Tinubu to address world leaders at UN General Assembly Sept. 24
President Bola Tinubu is to address the 80th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, September 24. A revised provisional list of speakers obtained by the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the UN headquarters in New […]
Tinubu orders FEC panel to crash food prices
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a Federal Executive Council committee to further crash prices of food items across the country. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, while presenting a paper at a one- day capacity building workshop for journalists covering the Senate. He […]
Tinubu mourns Mrs. Fowler, icon of education and service
President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Chief (Mrs.) Leila Euphemia Apinke Fowler, a lawyer, renowned educationist and founder of the Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls in Lagos. Fowler, the Yeye Mofin of Lagos and mother of Babatunde Fowler, former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), died at 92. […]
Tinubu celebrates Chief of Kagoro at 90
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated His Royal Highness, Dr Ufuwai Bonet, the Chief of Kagoro, on his 90th birthday. Dr Bonet is a first-class chief and deputy chairman of the Kaduna State Council of Chiefs and Emirs. The president joined the people of Kagoro Chiefdom, the government and the people of Kaduna State, as well […]
Ibru University launches scholarship for agricultural science programme
The Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU), Agbarha-Otor, Delta State, has said it will offer tuition-free Agricultural Science programmes for selected students. The programme, according to the university’s Vice Chancellor Prof Ibiyinka Fuwape, is unique, as it operates on a work-study structure, ensuring students gain hands-on, practical experience alongside theoretical learning. According to him, through […]
Rhodes-Vivour is a political scavenger hunt, without direction, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has described the 2023 Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, as a politician with no ideology or direction. The State Party Spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He was reacting to Saturday’s defection of Rhodes-Vivour from LP to […]
National Theatre to support practitioners with specialised training
The National Theatre has said it will support theatre and film practitioners in building sustainable careers by enhancing both their artistic and business skills through specialised training programmes. The Chief Executive Officer of the National Theatre, Mrs Tola Akerele, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. She said practitioners had consistently expressed the […]
Police Command in Oyo recovers stolen Uber driver’s car
The Police Command in Oyo State said it has recovered a stolen Toyota Corolla car belonging to a Uber driver during an anti-robbery operation conducted by its operatives. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, in a statement on Tuesday, said the stolen car, with registration number LSR 893 CX, was recovered in Lagos […]
Teenager sentenced to sweep court premises for stealing N50, 000
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered a 19-year-old teenager, Nathan Kenneth, to sweep the court premises for one month for stealing his neighbour’s N50,000. The police charged Kenneth of Ungwan Sunday, Kaduna, with a count charge of theft. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, ordered the convict to report to the court for one month to […]
