Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Thursday evening failed in her bid to retain the women’s 100m hurdles gold medal of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, clocking a dismal 12.62 to finish 6th in the race won by Jamaican Danielle Williams in 12.43 secs. The effects of the suspension clamped on Amusan by the Athletics…
President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Mukhtar Sirajo, has urged the federal government to ensure transparency, accountability, fairness and equity in the distribution of palliatives aimed at ameliorating the effects of petrol subsidy removal. Speaking at the opening of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NIPR on Thursday in Abuja, Sirajo…
Participants at the 2023 Annual General Meeting/Election of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), which held between August 23 to 25 in Abuja. Photo Credit: Courtesy WhatsApp platform, NIPR, Kaduna chapter.
Jeremiah Mayau, a Pastor with the Tawaliu Baptist Church, Kujama, headquarters of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been killed gunmen. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Wednesday when the deceased was attacked on his farm. Kujama is a few kilometers from Kaduna city. Chairman of Kaduna State chapter of Christian…
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, is a serving corps member. According to reports by the TheCable, an online newspaper, this follows a claim by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a civil society organisation, that Musawa is…
Onuminya Ochowechi in sokoto The Sokoto State government and the United Nation Children Fund, (UNICEF) have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate over 132,000 Almajiris and adolescent girls into western education. Addressing journalists after signing the document, A’ishatu Dantsoho, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, said the programme would cover the 23…
