The Governor Nasir El-Rufai -led Kaduna State Government has dismissed 2,357 teachers who failed the recently conducted competency test. The state’s Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) announced the sack in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. KADSUBEB’s spokesperson, Hauwa Mohammed, said the board conducted a competency test for over 30,000 teachers in December 2021. She…
On the blue tracks of the Charléty Stadium on Saturday, the 25-year-old Nigerian was a second faster than she was in September 2021 Diamond League final, where she had broken Gloria Alozie’s 23-year-old national and continental record. Amusan continued her fine display of the season, which earned her two gold medals — in women’s hurdles…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), working with the Bankers’ Committee, the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), and other non-oil export stakeholders, has unanimously agreed to find long-term solutions to export bottlenecks within 90 days.Non-oil exporters face a number of challenges, including logistics constraints, financing issues, and regulatory issues. One solution is to establish an immediate…
Fresh facts emerged at the weekend on why Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dumped the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, as his running mate despite his recommendation by a special panel set up by the party. Although the committee saddled with the task of picking the party’s vice presidential candidate,…
In an apparent mockery of some other frontline contestants in the 2023 presidential election who were unable to choose their vice presidential running mates before the deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said the first and most important decision…
by Chidi Amuta The outcome of our presidential nominations season has produced a new landscape of mixed blessings. The two major parties have produced rival contestants straight from the dark recesses of Africa’s political past. Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu are in many ways a throwback to the African ‘Big Man’ politician of the 1970s…
The Founder, Household of God Church International Ministries, Pastor Chris Okotie, on Sunday, signified his intention to head an interim government that should in place immediately after the current regime headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Okotie also proposed scrapping of National and State Assemblies as well as political offices saying that the presidential system currently…
An elephant that killed a woman in India returned to her funeral and trampled on her corpse, local police have said. The 70-year-old woman, Maya Murmu, was attacked by the wild elephant as she walked to collect water in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Indian news outlet The Print reported. The elephant had strayed from the Dalma…
Despite the submission of the name of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswin Akpabio to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the national leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC), DIG Udom Ekpoudom (rtd) is still optimistic of flying the party flag for the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial district election come…
Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Abiodun Oyebanji, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Ekiti governorship election held on Saturday, the contest has also thrown up a number of winners besides the governor-elect, as well as a number of losers. According to INEC’s Chief Returning Officer…