The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has issued fresh guidelines intended to standardise the rendition of Nigeria’s national anthem and pledge across public and official functions nationwide. In a four-point instruction circulated on Thursday, the agency clarified that at most official events, participants should “recite/sing only the first stanza (not all three (3) stanzas at official events).” Furthermore, the NOA directed that “the third stanza should be recited as the National Prayer at the beginning of...

…Warn Against Marginalisation Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the North-Central geopolitical zone have warned against what they described as the sustained marginalisation of their zone and the meddlesome intrusion of external forces into its political affairs. a trend they say violates the principles of fairness, equity, and internal democracy within the party. During an emergency meeting of prominent party figures from the zone held in Abuja on Wednesday which drew a distinguished...