WORRIED by the high rate of unemployment, the Federal Government, weekend said it is setting up job centres in the 774 local government areas of the country as well as improving the Nigerian Electronic Labour Exchange to match jobseekers with jobs.

•‘My Warri regency story’ Prince Emma Okotie-Eboh, son of Nigeria’s first Republic Finance Minister, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, and the ex-regent of the Warri Kingdom, in this interview, speaks on 2023 elections, the country’s leadership legacies, party politics, the political class and his role during the regency. Excerpts: What are your thoughts on Nigeria’s leadership legacy? […]

In a bid to promote a culture of peace and violence-free election ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Goodluck Jonathan  Foundation is set to host key political stakeholders and democratic actors for a one-day peace conference. The event tagged:   “Nation-building; the role of elections in a  multi-ethnic context” is scheduled for  Tuesday, September 20, 2022, in Abuja.

Some few weeks back, I wrote about how a handful of senior girls are often inappropriately dressed at parties, failing to admit glamour for them has passed its sell-by-date.  A few readers were outraged by my views whilst some believed women over 50 shouldn’t ‘flash’ their boobs and legs.   “They ought to dress with the appropriate […]

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has called for fervent prayers by well-meaning Nigerians for God to intervene and grant Mazi Nnamdi Kanu freedom through the law court. 

Akwa Ibom State Governor,  Udom Emmanuel, has appealed to the faithful of the   Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  to sink their differences ahead of the general elections as it would take collaborative efforts to win the polls.

The Catholic Church has announced the resumption of the traditional handshakes in churches, which were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Sunday raised an alarm over the burning of the ancestral market, shops and houses of the people of Orsu Ihiteukwa community in the Orsu council area of Imo state, allegedly carried out by men of the state-owned Ebubeagu Security Outfit, last Saturday night.

Kingsley Okonkwo bags doctorate degree from India based University

A 72-year-old man and academician, Professor Mufutau Adebowale, has cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari, for not recognising him as one of the major contributors to the country’s economic policies, and has contributed to the formulation of policies for twenty-two years without reward.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in London to represent Nigeria at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Osinbajo departed Nigeria on Saturday to represent Nigeria at a number of events on Sunday and Monday, including the State funeral for Queen Elizabeth. The vice president is also expected to hold a bilateral meeting with the […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – FORMER Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Idada Ikponmwen (rtd) on Sunday said this is the best time for Nigeria to establish a special body to check electoral offences.  Besides, he lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for detecting cases of fake and double registration as he […]

President of the Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, Most Rev. Benebo Fubara-Manuel, has urged Nigerian women to stand against all divisive policies that deny them their rightful place in the nation’s scheme of things.

About 1 million out of school children have been enrolled back to school in Kano State under the Girls’ Education Project, GEP 3 intervention implemented by the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF with funding from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO.

By Miftaudeen Raji As the funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled for Monday, 19 September, and her body moved to lie in state at Westminster Abbey from Wednesday 14 September, little is known about what the Queen will be wearing to her own burial. Recall that Her Majesty died on Thursday 8 September, aged 96. […]