..Says claim is unfounded The Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Council has berated sponsors of allegations of voter disenfranchisement against its Director General (DG), Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu. According to the Council, the claim is unfounded and reflects mental laziness on the part of the sponsors. In a press statement on Tuesday signed by Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Director of Media and Publicity/Spokesman, Kogi State APC Governorship Campaign Council, the party stated...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved additional funding for the training and empowerment of adolescent girls in the country. Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education disclosed this while addressing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja presided over by President Bola Tinubu. The minister explained that the program was meant to empower girls, and teachers and the provision for additional schools in the country....

The Oyo State Government, on Monday, evacuated 359 illegal structures and shanties shielding its public primary and secondary school premises within Ibadan, the state capital. The eviction notices were issued to owners of the illegal shops, shanties, and structures through the principals and heads of the affected schools. The State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, who monitored the exercise, reiterated the government’s commitment to bring sanity to school premises in the state. “We...

…Says any Nigerian can be FCT minister The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has described as irresponsible, absurd, and subversive, recent comments by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi on the person and office of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike. A press statement on Sunday by Dr. Ken Robinson, National Publicity Secretary PANDEF noted that it’s most unfortunate that at a time when every...

A former Presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze has hailed move to persuade former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki to lead the party as its next National Chairman, pointing out that should that happen, a southern presidential candidate should be picked. In a statement by his Director General, Eric Oluwole on Sunday,  Anakwenze described Saraki as eminently qualified to lead the party at this crucial time and...