Wamakko weeps as terrorists slaughter dozens of people and attack six villages in Sokoto

On Sunday, Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North) expressed his condolences to the residents of Tangaza Local Government Area following an attack by bandits, which resulted in the deaths of a large number of persons in several villages. In a statement that was released by Malam Bashar Abubakar, who serves as Wamakko’s Special Assistant on Media … Read more

Hannatu Musawa is appointed by Tinubu as a Special Advisor on Entertainment and Culture

Hannatu Musa Musawa, formerly the deputy spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, has been nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the position of special adviser on culture and the entertainment industry. The appointments were made public in a statement released on Monday by Willie Bassey, Director of Information at the Office … Read more

Ignore bad behaviours or wake up with terrible news headlines – Ezekwesili warns

A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has warned that the country might wake up with terrible news headlines from the rest of the world if it continues to wave off consequences of bad behaviour. Ezekwesili said Nigerians have a lot of deep lessons to be learnt from the just concluded February 25 presidential election. … Read more

FG prohibits minors from taking entrance exams for unity schools

The National Common Entrance Examination for admission into Unity Schools across the nation is now off-limits to minors due to a federal regulation. It also instructed the National Examination Council, or NECO, to implement strict procedures, such as making birth documents a condition for registration, to stop minors from signing up for the exam. David … Read more

Ganduje dissolves cabinet

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Monday, ordered all Public Officers holding political appointments to hand over affairs of their offices in line with established procedure. The directive was contained in a statement titled: “Handover of Activities” from the office of the Secretary to the State Government and signed by the permanent secretary, Hajiya … Read more

Otu announces the appointment of Ogbeche as chief press secretary and head of the NUJ

Senator Bassey Otu, the governor of Cross River State, has chosen Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, the head of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Abuja, as his chief press secretary. A letter of appointment dated June 6, 2023, with the signature of Dr. Innocent Eteng, Permanent Secretary General Administration in the Office of Secretary to the … Read more

Wike, Ikpeazu, Umahi move to ensure Ohanaeze attends Tinubu’s inauguration

Three governors have backed up Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s plan to honour the invitation to attend the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Secretary General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the apex Igbo socio-cultural body stated that governors Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Okezie … Read more

Removal of subsidies: Reno Omokri attacks NLC strike over backing for Obi

Reno Omokri, a public affairs journalist, claimed that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) had any moral justification for calling a statewide strike in protest of President Bola Tinubu’s revocation of the fuel subsidy. According to the xandertech, the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, had stated that if the President refused to return to the status … Read more