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The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has expressed concern over trapped N68 billion basic education development cash, lamenting that states access to the funds has been hampered by some bottlenecks inherent in the implementation framework. The UBEC executive secretary, Aisha Garba, who disclosed this at the opening of a two – day workshop for officials […]

‎Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has disassociated himself from a communique issued by Abia North Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders, according to his media office. ‎The stakeholders issued the communique after the senator for the district from 2015 to 2019 hosted them to a meeting at his Atani Arochukwu country home, Arochukwu local government area. ‎The office […]

Wife of Cross River State governor Eyoawan Otu, in company of chairman/ chief executive officer (CEO)Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Thursday in Calabar commissioned the Cross River State Diaspora Commission complex. The commission according to the duo,  will to help to connect, engage, and empower Cross River State indigenes in diaspora. The duo stated that the […]

20 Ghanaians recently kidnapped and trafficked into Akwa Ibom State are to be repatriated back to their country of origin. The commissioner of police (CP), Baba Azare, who disclosed this while parading several criminal suspects involved in  cases of murder, kidnapping, cultism, vandalism, armed robbery and other sundry crimes, said plans have been concluded with […]

Ebonyi State Government has announced the immediate closure of all unapproved/unqualified faith-based and private schools in the 13 local government area of the state with immediate effect and directed parents to transfer their wards to government-approved schools. In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Education, (Primary and Secondary), Dr. Donatus Ilang and made […]

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election in Ebonyi State Comrade  Splendor Oko has alleged that exorbitant village attorney and youth levies imposed by different communities have continued to scare real estate investors from coming into Ebonyi State to invest in housing. Oko who called for the urgent intervention of […]

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has honoured Lucy James Abagi, chief executive officer of the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), with its National Recognition Award for Transparency and Good Governance. The ceremony took place yesterday at the PPDC headquarters in Abuja. NANs national director of Research and Innovation, Comrade Sadiq S.K. Zango, said […]

The leadership of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has denounced the tragic events that occurred under the Mabushi Bridge on Wednesday, leading to the death of a family of three. The executive chairman of AMAC, Christopher Zaka Maikalangu, is to inaugurate a strong task force to arrest anybody impersonating the Abuja Municipal Area Council […]

The Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM) has secured approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to commence five new academic programmes beginning from the 2025/2026 academic session. Vice chancellor of the University, Prof. Isaac Nathaniel Itodo, announced this at the 139th meeting of the Governing Council held on August 22, 2025. He described the […]

Police in Niger State have arrested 32 thuggery suspects including an inmate of Minna Correctional centre who escaped during the last jail break in the state . The Command  Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Wasiu Abiodun said police operatives attached to ‘A’ Division Minna led by the DPO carried out sting operations and raided  criminal […]