Birthday: Tinubu greets Abiodun, Dare
President Bola Tinubu has sent messages of congratulations to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and his media Aide Sunday Dare on their birthdays. In separate messages, the president saluted the duo for seeing another birthday. To Abiodun he said, “I extend my warmest congratulations to Prince Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State and […]
Federal High Court to open registries weekends, public holidays for pre-election cases
The Federal High Court (FHC) says its registries in all the divisions of the court will officially be open to lawyers on weekends and public holidays for filing of pre-election cases. The Chief Registrar of FHC, Yahaya Shafa, made this known on Thursday in Abuja in a statement titled: “Notice to Lawyers and the […]
Kidnap of pupils, teachers overshadow Children’s Day funfair as CPNN calls for rescue
The Child Protection Network Nigeria (CPNN), Oyo State Chapter, has said rising insecurity and the continued captivity of abducted pupils and teachers have overshadowed this year’s national Children’s Day celebration. In a Children’s Day message signed by the Oyo State Coordinator of CPNN, Dr Rosemary Odigbo, the network extended warm greetings to children in […]
APC leader says Omo-Agege’s resignation inconsequential
Dr Latinore Oghenesivbe, APC chieftain and Director General, Delta Bureau for Orientation and Communications, Governor’s Office, has said Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege’s resignation from the party will not affect its lot in the 2027 general elections in the state. Oghenesivbe in a statement on Thursday in Asaba, said that Omo-Agege’s exit has not affected the […]
Corps members must obey social media laws, says D-G
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, has said corps members are not exempt from Nigeria’s cyberbullying and social media laws during their mandatory national service year. Nafiu said this during an interview programme with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, emphasising that corps members […]
2027: Atiku’s ADC ticket, well-deserved, signals hope, says group
A group, Nigerian Youths For Atiku (NYFA) Worldwide, has described the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the ADC presidential candidate for the 2027 election as well-deserved. The Director-General of NYFA Nigeria and Diaspora, Mr Dare Dada, said this in a congratulatory statement issued on Thursday in Lagos. He said Abubakar’s victory […]
Experts doubts Ebola preparedness in FCT, cite handwashing infrastructure gaps
Public health experts have warned that infrastructure deficits and economic constraints, not ignorance, are undermining hand hygiene compliance in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), raising concerns over Ebola preparedness and other infectious disease outbreaks. They disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, emphasising that systemic […]
Professor Femi Badejo: A Gemütlich Moment with A Pracademic
By Toyin Falola It has often been a characteristic of studies in the social sciences to be largely abstract and devoid of the practical realities that should set the fields apart. Flowing from this, experts in these fields, especially in Political Science, often find themselves in the clutches of abstract appreciation of political incidents. […]
Today belongs to you
Tinubu tells Nigeria children By Bola Ahmed Tinubu “On this Children’s Day, I celebrate every Nigerian child. I celebrate the child who is excelling in school. I celebrate the child who is learning a trade. I celebrate the child living with disability and still pressing forward with courage. I celebrate the […]
Tinubu greets elder statesman Erogbogbo at 100
President Bola Tinubu has sent a message of felicitations to Alhaji Ashafa Ajibola Erogbogbo, an elder statesman and retired aviation supervisor at Shell Company Nigeria Limited, on his 100th birthday on May 28, 2026. In a personally worded statement the president wrote, “I extend warm greetings to Alhaji Ashafa Ajibola Erogbogbo, an elder […]
