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Sokoto State commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Ladan Ala, has directed principals of public secondary schools in the state to suspend fee collection. The directive followed the commissioner’s setting up of a committee to review concerns raised regarding school fees. The suspension will remain in place until the committee submits its recommendations. Ala […]
Taraba State governor Agbu Kefas has appealed to residents to be patient with him. He said his administration had developed programmes to impact their lives positively. Kefas made the plea yesterday when he met with the people of Taraba Central Zone and loyalists of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the Federal Polytechnic in Bali. […]
Vice Chancellor of Taraba State University (TSU), Jalingo, Sunday Paul Bako, has received a global award from the University of Technology, Malaysia (UTM) for his outstanding contributions to academic excellence, innovation and international collaboration. A senior lecturer in UTM’s Faculty of Educational Science and Technology and a member of the university’s Internationalisation Committee, Abdulmimi Inda, […]
The Federal Ministry of Environment has issued a flood warning affecting 15 states and 69 specific locations. The warning cautions that heavy rainfall forecasted from 24 to 28 September 2025 may result in flooding within specific communities. The alert was disseminated by the Ministry’s National Flood Early Warning Centre on Wednesday, under the signature of […]
Delta State governor, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has described the death of Olorogun Oscar Ibru, as a monumental loss to the Urhobo nation and Nigeria at large. Ibru was a prominent Delta Urhobo son, businessman and philanthropist. Governor Oborevwori, in a statement issued by his chief press secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, expressed deep sorrow […]
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on religious leaders in Kano State to speak out boldly against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and encourage men to play active roles in ending the scourge. The appeal was made on Wednesday during an advocacy visit to the Kano State chapter of the Christian […]
President of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has expressed optimism that the naira will strengthen further, projecting an exchange rate of between ₦1,300 and ₦1,400 to the US dollar before the end of the year. Rabiu made the projection on Wednesday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He […]
Former federal lawmaker, Senator Magnus Abe, has praised President Bola Tinubu for bestowing a posthumous honour on four late Ogoni leaders, saying the President’s long-standing involvement in pro-democracy struggles makes the recognition deeply symbolic for the Ogoni people. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Wednesday night, Abe said Tinubu’s history with the pro-democracy National […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that political parties participating in the February 21, 2026, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections were now at liberty to start their electioneering campaigns in public. INEC National Commissioner and chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, who disclosed in a statement issued in […]
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has presented group life assurance and family welfare insurance cheques totalling over N2.17 billion to the next-of-kins of 1,574 fallen police officers. This brings to a cumulative N24.2 billion disbursed to 9,735 families of deceased police officers in the last two years of IGP Egbetokun’s reign as the […]