Sen Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe has said that the current crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not be the end of the party. Atom-Jarigbe, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, expressed this optimism at a town hall meeting in Obudu on Sunday. He represents Cross River North in the National Assembly. Agom-Jarigbe, who…
The Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has begun processes toward the domestication and implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018. The Mandate Secretary of the secretariat, Dr Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, disclosed this at a three-day workshop on rights-based approach to disability-inclusive development, government and public policy. The…
Gov Dikko Radda of Katsina State has urged Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of establishments and senior government officials to conduct self-evaluation on their actions for the progress of the state. Radda made the call when a delegation led by the State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Musa Danladi-Abubakar, paid him Sallah homage, on Wednesday in Katsina….
A 33-year-old legal practitioner , Luka Yabagi, was on Tuesday docked in a Life Camp Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, for allegedly cheating his client of N7.2 million. The police charged Yabagi with cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery. The defendant however , pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Charity…
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has announced plans to confer an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc Honoris Causa) degree on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in recognition of his exceptional leadership and contributions to governance in Rivers State and Nigeria. The Vice-Chancellor of UNIPORT, Prof. Owunari Abraham Georgewill, disclosed…
More than 60 million adults in Nigeria remain without basic literacy or numeracy skills, a situation described by officials as a “daunting national challenge” that undermines economic inclusion and social progress. Professor Musa Garba-Maitafsir, Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), disclosed the figure in Kano on Tuesday…
The coach of the Nigeria Under-17 female football team, the Flamingos, Bankole Olowookere, said that merit would be his guiding principle in player selection ahead of the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Abuja that in spite of being drawn in a tough…
The First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has directed Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, to oversee the establishment of a Primary Healthcare Centre in Sauka, FCT. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Secretary, Bola Ajao, on Wednesday highlighted that the initiative aimed to strengthen healthcare…
A helicopter deployed by an African Union peacekeeping mission has crashed at the international airport in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, resulting in the deaths of five passengers, as reported by a Ugandan military spokesperson. Three of the helicopter’s eight occupants survived the incident on Wednesday, though they sustained serious injuries and burns, the spokesperson,…
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis died of “Cerebral stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure”. The Catholic Pontiff passed away on Easter Monday morning at the age of 88 after leading the 1.4 billion strong global Catholic Church for 12 years (2013 to 2025). The death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader…
