The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has commended Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji for his developmental strides in the state saying that the organization will sell the state’s innovation and digital prowess to other southwest states and Nigeria in general. UNDP’s Country Senior Innovation Adviser, Dr William Tsuma, who stated this in Ado Ekiti…
Jigawa State is poised to be among the few selected states in Nigeria to receive special intervention from the federal government in an effort to address the state’s recurring flooding issues and other environmental and climate-related challenges. This was made known when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund, led by the…
Schools wishing to present candidates for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, have been advised to complete their recognition and upload their Continuous Assessment Scores, CASS data before 13 December 2024. WAEC disclosed this on Tuesday, when it announced the opening of online portals for school recognition and the upload of Continuous…
This article details five things you should know about the new presidential jet Airbus 330, purchased for President Bola Tinubu The Presidency, on Monday, unveiled the new Airbus A330 purchased for President Bola Tinubu. Confirming this was the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who also released the pictures of…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with the Badru family of Iwoland over the demise of Alhaji Debo Badru, describing the death of the late politician as “shocking” and “sad”. Governor Adeleke who had earlier reached out to the daughter of the deceased said he received the news with agonizing feeling, noting that “Debo Badru is…
Kayode Lawal, A panel of stakeholders comprising Senior Advocates of Nigeria and notable activists on Tuesday in Abuja, charged the incoming Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-ekun, to be prepared to sanitize the judiciary in order to restore public confidence in the arm of government. The panelists at a roundtable discussion lamented that…
The Osun chapter of Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday issued certificates of return to Chairmen and councilors who emerged victoriously during the just concluded Local government and councillorship primary elections of the party. Thirty elected Chairmen and 10 councilors across Local Government area of the state received the certificate, during the Presentation program at the…
A 21-year-old female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, who was contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for another private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000 has been found dead at a refuse dump in the Aleniboro area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital….
King Charles III will on Tuesday visit Southport in northwest England, Buckingham Palace announced, three weeks after a knife attack which killed three young girls sparked nationwide riots. “His Majesty The King will travel to Southport to express his continued support for those affected by the 29th July attack and the riot which followed in…
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 58-year-old man (name undisclosed) who was said to have embarked on a 19-day fast. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the incident happened in the Alagbado axis of…
