The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is committed to conduct credible area councils election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by Feb. 12, 2022, with appropriate technology deployment and its innovative tools. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this while speaking at the ongoing INEC FCT Election Monitoring […]

Dr Mitchel Onugbolu, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Willie Obiano on Social Re-orientation, has tasked parents and guardians on the responsibility of teaching thier children and wards their native language. Onugbolu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Awka, said that parents had a huge role to play […]

The Niger State House of Assembly has urged the state government to protect and save tertiary institutions in the state from collapse. Speaker of the House, Abdullahi Bawa, made the call during the 2022 budget screening proposals for Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) in Minna on Monday. He expressed worry that many tertiary institutions in […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – EXPERT surgeon at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Dr Benjamin Kejeh, says he will continue to carry out life changing surgeries on cleft or palates patients for as long as his strength can carry him despite not being paid as a Smile Train volunteer because the […]

Year-end report celebrates creativity, trends, creators, movements and moments, powered by the community Today TikTok unveils #YearOnTikTok 2021 in celebration of 2021-of-a-kind, which has been made possible by entertainment driven by its community. This year-end celebration recognises talent and looks back on creativity, trends, creators, movements, and moments that made 2021 one to remember in Nigeria. Placed under different […]

The Minister of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, has said that Nigeria is losing high volume of its annual farm produce to damage from pests. Abubakar made this known at a ministerial press briefing on Monday to mark the International Day of Plant Health 2021 in Abuja. READ ALSOSterling Bank […]

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affirmed the expulsion of 15 members in Kebbi state, by the Kebbi state chapter of the party. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday in Abuja. The expelled members, according to the party, […]

PORT HARCOURT – NELSON Bluejack and Ivana Edu, both students of Lucille Education Centre (LEC), Bonny, Rivers State, have been crowned 2021 King and Queen of Mathematics after winning their respect categories of the annual competition to stimulate students interest in the key subject. The secondary schools contest is an initiative of G30 Ibani Voice, […]

The Southern and Middle Belt Alliance have mounted pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law saying Nigerians are apprehensive at the delay in signing the bill into law. The group in a letter submitted to President Buhari dated December 6, and signed by SaMBA General Secretary, […]

NO fewer than ninety women and youths of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district in Akwa Ibom State  had cause to smile when the senator representing their zone, Chief Christopher Ekpenyong empowered them with sewing machines and cash grant at the completion of their training to enable them become self reliant and employers of labour.