The Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, Usman Hayatu-Mazadu, addressing newsmen last night, stated that the state government had taken measures to mitigate the impact of the flood, including desilting drainage systems and conducting sensitisation campaigns. Mazadu noted that despite predictions and warnings, some residents refused to relocate, leading to the destruction […]
Babalola, who served Oyinlola when he was the governor of Osun State, was appointed by Governor Ademola Adeleke as the chairman of College of Education, Ila-Orangun last year. A letter of Babalola’s suspension signed by 17 party executives at Ward 7 in Irewole Local Government, chaired by Odelade Adesoye, was dated August 27, 2024. The […]
The yet-to-be-named auditor will assist the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation in determining the real amount owed by the government. This development comes five months after the plan was proposed at the monthly Federation Allocation Accounts Committee meeting in April 2024. NNPC claimed an outstanding of N6tn but was reduced to N2.7tn after […]
Officials said at least two people were killed in an attack on a hotel in the central city of Kryvyi Rih and two more died in a wave of drone strikes on the Zaporizhzhia region in the south east. Ukrainian monitors had earlier detected Russian aircraft launching hypersonic missiles and the air force said it […]
The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, announced in a television programme that the Federal Government had instituted a new age policy for secondary school leaving examinations, setting the minimum age at 18. This means underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the Senior School […]
In its Q2 2024 GDP Report, the Bureau said Nigeria’s GDP rose year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of 2024. The NBS stated that the growth rate is higher than the 2.51% recorded in the second quarter of 2023 and higher than the first quarter of 2024 growth of 2.98%. The NBS said […]
The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress will meet with Benue senators, House of Representatives members, and stakeholders of the party in the state to resolve the lingering feud between loyalists of Governor Hyacinth Alia and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume For over a year, the Benue […]
The Grammy-winning singer said she felt blessed to have spent time with her mother in the week before her death and asked for privacy. She gave no further details about either woman’s cause of death. Patricia, 87 years old, was a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish-American descent. In Carey’s 2020 memoir, The […]
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has sought the support of all citizens, regardless of political divides, for a united effort towards greater progress of the state. In a broadcast message commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the state’s creation , Adeleke emphasised the need to pursue development of the state, ensuring that every citizen of the […]
Public university lecturers, following resolutions reached at the union’s National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Ibadan on August 19, 2024, threatened to go on a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 renegotiated agreement. ASUU’s demands include improvements in varsity workers’ welfare, university funding, and halting the proliferation […]