The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 70 per cent of Nigerian schoolchildren are not learning, a development which must be addressed by stakeholders. The Communication Specialist, UNICEF, Mr Geoffrey Njoku, made this known in Kano on Friday, at a two-day Media Dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Njoku said no country could focus on […]

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The World Bank says it is hopeful the Federal Government can achieve its target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years, but warned, on Friday, that such an ambitious goal won’t succeed without the execution of policies to keep adolescent girls in school and also provide opportunities […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, struck out eight out of the 15-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,  Nnamdi Kanu. Specifically, the court, in a ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Binta Nyako, struck […]

Terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train have threatened to kill those in their captivity unless the government meets them.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the allocation of housing units in the National Housing Estate across the country to 22 members of the Super Eagles who won the 1994 African Cup of Nations. The president spoke during the official commissioning of housing projects under the National Housing Programme (NHP) Phase 1 at the Three […]

fate of wife and children unknown 2 months after By Wole Mosadomi, Minna FOR the past three months, bandits have shifted their onslaught to Shiroro and Munya local government areas of Niger State. In the past few years, 18 of the 25 local government areas have been under the siege of the bandits, but now […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Samuel Ortom of Benue state has dispelled rumors in the state that he is at loggerheads with the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, Senator David Mark and other leaders of the party over the ongoing zoning of political offices and consensus arrangement in the party. […]

 …Extends sales of nomination forms  By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has fixed April 25th, 2022 for the screening of its Presidential aspirants. This is even as it slated April 19, 20, and 21 for the screening of State House of Assembly, National Assembly, and governorship aspirants respectively.  This was contained in […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to declare the seat of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant, following their defection to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement […]

Demands by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from the Federal Government, when he met with South-East Governors and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Leaders in Enugu shortly before the September 2017 military raid of his Umuahia family house, have been revealed.