Tinubu appoints new Almajiri Education Commission leadership team
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new leadership for the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education. Brigadier-General Lawal Ja’afar Isa (Rtd) is now to serve as the Chairman of the Board of the Commission, while…
Disquiet In CBN As Cardoso Retires ‘Emefiele’s Directors’
Barring any last minute changes, at least eight directors at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be served early retirement letters from the apex bank this week. These directors, some of whom were initially redeployed to an arm of…
Air France Airbus A350 Paris-Chennai Declares Emergency
An Air France Airbus A350 operating a flight from Paris to Chennai has declared an emergency, Aviation Source News reports. It was reported that the Air France flight AF108, originally bound for Chennai was making a rapid descent back into…
Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s appeal against police, DSS over unlawful arrest, detention
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu over his unlawful arrest and detention…
Suspected bandits murder traditional ruler in Bauchi
Suspected bandits have killed the village head of Riruwai in the Lame district of Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. It was gathered on Monday that Garba Badamasi was abducted from the village by unknown gunmen on Friday and…
UNIOSUN GASDI Director Calls for Collaborative Effort to Promote Sustainable Development
• Hails Lekki LCDA Boss By Sola Isola The Director, Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute (GASDI), Osun State University, Professor John Agbonifo has called on government at all level to join hands with the private sector to promote sustainable…
BREAKING: Olubadan, Lekan Balogun dies at 81
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, is dead. He was aged 81. Oba Balogun spent two years on the throne of his forefathers, having been presented the Staff of Office by Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde,…
Reps To Summon Dangote, BUA, Others Over Rising Cement Prices
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Solid Minerals Development, Commerce, Industry and Special Duties to investigate the arbitrary increase in the price of cement by manufacturers in the country like Dangote Cement and BUA Cement. This followed…
Just In: Miyetti Allah members storm Abuja court, demand president’s release
Some members of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore on Wednesday in their numbers stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja to demand the unconditional release of their president, Bello Bodejo. Bodejo was arrested on January 23 at the Miyetti Allah’s office…
Breaking: Senator Ningi Suspended for 3 months
The Senate has suspended the former Senate Deputy Leader and Chairman, Northern Senators Forum, NSF, Senator Abdul Ningi, PDP, Bauchi Central for three months, asking him not to participate in all the activities of the 10th Senate. The Senate also resolved…