The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pleaded with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned strike and participate in broad consultation with the various stakeholders. The governors made the call in a communiqué issued after dialogue between representatives of the forum and union which took place in the Abuja residence of NGF Chairman and Gov. Kayode Fayemi …

Front Gate of University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan. Some members of the University of Ibadan academic community have expressed displeasure about the election of members of the community to join the Joint Council Senate Committee of the institution in the selection of its new vice-chancellor. There are 18 contestants for the position of vice-chancellor of the …

Obaseki Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has disputed media reports that Governor Godwin Obaseki will decamp to All Progressive Congress (APC) after he winning Edo 2020 governorship election under the banner of PDP. Obaseki, following his disqualification by the APC governorship election screening committee, had joined the PDP for his re-election bid and …

File photo of gunmen By Festus Ahon SUSPECTED herdsmen, Saturday evening, kidnapped a Catholic Priest, Revd. Fr. Jude Onyebadi and three of his workers in his farm along Isssele-uku-Issele-Mkpitime road, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, throwing the area into fear. Our Correspondent reports that Onyebadi who was also kidnapped two years ago was taken …

Burial of slain soldiers By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Army on Saturday buried three soldiers who were killed alongside late Col Dahiru Chiroma Bako who was killed during a Boko Haram ambush during the week Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa made this know in a statement titled, “Two Corporals and a Private Killed …

From left; The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Youths and Sports, Hon. Kazeem Bolarinwa; Asiwaju Seun Fakorede, Oyo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports and Chief Dotun Sanusi, the Chairman, Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resort during the Closing Ceremony of 1st Ilaji Resort/NIPSN (Network for Inclusion of People With Special Needs) Sports Championship sponsored …

To meet with Buhari, Osibanjo, SGF, others on the matter By Henry Umoru AS part of moves to stop the planned nationwide strike and mass protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the thirty-six state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF Saturday entered into a meeting with the organised labour, pleading with …

Victim of Customs’ stray bullet in Ogun James Ogunnaike A middle-aged man, Idowu Moses, on Saturday sustained gunshot injury following a clash between men of the Nigerian Customs Service and smugglers in Oja Odan, in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. Moses, who is the Chairman of the Nigerian Association of Panel Beaters, Oja …

…wants them reintegrated, employed in communities By Bashir Bello A non-governmental organisation, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, (PRAWA) has on Saturday make case for ex-inmates who had undergone reformation and rehabilitation. The group wants the smooth re-integration of the persons back in their communities and also provided job opportunities to work and fend for themselves. …

Gbagi Threatens legal action against sponsors Emma Amaize, Jimitota Onoyume & Perez Brisibe FORMER Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has denied media reports that he assaulted and stripped naked four staff of Signatious Hotel describing the reports as political arrangements ahead of the Delta State 2023 governorship election. Gbagi during a media briefing …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the ambush on the entourage of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, which led to the death of security men and some operatives of Civilian-JTF. The President made the condemnation in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday. …

By Ozioruva Aliu AS Governor Godwin Obaseki prepares to round up his first term by November 12th and begin his second term, a cross-section of Edo people want him to focus on health, education, and road construction. They lauded the EdoBEST initiative which trained primary school teachers on modern techniques of teaching and created the …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the ambush on the entourage of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, which led to the death of security men and some operatives of Civilian-JTF. The President made the condemnation in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday. …

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno decried the killing of eight policemen and three members of Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), who were ambushed in Kukawa Local Government Area on Friday. Zulum lamentation is contained in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Strategies, Malam Isa Gusau, in Maiduguri …

File photo of gunmen By Festus Ahon SUSPECTED Fulani herdsmen, Saturday evening, kidnapped a Catholic Priest, Revd. Fr. Jude Onyebadi and three of his workers in his farm along Isssele-uku-Issele-Mkpitime road, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, throwing the area into fear. Our Correspondent reports that Onyebadi who was also kidnapped two years ago was …

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum (centre). The Police in Borno on Saturday confirmed the death of eight policemen and three members of the Civilian Joint Task Force in an attack on the convoy of officials of Borno government. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Edet Okon, who disclosed this in a …

As Gen Buratai assures enhanced welfare package for families of fallen heroes By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Nigerian Army on Saturday buried three soldiers who were killed alongside late Col Dahiru Chiroma Bako who was killed during a Boko Haram ambush during the week. Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa made this know …

By Nwafor Sunday The Director of Auschwitz Memorial in Poland, XPiotr Cywinski, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, over a thirteen (13) year-old boy accused of blasphemy in Kano state. In the letter which dated 25 September, 2020, Cywinski demanded to be imprisoned along with 120 volunteers for the freedom of Farouq. Recall that a …

The Kwara government says a total of 100,000 petty traders will benefit from the first phase of the state’s Social Investment Scheme, otherwise known as ‘Trader money’. The Chief Press Secretary to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Rafiu Ajakaye, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Ilorin. Ajakaye said that the governor was passionate …

The Federal Government is set to ensure the take-off of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) with a view to addressing the perennial flooding in the country. Dr Umar Jibrilu-Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, disclosed this in a statement …