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The Ogun State Government has directed all public and private schools across the state to stop organising graduation ceremonies and end-of-session parties, citing concerns over the financial burden such activities impose on parents and guardians. The directive, contained in a circular issued by the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and signed by the Director of Education (Private Schools), A.A. Bisiriyu, affects all classes. In the circular dated 17 June and addressed to ‘All Administrators of both Public and Non-State (Private) Schools’, the state government ordered immediate compliance and warned that schools that violate the directive would face sanctions.…
South Africa captain, Ronwen Williams, has appealed to football fans across Africa to rally behind Bafana Bafana at the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup despite growing resentment over xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in his country. Williams made the appeal ahead of South Africa’s crucial Group stage clash against the Czech Republic on Thursday, following widespread hostility from African supporters during Bafana Bafana’s opening match against Mexico. Many African fans openly backed Mexico in protest against recent anti-migrant sentiments and attacks on foreigners in South Africa. Mexico went on to defeat South Africa 2-0, a result that many observers viewed…
We are never carried along in politics or other opportunities. Nobody wants to listen to us.” That was the frustration expressed by Muhammad Abubakar Enagi, Executive Director of Empowerment Initiative of Persons with Disabilities in Niger State, as he spoke to reporters on what he described as continued exclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) from political appointments, employment and government interventions in the state. From political inclusion and job opportunities to agricultural support and the long-awaited disability commission, members of the disability community say they have continued to face neglect despite repeated engagements with the government. While officials insist efforts…
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has clarified that he never alleged that any senator’s signature was forged in relation to the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. His clarification was contained in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday. Oshiomhole said his recent comments during an interview on AIT “Politics Today” on Monday were misrepresented and taken out of context. He explained that he did not at any point accuse any lawmaker of forgery, stressing that the situation had been wrongly interpreted. “To set the record straight, I did not say that any senator’s…
A United Kingdom Court has cleared former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of bribery charges. According to Reuters, a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London on Wednesday found Alison-Madueke not guilty of six counts bordering on bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. Alison-Madueke served as Minister of Petroleum Resources between 2010 and 2015 under the administration of Goodluck Jonathan. She was accused of accepting bribes from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria. According to prosecutors, she was provided with “a life of luxury” in London in exchange for influence over the award of…
Two suspects have been sentenced by a Magistrate’s court for an alleged vandalism of critical national assets in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area. T he duo were sentenced by a magistrate’s court sitting in Okpella and presided over by P.U. Abu. The conviction followed a suit filed by the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, against the convicts. Speaking on the conviction, Efosa Ogbebor, Public Relations Officer of the command, said the sentence underscored the command’s intensified crackdown on economic sabotage and its commitment to protecting critical national assets and infrastructure. Ogbebor said…
Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately deregister the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Accord Party and others from participating in the 2027 general elections over alleged constitutional breaches. Justice Lifu issued the order on Monday while delivering judgment in a suit filed by a group of former lawmakers in the country. By this judgment, former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the ADC Atiku Abubakar has no platform to stand for the forthcoming presidential election. Similarly, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, billed to re-contest in the August 15 governorship election…
Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso has been announced as the deputy governorship candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, in Kano State. Mustapha will be running alongside Aminu Gwarzo, who is the NDC governorship candidate. Mustapha Kwankwaso is the first son of the NDC vice presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso. This was confirmed by the Spokesperson of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Habibu Saleh Mohammed, in a statement on Monday. “HE Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo unveiled Hon Mustapha Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as running mate for the 2027 Governorship Election,” he said.
In a resounding display of inter-party cooperation of progressives and national unity, the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, joined a grand endorsement rally in Ebonyi State today, declaring his strong support for the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. Addressing a mammoth crowd of supporters in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, Governor Soludo characterized his attendance as a “solidarity visit,” emphasizing the growing synergy between progressive forces across Nigeria. Standing alongside his host, the Governor of Ebonyi State, whom he affectionately recognized as “my own brother,” Governor Soludo affirmed his commitment to the collaborative governance currently shaping…
Team Europe delegation led by the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot visited NutriK’s production facility in Kano. The delegation, which included ambassadors and representatives from EU Member States and UNICEF, toured the company’s facility in the Kano Free Trade Zone as part of a broader mission to review initiatives contributing to nutrition, health, sustainable livelihoods and economic development in northern Nigeria. NutriK’s is a French – Nigerian company, a subsidiary of the French-based Nutriset Group. NutriK’s is producing Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), a specialised nutritional product used in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition among…