Biden won’t attend UN climate conference in Dubai
The U.S. official White House schedule reports that President Joe Biden will not be attending the kick-off of the UN Climate Change Conference later this week in Dubai. The White House has yet to give an official reason for Biden skipping the start of the annual global climate summit, at which other world leaders, […]
Live within your means, psychologist advises Nigerians
As the economic hardship takes a toll on Nigerians, a Clinical Psychologist, Adedotun Ajiboye has advised people to live within their means. He also advised Nigerians to be their brothers’ keepers to avoid mental health issues. Ajiboye who works with the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, gave this advice in […]
Professor Yetunde Makinde (1954-2023): Good Night
By Toyin Falola The news of her transition, on November 21st, to the next glorious phase of her life reached me at the University of Calgary, Canada. Speaking like her daughter, the bearer of sadness recounted the multiple sides of her life, from the major ones of her contributions to the development of Babcock […]
Over 1,000 Ulamas pray for Tinubu, Kwankwaso
More than 1,000 Islamic clerics have offered special prayers for President Bola Tinubu and the NNPP National Leader, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, for peace, progress and political stability in the country. Abdulmumin Kofa (NNPP-Kiru/Bebeji) hosted the Ulamas at Kiru, for the success of Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State at the Supreme Court. This is […]
If anything happens to INEC office in Kogi, hold SDP responsible, APC declares
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Council in Kogi has called on the general public to hold the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state responsible if anything untoward happens to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) office in Lokoja. The APC campaign council also called on security agencies to fortify security around […]
Kano Grand Khadi grants 147 offenders bail, constitutes committee to review amputation sentence
The Kano State Grand Khadi, Dr Tijjani Ibrahim-Yakasai, has set up a committee to review the case of a long-term convict awaiting amputation for 18 years in custody. Hei also granted bail to 147 offenders with minor offences in two custodial centres in the state. This is contained in a statement by Nigerian Correctional […]
Center urges CBN to implement forex stabilisation efforts
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to implement steps identified to reduce pressure on the foreign exchange market. Dr Muda Yusuf, the Chief Executive Officer of CPPE, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. […]
UNILORIN announces dates for 2023/24 Post-UTME
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), says its registration for the 2023/24 Post-UTME Screening exercise which started on Nov. 23 will end on Dec. 3. Mr Mansur Alfanla, Registrar of the University, said in a statement on Friday that the institution had invited all candidates, who had applied for admission into the University to the […]
Experts proffer ways to check soaring inflation
Some financial experts have urged the Federal Government to adopt stable policies that will incentivise domestic production and address the foreign exchange demand responsible for the soaring inflation. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. A lecturer of Economics at Pan Atlantic University, Dr […]
Akpoti-Uduaghan seeks electoral reforms
The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi), has called for electoral reforms to make elections more credible in the country. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Chairperson, Senate Committee on Local Content said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. The lawmaker while recalling her battle and subsequent victory at the Court of Appeal said […]
