The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has raised concern that more than N46.2 billion in matching grants is still lying un-accessed in spite of the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Presenting the 2022 capital budget implementation report at an oversight visit to the commission by the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, in Abuja on …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on 22nd May induct new warships, gunboats, and helicopters for the Nigerian Navy (NN). According to a statement on Wednesday by NN Headquarters’ Chief of Policy and Plans, Rear Admiral Seidu Garba, the President would commission two ships – NNS Kada and NNS Ibeno – a recently acquired NN helicopter. Garba added that the event, slated …

Former Minister of Power, Mr. Sale Mamman has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud. Mamman, who was a minister between 2019 and 2021, was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday and is being detained at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja, sources told …

No fewer than seven children were said to have lost their lives in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, in a boat mishap while returning from their water search. The relatives of the children said they went in search of water as a shortage had hit the state. They claimed water vendors sold the essential commodity at N100 per jerrican and …

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve an $800 million loan to finance the National Social Safety Network Programme (NSSP). The President’s request was contained in a letter read to the upper legislative house by its president, Dr. Ahmed Lawan during its Wednesday plenary session. According to President Buhari, the funds would be transferred to 10.2 million poor …

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku has said that the Senate did not accused the agency’s Board and Management of corruption or misappropriation of N1.4 trillion. In a statement on Wednesday, in which explained the issues raised during Tuesday’s Senate probe of the agency’s budgets for 2021 and 2022, Ogbuku urged the public to …

As part of the process for the preparation of the Lagos State Urban Development Policy, technocrats in the state public service and experts in various fields on Tuesday converged at the Ostra Hotel, Alausa Central Business District, to set the right agenda for the proposed policy. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins told the workshop …

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday afternoon left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit. According to a statement from his office signed by Tunde Rahman, Tinubu would use the opportunity of the trip to finetune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options with some of his key aides without unnecessary pressures and distractions. He is due to be …

A Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. Justice James Omotosho also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed on 1st March 2019 on each of 45 broadcast stations. Justice Omotosho held that the NBC, not being a court of law, …

A 23-year-old assistant pastor on Tuesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a bishop, Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, allegedly raped her twice. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Oluwafeyiropo is standing trial on an amended three-count charge bordering on rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. The assistant pastor (name withheld) testified for …