Nigeria Sets For 2025 All-African Senior Badminton Championship  

The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olopade, has reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to supporting Nigerian athletes as they strive for glory on the continental stage. This is coming just days before the 2025 All-African Senior Badminton Championship in Douala, Cameroon. Speaking ahead of Team Nigeria’s departure, Olopade highlighted the rising status of badminton in the country and commended the leadership of Francis Orbih, President of the Badminton Federation of Nigeria...

Major Emerges NNPP National Chairman As Party Elects NWC Members

At its 2025 National Convention in Lagos on Tuesday night, Dr. Agbo Major emerged the new National Chairman of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the party elected National Working Committee (NWC) members. The convention which was held at the RockView Hotel in Apapa, was attended by delegates and officers of the party at national and state levels. Officers elected include: are Mr. Oginni  Olaposi National Secretary,  Chief Felix Chukwurah, Deputy National Chairman   (South), Mr. Adetoyese Omokanye, ...

Nigeria Secures UN Agency Study Facility For Critical Minerals 

The Solid Minerals Development Minister, Dr. Dele Alake has secured a study facility to develop a roadmap on Nigeria’s critical value chain from extraction to be funded by the Global Council for Critical Minerals. This was facilitated by Alake on the sidelines of the ongoing annual Mining Indaba holding in Cape Town, South Africa. According to reports, the Global Council for Critical Minerals is a specialised organ of the Sustainable Energy for All, a United Nations Agency setup to...

Oyebanji Meets Contractors, State Officials On Project Deadlines

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has harped on quality jobs and the need to achieve project deadlines, during a meeting with contractors handling projects and heads of supervisory Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state. He stressed on the need for contractors to meet set deadlines and ensure quality delivery of projects billed for completion this year. Oyebanji stated this at the meeting held at the Conference room of the Governor’s office, Ado-Ekiti,...

Senate Confirms New Members of the Code Of Conduct Bureau

The Senate has approved the appointment of new members to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). This follows the consideration of a report by the Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions. During the plenary session on Wednesday, Senator Neda Bernards Imasuen (Edo South) presented the committee’s findings, after which the Senate moved to the Committee of the Whole for a clause-by-clause review before confirming the nominees. The confirmed members of the CCB...

Lagos Govt Warns Motorists Against Payments To Touts For Illegal Parking

The Lagos State government through the Hon. Sola Giwa, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation  has warned motorists to desist from making illicit payments to touts  for illegal parking on bridges and other open spaces across Lagos State. This directive comes in response to reports indicating that private vehicle owners have been engaging in transactions with street urchins for unauthorised parking privileges at various locations within the metropolis. The Special Adviser underscored the...

Pandemonium Trails Abduction Of Edo Traditional Ruler

Pandemonium has trailed the abduction of the Onojie of Udo Kingdom in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, HRH Friday Ehizojie by unknown gunmen on Sunday. According to reports, the royal father was taken hostage along with some personal aides around Rest House Junction between Ubiaja and Eguare-Udo by the gunmen who fired sporadic gunshots and thereafter dragged him into a forest after shooting to death a motorcycle rider who was carrying the king....

I’m Not Owing Edo LG Workers’ Salaries, Okpebholo Says

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has denied claims that some local government workers are being owed salaries. The Governor debunked the claim in a press statement on Monday signed by his chief press Secretary, Mr. Fred Itua, where the governor stressed that the rumours were not only false but also mischievous and intended to mislead the public. Okpebholo called on the general public to ignore the claims, saying that he remains committed to workers’...

…Seeks Immediate Review Of Plan The sociopolitical body of the South-South region, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the exclusion of the Niger Delta region in the siting of the newly launched five Mini Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Federal Government. According to a press statement on Saturday signed by the organisation’s National Spokesperson, Olorogun Dr. Obiuwevbi Ominimini, stated that despite being the primary...

Speaker Of House Of Reps Decries Commercialisation Of Education

…Seeks Equal Recognition of Polytechnic, University Degrees Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has condemned the growing commercialisation of education in Nigeria’s higher institutions. He warned that the practice has fueled unethical behaviors such as monetary and sexual exploitation in exchange for grades. The Speaker also criticised the prevailing notion that university degrees are superior to polytechnic diplomas, stressing that no nation can achieve technological advancement without prioritising technical and vocational education....

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