Tinubu sets strategic standards for ministers at maiden FEC meeting

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu sets strategic standards for ministers at maiden FEC meeting

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2023

Setting the tone for his administration at the maiden Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting on Monday, President Bola Tinubu tasked the cabinet members to turn things around for Nigerians by performing at their best. The cabinet is made up of the 45 ministers who scaled through the Senate screening and were inaugurated on Monday, August 21. While noting that their appointments are a call to serve the people, President Tinubu charged the ministers to reform...

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Stop celebrating my ministerial appointment with billboard adverts – Wike

NewsNigeriaPoliticsStop celebrating my ministerial appointment with billboard adverts – Wike

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 28, 2023

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has requested Nigerians to refrain from mounting congratulatory billboards in honour of his ministerial appointment across the country. The Minister’s request was conveyed by his press director, Anthony Ogunleye via a statement on Sunday. “The attention of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has been drawn to lamp post billboards, full-scale billboards, and other adverts congratulating him on his appointment as minister,”...

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Peter Obi visits Premium Kidney Hospital in Nnewi

HealthNewsNigeriaPeter Obi visits Premium Kidney Hospital in Nnewi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 28, 2023

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, for the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, on Saturday, paid a courtesy visit to Premium Kidney Hospital in Nnewi, Anambra State. The visit was an on-the-spot assessment of the quality of work at the state-of-the-art hospital, which was commissioned in 2022. During the visit which lasted for about an hour, Obi took time and went around the building, inspecting different sections of the facility while Dr Okey...

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Northern singers gradually embrace music activism amid rising insecurity

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaNorthern singers gradually embrace music activism amid rising insecurity

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 26, 2023

Singers and songwriters from northern Nigeria are gradually coming out of their shells to talk about the wanton destruction of lives, livelihood, and property in the region. The most prominent is Apostle Victor Micah Bulus, a.k.a Autan Zaki Ikon Allah, who stirs up the hornet’s nest with his music. Yet a decade ago, there was no such outcry from northern singers. Emmanuel Obiejemba, an independent music composer/producer based in Jos, Plateau State, told The West...

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Super Falcons ranked 32nd top-rated national team globally

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsSuper Falcons ranked 32nd top-rated national team globally

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 26, 2023

Nigeria’s senior national women’s football team, Super Falcons, has been ranked the 32nd national women’s team in the world and first in Africa in the latest FIFA women’s ranking. The ranking was released on Friday – five days after the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup ended. Super Falcons previously ranked 40th in the rankings released in June before the World Cup but in the latest ranking, the team moved eight places, gaining 94.14 points to...

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Lawmakers demand Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom over rising insecurity in S’East

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLawmakers demand Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom over rising insecurity in S’East

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 26, 2023

A group of lawmakers in the lower chamber of the National Assembly has called for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from detention to “ensure lasting peace and security” in the South East. The lawmakers, who made the plea on Thursday, are members of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee set up to interface with security agencies to reduce kidnapping, assassinations and banditry in Isiukwuato and Umunneochi...

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Nigerian Students’ Body, NANS pushes for amendment of Student Loan Act

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian Students’ Body, NANS pushes for amendment of Student Loan Act

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 26, 2023

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the House of Representatives to amend the Student Loan Act over its stringent requirements and short repayment timeframe, among other concerns. The NANS president, Usman Barambu pushed for the amendment on Thursday at a legislative summit on students’ loans and access to higher education, organised by the House ad-hoc committee in Abuja. Barambu called for the inclusion of student representation on the board. “Student loans are...

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FCT Minister, Wike orders arrest of the owner of Abuja collapsed building

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFCT Minister, Wike orders arrest of the owner of Abuja collapsed building

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 24, 2023

…set to resettle residents of the area. Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has ordered the immediate identification and arrest of the landlord of a two-storey building that collapsed in Abuja. The building, a plaza located at Lagos Crescent in Garki Village within the Garki District of Abuja, collapsed amid a heavy downpour on Wednesday night. There are conflicting reports of the number of survivors in the incident. While the director-general...

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We’ve paid Super Falcons’ match bonuses, allowances – NFF President

NewsNigeriaSportsWe’ve paid Super Falcons’ match bonuses, allowances – NFF President

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 24, 2023

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, says it is no longer owing the senior national female football team, Super Falcons, as all pending match bonuses and allowances have been reimbursed. There has been a dispute between the Super Falcons and NFF over the backlog of unpaid salaries and allowances which dates back to 2019. Last month, the Super Falcons’ coach, Randy Waldrum said the NFF owed him 14 months’ salary but only cleared seven months pending...

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Tobi Amusan loses 100mH world title to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams

NewsNigeriaSportsTobi Amusan loses 100mH world title to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 24, 2023

Danielle Williams from Jamaica has emerged as the new world women’s 100m hurdles champion, beating Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and other strong rivals at the ongoing 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The women’s 100m hurdles final took place Thursday evening at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest. The Jamaican finished first in 12.43 seconds while Amusan clocked 12.62s to finish sixth. Olympic women’s 100m hurdles gold medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the...

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