A news analysis by Ismail Abdulaziz,News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja: On assumption of office, it was clear that the new administration of President Bola Tinubu intends to rejig the nation’s ailing economy to make it robust enough to engender development and growth of the country. Few months intoContinue Reading
Abuja: A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding of school children during COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directedContinue Reading
Enugu: Mr Ogbonna Idike, the former Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State, has debunked insinuations of his involvement in arson and destruction of houses in Ikolo community in Igbo-Etiti council area. Idike told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that the insinuations that he was involvedContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal (Flowerbudnews): The Chairman of ECOWAS Inter-ministerial Committee On Social Protection, Dr. Betta Edu has enjoined Member States to address Humanitarian And Poverty Challenges In West Africa using newly adopted regional social protection framework. Dr. Edu, who is Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation alsoContinue Reading
No fewer than 25 lives were lost while 15 others were seriously injured in a petrol tanker fire on Tuesday in Kwara State. The incident occurred due to an accident at Peke village along the Oko-Olowo area on the Ilorin/Bode-Saadu/Jebba express road. The accident involved a petrol tankerContinue Reading
The Kogi State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Dino Melaye, said he will not challenge the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress before the state election petition tribunal. The PUNCH reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the APC candidate, Usman Ododo, winner ofContinue Reading
The Supreme Court has ruled that both the old and the redesigned Naira banknotes remain valid legal tenders in the country beyond December 31. The apex court, in a ruling by a seven-man panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro, on Wednesday, said the banknotes should remain in circulation, pendingContinue Reading
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said the registration for its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, begins on January 15, 2024 and ends on February 16, 2024. Similarly, the board, in a statement on Wednesday, said it fixed March 7, 2024 for its MOCK-UTME, while the mainContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Jan. 15 to Feb. 26, 2024, for the sale of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application document. This is based on series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology (IT) and Management Retreat held between Nov.Continue Reading
