The First Lady Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday donated food items to vulnerable groups in Kogi under her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) through its Social Investment Programme (SIP). The First lady, represented by Hajiya Nana Shettima, wife of the Vice President, flagged off the distribution at Government House Lokoja. She said the food outreach commenced…
The Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Dr Wasiu Adeyemo, says the medical condition of four students of King’s College, Lagos, admitted to the health facility is stable. Adeyemo made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. The CMD said two students had…
The Presidency on Monday said the Nigerian economy was moving in the right direction under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, said this in reaction to remarks by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, at its first plenary meeting of 2025 in Abuja at the weekend….
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says its contract with Dangote Refinery for the sale of crude oil in Naira was structured as a six-month agreement. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., Olufemi Soneye, on Monday in a statement said this was subject to availability, and expires at ending of March 2025….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 20,100 candidates have registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Jigawa State. The board’s spokesman in the state, Mr Mukarram Bello, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Dutse on Monday. Mukarram said the candidates were registered…
Federal University Lokoja (FUL) has reopened for commencement of academic activities after three weeks shutdown over students’ protest. Dr Rebecca Okojie, the Registrar and Secretary of Council of the University, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Lokoja. Okojie said that the university would reopen on Tuesday, March 11, while lectures would commence…
Gov Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, has on Monday, said that his administration would emerge stronger, despite the ensuing political circumstances in the state. Fubara made the remark at the inauguaration of a Palace, and residential quarters of the Paramount Ruler of Akpor Kingdom, Eze Levi Oriebe, built by his administration. Fubara stated that it’s historic…
A former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, said the immediate past Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai should have been a bit patient for them to walk out as a group based on the ongoing negotiation. Lukman, a chief strategist and key leaders in the proposed national political coalition…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it would begin sales of Direct Entry forms to candidates seeking direct entry admissions into higher institutions on Wednesday, March 12. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by the board’s Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on…
The Police Command in Bayelsa on Monday attributed the prompt rescue of two abducted Niger Delta Development commission (NDDC) staff to credible intelligence from residents and deployment of security drones. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two NDDC personnel were abducted on Friday on the waterways while they were about to board…
