiqué from a strategic meeting of the organisation signed by its director-general, Comrade Abdulmajeed Sa’ad, in Read More
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has equipped and renovated some Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the flood-ravaged areas of Anambra state. The world body which carried the interventions through the funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), said it was aimed at supporting flood-affected communities in the post-flood recovery efforts. Read More
Ekiti state governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has declared that the people who would make his cabinet are those who are ready to work and sacrifice for the state. Governor Oyebanji, who stated this on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the Committee on Political Appointments, urged members of the committee to look for competent hands who were of impeccable character Read More
In line with its commitment to provide effective and efficient health care services in the country, the federal government through Galaxy Backbone Ltd in the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has provided internet connectivity to the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi to enhance their operations. This was disclosed by chief sales Read More
The incoming Cross River government would have members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and others playing significant roles so as to move the state to another height, chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, Barr Alphonsus Ogar Eba, has said. Barr Eba, who said this in Calabar, Thursday, while addressing journalists, Read More
The Sokoto state Police Command, Sunday, disclosed that no fewer than 79 suspects were arrested by the security agencies in the state during the March 18 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. A statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Sokoto by the command’s spokesman DSP Sanusi Abubakar, said those arrest were persons that violated the movement restriction order and other offences Read More
The Sokoto state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended its teaming supporters for their commitment and resilience which manifested in the just concluded governorship and state assembly elections. The party however disclosed that they are in possession of disturbing violation of the Electoral Act. Addressing a press conference in Sokoto on Tuesday, PDP Chairman Sokoto State Chapter, Read More
The United States has expressed worry over disturbing acts of violent voter intimidation and suppression that took place during those polls in Lagos, Kano, and other states during the the March 18 Governorship and State Assembly elections across the we country. A press statement by the U.S Mission, Tuesday, read: “Nigeria carried out the second round of its electoral process Read More
Ahead of the governorship elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Gombe state has raised the alarm over what it described as smear campaign. In a statement by its Media and Publicity director, Ismaila Uba Misilli, the council said it had come to its attention that some unscrupulous elements in the opposition in the state have concluded plans Read More
The Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take a decisive action by showing 5th columnists in the party, working under the cover of the National Working Committee (NWC) the exit door before they cause unimaginable hurt to the party. The group was reacting to a press statement entitled; “APC Internal Dynamics Read More
With few days to the governorship election, the executives of African Action Congress (AAC) Wednesday said the party is not in alliance with the All Progressives Congress (APC). AAC in a statement signed by its Oyo state chairman, Comrade Kayode Babayomi, also reiterated its support and commitment to the gubernatorial candidate of the party, Mojeed Okedara. The AAC chairman stated Read More
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Aliyu Muhtar Betara, has expressed gratitude to his constituents of Biu/Bayo/Kwaya Kusa/Shani Federal Constituency of Borno state, for reflecting him. The lawmaker, who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 71,427 votes to win Saturday’s election for the House of Representatives, defeating his closest rival of the Read More
A female police officer, Inspector Justina Rita Omogbai, attached to the Traffic Unit of the Sabo Divisional Headquarters in Lagos state, has received commendation of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). A press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Tuesday, said the officer was commended for her commitment and acts of professionalism displayed in the course Read More
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has ordered the distribution of more than a million copies of a handbook produced by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on “Revised Standard Operational Guidelines/Rules for Police Officers and Other Law Enforcement Agents on Election Security Duties ahead of the 2023 General Elections. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a Read More
The Yobe State International Cargo Airport has finally been completed and commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. The airport, which was approved by the Ibrahim Gaidam administration in 2017, cost the state about N18 billion. The contract was initially awarded at N11 billion, but the amount increased to over N18 billion as a result of variations. The Cargo Airport is the Read More
“There comes a midnight hour when everyone has to throw away his mask”…..Soren Kierkegaard. In an attempt to fairly interrogate the above quote, one needs to find out first, what happens when the mask is discarded and why it has to be at midnight hour. Figuratively, the midnight hour represents a transition time or the end of an era and Read More
The Zone C chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the federal government to honour its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent another industrial action. The association also urged the government to place more emphasis on proper funding of the education sector for seamless university education in the country. The NANS Read More
Oyo state Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Sector Commander, Mr. Joshua Adekanye, Wednesday, said the Corps impounded 630 vehicles between January and November in the state this year. Mr Adeleye, while speaking in Ibadan during an interview with journalists, also disclosed that 4,005 offenders were apprehended by the command during the period. He declared that the vehicles were impounded over Read More
Following reported lack of potable water and transportation issues, the Nigerian Army Officer Wives Association (NAOWA), Army Headquarters (AHQ) Garrison Chapter, Wednesday, commissioned solar-powered boreholes and a 32-seater bus for officers at the Mogadishu Cantonment of the Nigerian Army in the Federal Capital Territory. Speaking during the event, the NAOWA AHQ Garrison Coordinator, Mrs Asma’u Garba, said the Association was moved Read More
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to run a youth-driven administration if given the mandate come 2023. He stated this on Monday, at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital. Atiku said his government would set aside N10 billion to support SME for Nigerian young youth and women. He also Read More
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