World football governing body, FIFA has appointed referees from North Africa to officiate the Super Eagles’ last two games of the group phase of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifying series. Tunisian official Youssef Essrayri, 42, will be the referee for the Day 5 encounter between the Super Eagles and the Lone Star […]

LESS than 48 hours to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the fear in the state polity is palpable

THE African Action Congress, AAC, Governorship Candidate, Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo, has urged his fellow contestants to play by the rules and allow the will of Anambra electorate prevail in the November 6, 2021 governorship election.

Delta Governor Dr.  Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday commended the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, for his commitment to peace and development in the kingdom and their neighbours. Okowa gave the commendation when he received the monarch who visited him at Government House, Asaba. He congratulated him on his ascension to the throne of his […]

The police on Thursday arraigned three persons including two staff of a Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for alleged forgery and bribery. The defendants namely: Abdul Hammed, 53, Saka Afusat, 54, both staff of a Mapo Customary Court and one Oladosu Olusola, 43, are being tried on charges of conspiracy, forgery […]

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed a warehouse and arrested the owner over alleged unguarded sales of harmful chemicals. The Kano State Coordinator of the agency, Mr Shaba Muhammed, told journalists that the deadly chemicals included Sulphuric acid, caustic soda, hydraulic acid, hydrogen peroxide, among others. According […]

Mr C Don Adinuba, Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, has called on the public never to panic about buses coming from outside Anambra and its occupants. Adinuba made the call in a press release he signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Thursday. He said that […]

Mr Alex Oladimeji, the Executive Chairman of the Ifedore Local Government, Ondo State, has debunked the suspension claim by executive members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ijare Ward 1 of the council area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a group of 21 people, led by Mr Taiwo Oni, on Wednesday […]

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities,ASUU, University of Abuja branch,has demanded a perimeter fence around staff quarters following last Tuesday’s invasion of the area where its members and staff were taken away by armed bandits. This was as the union decried what it described as the poor state of staff quarters,said to have […]

A total of 25,929 prospective voters in Borno, have so far registered in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The INEC Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity in Borno, Mallam Adamu Gama, made this known on Thursday, to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. […]

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday, congratulated banking legend and Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr Jim Ovia, on his 70th birth anniversary. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, Okowa said that Ovia’s sterling contribution to the great revolution in the banking industry in Nigeria was inspiring and […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to order the final forfeiture of 899,600 dollars linked to former Bauchi State Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ibrahim Ahmed Dandija. Counsel to the EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho urged Justice Zainab Abubakar to make the order, following his application for final forfeiture […]

…call for synergy in media industry By Gabriel Ewepu and Alice Ekpang    AS Nigeria joins rest of the world to mark 2021 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists,  Tuesday, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Women in Media Development Initiative, WIMDI, and others want harassment of journalists to stop. […]

*As NAE’S 35th annual conference focuses on STEAM as new learning model By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THE Nigerian Academy of Education,NAE, Nigeria’s umbrella body for all professionals and associations in education is making a major push for the institutionalization of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics,STEAM, as the fulcrum for teaching and learning in Nigerian schools. […]