Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has attributed his unusual appointment of more women in public offices to persistent appeals for 40 percent women inclusion by his late wife, Mrs Patience Eno. Recall that Governor Eno since assumption of office had appointed many women into public offices, especially at the local level and initiated pro-women…
US president, Donald Trump, has cancelled an extension of Temporary Protected Status which was granted to over 500,000 Haitians by his predecessor, president Joe Biden. America grants Temporary Protected Status, TPS, to foreign citizens who cannot safely return home because of war, natural disasters or other “extraordinary” conditions. The Biden administration had extended it until…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has shed more light on why the Tinubu administration created the Ministries of Livestock Development and that of Regional Development.Those are the two new Ministries created by the President and they are headed by Mr Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh and Alhaji Idi Mukhtar respectively. Both ministers featured…
Former Governor of Kano State and leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has said that nobody is happy with the current All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration. Kwankwaso stated this at the National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the party in Abuja on Thursday. The 2023 presidential candidate of the NNPP hailed…
French police will start random searches for knives and other weapons concealed in bags at and around schools in a bid to fight an increase in violent attacks, the education minister said Friday. The spot searches will begin in the spring, Elisabeth Borne told the BFMTV/RMC broadcaster. “I want us to be able to organise,…
A US judge on Thursday denied a union bid to temporarily halt the firing of thousands of federal employees on probationary status, handing President Donald Trump another legal win in his plan to slash the government workforce. District Judge Christopher Cooper said he lacked the jurisdiction to handle the complaint, one of several filed in…
Senate spokesman Yemi Adaramodu criticised fellow senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday over a dispute regarding seating arrangements in the Senate chamber. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), refused to occupy her assigned seat on Thursday, citing Order 10 of the Senate Standing Rules which safeguards members’ privileges. The situation escalated…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has insisted that the local government elections scheduled for Saturday will proceed as planned despite an appeal from the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to suspend the polls. In a statement on Friday, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, emphasised that democracy is guided by the rule…
In anticipation of its 80th anniversary, Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, will be rewarding 80 customers with cash prizes in its Wema Bank 5 for 5 Promo Season 4 80th daily draw, set to hold virtually at 4 p.m. on Monday, February 24, 2024. Wema…
Abuja, Nigeria – [Insert Date] – The Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Aare (Dr.) Abisoye Fagade, FIMC, has reaffirmed the institute’s new mandate as a regulatory body for personnel, practitioners and operators operating within Nigeria’s tourism, hospitality, and travel industry value chain. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting with the…
