Tinubu orders federal universities to stop school fees hike

President Bola Tinubu has issued a directive to federal universities across the country to put an end to the increment in school fees. “President Tinubu has directed the authorities in all federal institutions of higher learning to avoid an arbitrary increase in sundry fees payable and where possible defer further increase so that parents and students don’t face too many difficulties,” Dele Alake, the President’s special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy, stated in...

Tinubu Reveals Plan to Cushion Biting Effects of Subsidy Removal in National Address

President Bola Tinubu has let Nigerians in on the measures he has taken to address the current economic challenges wrought by the removal of fuel subsidies. In a national broadcast on Monday night, the President explained the reason his administration had to do away with fuel subsidies and the multiple exchange rate system. He also allayed the fears of Nigerians on the current state of Nigeria’s economy, saying, “We are exiting the darkness to enter...

 Audu Ogbe, Prof. Adibe weigh in on Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast

President should’ve set the tone for reconciliation – Prof. Adibe Tinubu has addressed key things holding Nigeria down – Ogbe President Bola Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast on Monday said among other things that his government has saved over N1trn from subsidy removal policy in two months. He also talked about monitoring effects of exchange rate, inflation on gasoline prices. The President said that his government is set to spend N75bn between the months of...

Akinyemi berates S/Africa for insinuating Niger Coup happened because of Tinubu’s illegitimate govt

Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs has bertaed South Africa for insinuating that the coup in Niger happened because of the illegitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s government. The former Minister in an interview on Monday said that the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) which Tinubu chairs is supposed to be the first to react to the coup in Niger, rather the African Union (AU) was the first to react in a...

CSOs back NLC Wednesday, 2nd August nationwide strike

Organised Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of the United Action Front of Civil Society have backed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) nationwide strike billed for Wednesday, 2nd August and have also declared it Citizens Action Day. Olawale Okunniyi, Head, National Coordinating Centre, United Action Front of Civil Society, in a press statement on Monday noted that the mass protests nationwide on Wednesday is over anti people policies and arbitrary hike in petrol price The statement...

How controversy trails reinstatement of Sanusi’s portrait at coronation hall in Kano

Kano State during the week, witnessed some level of controversy over the reinstatement of Malam Muhammad Sanusi II portrait at Coronation Arena, Kano government House. The facility which is currently undergoing a face lift was built by the former governor of the state, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in 2014 where the deposed emir was installed as the 14th Fulani emir of Kano. Sanusi II portrait was subsequently removed from the hall by the last administration shortly after he...

UNICEF advocates breastfeeding as powerful life safer for every child

The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) has advocated for a zero water campaign to promote breastfeeding for babies in their first six months of life. Mrs. Juliet Chiluwe, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Enugu State stated this in Enugu at a zonal Media Dialogue on the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week and Zero Water Campaign organised by Anambra State government in collaboration with UNICEF Enugu Field Office Chiluwe who was represented by Mrs Ngozi Onuora, Nutrition...

Zambia’s Banda sets women soccer world cup record

The Copper Queens of Zambia, though is out of the ongoing Women World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, there is something going for the team as its captain, Barbra Banda, scored the competition’s 1000th goal in its second goal against Costa Rica. Again, Mweemba sends her name in the record books by becoming the first Zambian player to score at the senior World Cup, slotting Avell Chitundu’s corner. The second goal is even more remarkable,...

Nigerian poet, journalist, Nathaniel selected for prestigious Iowa writing Program

Nigerian poet, journalist, and spoken word artist,  Soonest Nathaniel has been selected to participate in the esteemed International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, United States. According to a report, Nathaniel is joining an exclusive group of authors that include several winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, including Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk and China’s Mo Yan. These acclaimed authors started their journey towards global recognition at the IWP. Nathaniel, known for...

NBA mourns Justice Nweze of Supreme Court

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), under the leadership of Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, (SAN) has expressed shock over the news of the passing of Hon. Justice Chima Centus Nweze, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which sad event occurred on Sunday, 30 July, 2023. Justice Nweze is reported to have died after a brief illness at the age of 64. With Justice Nweze’s exit, the South East is presently without a single Justice at the Supreme...

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