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Indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have renewed calls for land restitution, political representation and economic empowerment, saying decades of exclusion threaten their heritage and survival. Speaking at the Grand Cultural Rally in Abuja to mark the 2025 United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples yesterday, the executive director of Resource Centre […]
President Bola Tinubu has felicitated the Governor of Kebbi State, Dr Mohammed Nasir Idris, on his 60th birthday. In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Friday, Tinubu acknowledged Governor Idris’s purposeful leadership, vision and tireless efforts in driving socio-economic transformation in Kebbi State while fostering peace, unity and progress among the people. The […]
The Benue State House of Assembly has rejected a letter from Governor Hyacinth Alia requesting the screening and confirmation of commissioner nominees for the state executive council, citing unresolved issues between the legislature and the executive. The decision was reached at Friday’s plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Hyacinth Dajoh. A statement by the chief […]
Bayo Omoboriowo, a former photographer to former president Muhammadu Buhari, has launched Tikera Africa, a new platform aimed at accelerating creative enterprise and innovation across the continent. The launch, which took place at The Village in Abuja at the weekend, featured the unveiling of the organisation’s Board of Trustees and its ambitious vision of transforming […]
Sokoto State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, in partnership with UNICEF, has commenced a five-day intensive training workshop on Programme-Based Budgeting. The workshop, holding in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, aims to transit the state’s budgeting approach from traditional to programme-based. Declaring the workshop open yesterday, the commissioner for budget and economic planning Dr. Abubakar […]
When your son is risking his life fighting in Gaza, you don’t expect to hear news he’s been killed on a rest period at home.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the federal government to urgently address lingering issues in Nigeria’s university system or risk another industrial crisis. Reacting to recent comments credited to the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, that, “Not again ever in this country will ASUU or tertiary institutions, trade unions, teachers, lecturers […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved measures aimed at improving the welfare of pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS). The head of corporate communications at the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Olugbenga Ajayi, said the development marked a significant milestone in Nigeria’s pension reform efforts. Ajayi said PTAD had settled arrears related to the first […]
Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede says the Nigerian Army will continue to support initiatives that empower military families and promote peace and development across the country. Oluyede stated this yesterday in Abuja at the graduation of the Second Batch of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the First Batch of Fashion Design and […]
The Etsu Nupe and chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has described the death of former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, as very sad and sorrowful. Alhaji Abubakar extended condolences to the immediate family members, Benue people and Nigerians over the demise of the ex-minister. In a […]