The federal government has declared June 6 and 9 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid ul-Adha celebration. The minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this in a statement on Monday through Magdalene Ajani, the ministry’s permanent secretary. The minister congratulated the Muslim faithful ahead of the celebration. “The Federal Government has declared Friday…
Another video of the remaining 29 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna has surface on the social media. On March 11, 2021, bandits invaded the school at about 11:30pm and abducted 39 students. Weeks after the abduction, 10 of the students were released following the payment of N17 million, according…
A veteran journalist and public affairs commentator, Mr. Jonathan Ishaku, has taken a swipe on the Presidency for tacitly defending Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy over his support for terrorists groups in the past. Nigerians have been calling for the sacking or resignation of the minister over views he expressed some years…
Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, has said that those who lost out in their bids to be appointed running mate to Bola Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have resorted to promoting religious sentiments. Speaking with State House Correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Lalong…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states, has said that it did not endorse the presidential ambition of Governor Yahaya Bello of state. In a communiqué issued at the end of its extraordinary meeting on Sunday in Abuja the association said it has never adopted any individual for any elective position…
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), says it is working closely with the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest proprietors of illegal health institutions and colleges. Idris Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the NBTE, disclosed this on Thursday in Kaduna at a meeting with provosts and proprietors of health institutions and colleges, as well as…
