Redeemer’s University in Ede, south-west Nigeria, will this week celebrate a double milestone: its 17th convocation and 20 years since its founding. The institution will graduate 1,341 students, including 185 who achieved first-class honours. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Shadrach Akindele, addressing journalists on Monday, described the graduating cohort as “The Indomitable Set”. He noted that the best…
Gov Ademola Adeleke of Osun has pardoned 36 convicts at Ilesa and Ile-Ife correctional centres to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Wednesday in Osogbo. The gesture, exercised under Section 212 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), followed recommendations from the State…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians not to despair in spite of the current challenges, but continue to nurture hope in the possibilities of greatness within the country. Jonathan stated this in his goodwill message to Nigerians on the occasion of the 65th Independence anniversary. The statement was issued by Mr Okechukwu Eze, his…
The ECOWAS Parliament has adopted a budget of 19.6 million Units of Account (UA), equivalent to $26 million, for the 2026 fiscal year. Speaker of Parliament, Hadjia Memounatou Ibrahima, announced the approval following the conclusion of the institution’s 2025 Second Extraordinary Session in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She said the budget, passed during plenary, would drive…
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, Oct. 1, a public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this on Monday in Abuja on behalf of the government. He congratulated Nigerians on the milestone and urged them to continue upholding the patriotic spirit, unity, and resilience that had sustained…
President Bola Tinubu will personally inaugurate 10 out of the 17 projects outlined for inauguration to celebrate his second year in office. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike said this after inspecting some of the projects in Abuja on Wednesday. Wike said that the inauguration of the projects, which would…
Gov Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has said that he would emulate President Bola Tinubu (PBT) by articulating all completed projects for virtual inauguration on Wednesday in Warri. The governor disclosed this while inaugurating the state of the art eight units of four bedroom duplex with two boys quarters each for the commissioners in Asaba on…
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Tuesday for the 50th Anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). His plane touched down at 4.15 p.m. and was received by officials of the Lagos State Government, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement. President Tinubu will host other ECOWAS Heads of…
President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Tuesday for Lagos to celebrate, along with other leaders, the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement on Monday that the ECOWAS Golden Jubilee was flagged off in Accra last month. The Lagos event…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday displayed its fighter aircrafts, accoutrements and other facilities to the public as ‘Open Day’ activities to commemorate its 61st Anniversary Celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NAF had announced the ‘Open Day’ as one of the activities lined up to celebrate the 2025 edition….
