President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in 1973. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari said that the scheme had truly achieved the goal of national integration. The president…
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has declared that he must be president of Nigeria. Obi, who came third in the 2023 presidential election, said this at the presentation of a book entitled: “Peter Obi: Many voices, one Perspectives”, in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Friday. The book presentation was designed to raise…
The Director, Legal Department, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Mr. Nelson Orji, has said that the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation from imposing fines on erring broadcast stations “is ill-conceived and dead on arrival because of legal encumbrances”. He told the News Agency of Nigeria that…
A Nigerian Catholic priest serving in Gambia, Fr Kelvin Ugwu, on Friday, prayed that the killers of Deborah Emmanuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, would never know peace. Deborah was burnt alive on May 12, 2022, by her schoolmates over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed. In a post…
President Muhammadu Buhari has shared in the joy of the occasion as Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke of Osun celebrates his 63rd birthday. According to a statement issued on Friday by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, the President affirmed that the Senator, who represented Osun-West in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, solidified his base and…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola says state governments will now be feeding and accommodating inmates in their states. He said this followed the recent consultational amendment which placed Correctional Services on the concurrent list. Aregbesola gave the insight while speaking at a 2-day High-Level Conference on Decongestion and Corrections Management, on Thursday in Abuja….
Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Mali will represent Africa at the 2023 FIFA U17 World Cup. The four sides sealed their places following the conclusion of the quarter-final matches at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus, which began around a year ago was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this while speaking to journalists in Geneva, a day after the emergency committee which made the emergency…
The President of Osun Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OSUCCIMA), Dr Olu Olujide congratulates the governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke on his victory at the Supreme Court on Tuesday 9th of May 2023. According to a congratulatory message signed by OSUCCIMA Public Relation Officer, Olatunde Farotimi stated that the verdict…
The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has shut down over 75 filling stations in Osun State. On Wednesday, Mr Kunle Adeyemo, NMDPRA state Coordinator, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the agency’s activities in April. According to him, the filling stations were shut down due to non-compliance with the agency’s regulatory standard, including…
