Members of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), have unanimously elected Dr. Ike Neliaku unopposed as its new President at the end of the Institute’s Annual General Meeting in Abuja. A communication scholar, Professor Emmanuel Dandaura is also to serve as the Vice President. The Chairman Electoral Commitee, Chief Casca…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, said the government would soon unveil the Humanitarian funds to lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty. She disclosed this during a Channels Television interview on Friday. SAHEL gathered that, Edu on Monday said the government would lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty….
No fewer than 36 officers were killed in battle, including an air mission, on August 14, according to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ). The mood at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja was sombre as the rank and file of the Nigerian Armed Forces were joined by family members and friends for the burial of some…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared that democracy can only survive in Africa when leaders allow free and fair elections and elected leaders serve the interest of the citizenry. In a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Friday, Adeleke asserted this during a three-day executive retreat organized by the African office…
The Commissioner affirms readiness of government to upscale, resuscitate, and rehabilitate dilapidated facilities The Osun state government, under the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke, has reaffirmed its readiness to upscale, resuscitate, and rehabilitate the dilapidated facilities in all the water corporation facilities across the state. The state government stated this through the Commissioner of Water…
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate identification and arrest of the owner of a two-storey building which collapsed in Abuja on Wednesday night. The building, located at Lagos Crescent, Garki Village in the Garki District of the nation’s capital, was one of the first-storey buildings in the area, collapsed around…
There was palpable tension at the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday following the arrival of Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello hours before the inauguration of the new zonal officers of the party’s National Working Committee. Bello, who stormed the secretariat in the company of his loyalists and the heavy presence…
Russian mercenary group Wagner’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was reported dead on Wednesday in a plane crash in Russia. He was said to be among the ten people on board a jet flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg. All seven passengers and three crew members were reported killed in the crash. Here are 10 things you…
A Chief Magistrate Court of Nasarawa State has quashed and set aside a warrant of arrest and remand against the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Duport Midstream Company Limited, Dr Akintoye Akindele. In Suit No: CMC/MG/CR/175/2023, the court on August 23, 2023, gave the order in the case between Akindele (defendant) and the Inspector General…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities following a National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Maiduguri has asked the Federal Government through the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to release outstanding promotion arrears owed its members in the interest of industrial peace and harmony in Nigerian universities. The ASUU in…
