Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) is making plans to reward exceptional athletes and schools at the upcoming FCT School Sports Festival scheduled for September 2023. President of RSDF Barr. Paul Edeh who disclosed this while speaking during the final of the Dry Run version of the newly introduced school sports festival on Friday March 30, 2023, also announced that the Read More
Barely six months after resumption, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter, has declared indefinite strike over the inability of the government to pay earned academic allowances, promotion arrears, fractional payment of salaries to staff. The strike according to ASUU leadership is to press home unsettled staff pension and gratuity scheme. The national body of the Read More
…Ganduje still remains the governor Kano state government has called on Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as governor-elect to exercise patience and desist from issuing official pronouncement in form of public advisory in order not to cause unnecessary confusion in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the commissioner for Read More
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), has urged Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-Rivers, Delta, Kogi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, and Rivers states to develop and activate contingency plan of action to mitigate looming disaster following the 2022 floods. They also urged other non coastal states that are susceptible to floods like Jigawa, Adamawa, Kano, Zamfara, Ebonyi, Yobe to activate their flood preparedness plan and communicate Read More
Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has broken silence after the death of his grandson, Kambilinachukwu, Edochie. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Vanguard Newspapers on Thursday, Edochie said he had earlier spoken to his son, Yul Edochie, about his (Kambilichukwu’s), exceptional spirit because they don’t last long. “Kambilinachukwu is a very quiet, brilliant and talented child. He’s not somebody you Read More
The Executive Director of ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority, (ERCA), Dr. Simeon Koffi, has assured experts of a conducive environment to enable them to bring out the best for a successful ERCA communication activities review. A statement issued in Abuja by the ERCA media team, Friday, quoted Koffi speaking while declaring the review of ERCA’s communication plan in Dakar, Senegal open. Read More
Serving governors on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have condemned the agitation in certain quarters for an interim government to takeover from President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29th. The governors on the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) also demanded for immediate arrest and prosecution of anyone involved in the said plot. In a statement released Read More
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance, Thursday, honoured the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, with an award of Grand Defender of Democracy in recognition of his sterling leadership; improvement in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), particularly with regards to human rights compliance and discipline, under his leadedship. The coalition, comprising leaders of 37 pro-democracy and civil Read More
Businesses and organizations in Nigeria that want to get the verified badge on Twitter will have to pay s sum of N460,500 every month, the microblogging site has said. In addition, the organizations will also pay an extra N23,030 monthly for each business or individual affiliated with them to get verified. While the prices vary from country to country, Twitter Read More
Bukayo Saka has been named Premier League Player of the Month after helping Arsenal maintain their lead at the top of the table in March. The Gunners tweeted congratulations to Saka, who is playing a key role in their quest for Premier League glory this season. They won all four of their league games in March, with the in-form 21-year-old scoring three Read More
Finland will become the 31st member of Nato after Turkey’s parliament voted to approve its application. Turkey had delayed Finland’s bid to join the West’s defensive alliance for months – complaining the Nordic nation was supporting “terrorists”. Sweden, which applied to join Nato at the same time last May, is still being blocked by Ankara over similar complaints. Any Nato Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently initiate process of internal audit and review of how the 2023 general elections were managed before the forthcoming rerun elections slated for April, 2023. The ruling party also alleged cases of compromise in Kebbi state, declaring that it won’t be comfortable if Read More
He is unassuming, urbane and highly productive. His mien anywhere he goes is writ-paste as it bears his traditional sartorial elegance.Yet, he is characteristically unobstrusive. His gait and speech mannerism combine to paint a composite picture of a rare politician who aggregates the benefits of the social contract between the government and the governed. He has consistently proved that public Read More
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned to seek governorship aspiration in Bayelsa state on the All Progressive Congress (APC) platform. The state primary election is scheduled to take place on April 14, 2023. According to Reuters, Sylva wrote his resignation letter last week to President Muhammadu Buhari but was kept private. Sylva’s resignation comes at Read More
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Former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election. The details of the case against him have not yet been released. A grand jury has voted to indict him after investigating a $130,000 pay-out to Stormy Daniels in an attempt to buy her silence over an Read More
Argentina has submitted a formal bid to host this year’s Under-20 World Cup in place of Indonesia which was stripped of its rights to stage the tournament, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday. Argentina was the only country to submit a formal offer. The FIFA Bureau will decide whether to accept the proposal in two or three days with Read More
Music star, Davido, has finally released his album, Timeless, after a long musical break. This was disclosed in a post on his social media handles on Friday March 31, 2023. He wrote, “At long last – WE are back. The journey from my last album to this album has been “I recall sitting and staring over the ocean not too Read More
Nigeria can build a climate resilient economy by adopting climate-smart agricultural practices; low-cost but effective technologies such as water harvesting and small-scale irrigation techniques, land and water conservation and management strategies, and minimum or zero tillage agriculture with high net returns to farmers, the African Development Bank has said. In its 2022 country focused report Nigeria titled: Supporting Climate Resilience Read More
Nigeria’s Vice-President elect, Kashim Shettima, has met with former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, and former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Alhaji Abubakar. Shettima held closed doors meeting with the former rulers at their Minna uphill residences on Thursday. Although, the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it was learnt that issues bordering on DSS alarm on Read More
Barely 24 hours after a change in leadership, the Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday reversed the referral of the Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom to the party’s national disciplinary committee. Similarly, the NWC also upturned the suspension of former Katsina state Governor Ibrahim Shema, former Ekiti state Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose, former Secretary 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 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Thursday, March 30, 2023, conducted the 2023 Mock-UTME in 725 centres across the nation, with some hitches in few centres as some candidates were unable to sit for the examination. A statement from JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, to Blueprint Thursday, said candidates will be rescheduled to sit Read More
Chairman Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Yabagi Sani has asked the Department of State Service (DSS) to name and apprehend those planning to cause the installation of an interim government in the country. The DSS had in a statement earlier Wednesday by its spokesman, Peter Afunaya, said it discovered a plot by “misguided” political actors to set aside the constitution Read More
Newly appointed Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), IGP Solomon Arase (retd.), has pledged to maintain a cordial working relationship with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), in order to have an improved and professional Police Force. Arase, who was the 18th Indigenous Inspector-General of Police, was inaugurated as the 5th chairman of the PSC, Wednesday, by President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing journalists, Read More
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