Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has extended the quarantine orders being enforced in the state for another 30 days. The governor’s decision follows a recommendation to that effect by the State Standing Committee on Covid-19, which is chaired by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe. This is effective from...
President Muhammadu Buhari rejoices with former President, Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun on the occasion of his 70th birthday, November 18, 2021.
The President salutes a life dedicated to jurisprudence and service to the country, which has pedestaled Chief Olanipekun as a former Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice in Ondo...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved renewal of the appointments of 12 non-career ambassadors, assuring Nigerians of fairness in representation and inclusiveness in all matters of governance.
The assurance from the President became necessary following recent complaints after announcement of 41 non-career ambassadors that some states were not captured.
The renewal of...
The Kaduna State Government has commenced another competency test for primary school teachers as part of efforts to ensure quality teaching and learning in basic schools across the state.
This comes almost four years after it conducted a similar exercise that led to the dismissal of 22,000 unqualified teachers and...
The Presidency has said that millions of Nigerians are not bothered about the rearrest of SaharaReporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said this during Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday.
Adesina...
Following the abduction and gruesome murder of a five-year old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, by a private school proprietor, the Kano State government has ordered for revocation of operational licenses of all private schools in the state.
The state commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi, announced the decision at a press conference,...
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The World Food Programme, WFP, has pledged to support President Tinubu’s Zero Hunger Programme under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
Country Director of WFP, David Stevenson, made this known Tuesday when he led a team of the United Nations, UN agency...
His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has renamed the popular Heroes Square Stadium in the heart of Owerri, the Imo State capital, after the late Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, the first Military Administrator of the Old Imo State.
Governor Uzodimma disclosed this at a brief ceremony to receive the body of...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has concluded plans to establish laboratories in the six ge-opolitical zones for testing products and ensuring standardisation in the country.
Mr Bola Fashina, Special Assistant to the Director-General of SON, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that various political, economic and social problems afflicting Nigeria can be overcome if leaders and followers share a unity of purpose to get them solved.
Dr Fayemi who said a well structured dialogue remains a major pathway to peace and progress said...
