Ahead of official declaration of the winner in the Senegal presidential election, candidate of the ruling coalition and former Prime Minister, Amadou Ba has congratulated the leading opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory at the polls. The 44-year-old Faye’s victory is expected to change the political landscape of one of the Africa’s fastest-…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, businesswoman and philanthropist, Princess Folorunso Alakija will be conferred with the honorary degrees of the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti. Ninety-one students of the university also emerged as first-class graduates among the 10, 894 students set to graduate from the state-owned…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has fixed April 16, 2024, for the medical screening of shortlisted applicants for the recruitment into Police Constable cadre. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, on Monday. Ani said the choice of April 16 was to allow for the completion of the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund to facilitate effective infrastructure development across the pivotal areas of agriculture, transportation, ports, aviation, energy, healthcare, and education in Nigeria. According to the statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday, the Fund will invest in critical national projects that will, among other things,…
Commuters and motorists were stranded as students and youths protested over deplorable state of Ado Ekiti-Ijan-Ikare road on Monday. The ever-busy federal highway linking Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state with Ondo, Kogi, and Abuja among other towns was blocked and barricaded by the irate youths said to be students of Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti. The…
In a dramatic twist, a star witness of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, on Monday, told the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal that he was not in the State on the day of the election. The star witness, who is a data analyst…
The Federal Government has been called upon to obey the recent judgement of a Niger State High Court sitting in Minna, which ordered it to pay N1.1 trillion judgement debt to Samboro Community for the destruction of their livelihoods and forceful eviction. The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), made the call during a press conference on…
In a significant stride towards youth empowerment, the federal government has approved two initiatives aimed at fostering greater inclusion and development opportunities for Nigeria’s vibrant youth population. Minister of youths, Jamila Ibrahim disclosed this to State House correspondents on Monday after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a circular addressed to Bureau De Change operators (BDCs), revealing that each BDC has been allocated $10,000 at a rate of N1,251/$1. According to the circular, which was released on Monday, the BDCs were mandated to sell the allocated dollars to eligible customers at a rate not…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have killed a notorious cult leader who has been on its wanted list, Izuma David Odiereke who is popularly known as “General Solution.” Odiereke, until his death, operated in Owube Kingdom in Ahoada-West Local Government area of Rivers State. The cult leader was killed around 4:00 am Monday…
Calvinia, South Africa – It’s 7:30am on a Monday and there’s already a queue of about 40 men, women and children against the wall of the still-locked warehouse. March temperatures in the South African backwater of Calvinia, some 430 kilometres (267 miles) north of Cape Town, average 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) – but today…
More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials. Government spokesman Abdulaziz Abdulaziz told Al Jazeera on Sunday that it “took a lot of backchannel engagement” to release the students abducted on March 7 in Kuriga, a dusty…