Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has named the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun as the chancellor of the state-owned Saadatu Abubakar Rimi University of Education, Kumbusu, Kano. The appointment took effect on 15th March. Delivering the letter to the monarch at his Alarere, Ibadan palace on Thursday, the Seriki Yoruba of Kano, Muritala Otiseese said the appointment was …

Ad hoc workers crippled activities at the Plateau State College of Health Technology, in the Pankshin Local Government Area of the state on Thursday over 45 months of unpaid salaries. They barricaded the main gate of the institution at about 10 am., displaying placards with inscriptions about their plight. Their leader, identified as Mr Wambutda, said it was appalling that …

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said that anyone with evidence on the allegation that some of its officers and the Nigeria Police Force collected bribes of $10,000 to facilitate promotions of police personnel should make such evidence available to a panel of investigation it has set up on the issue. The PSC also vowed that anyone found culpable of …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed optimism that the Investment and Securities Bill (ISB) will be passed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari before 29th May. At a news conference held on the first quarter post-Capital Market Meeting on Thursday in Abuja, SEC Director-General, Mr Lamido Yuguda expressed the optimism that the President would sign the ISB before …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has assured that it would address the needs of the youths and communities in the region. Receiving a delegation of the Ogoni Youths Peace Movement at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the Board Chairman, Lauretta Onochie said: “We are determined to ensure that youths of the Niger Delta are empowered according …

The family of a 35-year-old man, Tope Olorunfemi, who was lynched by an irate mob in Akure, Ondo State for crushing four persons to death, said the deceased is not an internet fraudster, known as Yahoo boy. The mother of the deceased, Mrs Mojisola Olorunfemi said in Akure that the vehicle with which her son had the unfortnate accident was …

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been named in TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023. Others on the list included the King of the United Kingdom, King Charles III; United States President Joe Biden; US Senator Mitch McConnell; Argentine footballer, Lionel Messi and Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, amongst others. Some entertainers on the list included US actor, Michael …

In its determination to address the menace of drug abuse in the society, Alimosho Professionals, a group of selfless leaders in various fields of human endeavour, will be making its first anniversary with a lecture on “Drug Abuse: Taming the Scourge, the Home and Societal Responsibilities”. The programme, which has a broad theme, “Towards a Better Tomorrow” and targeted largely …

President Muhammadu Buhari performed the Umrah rites amid tight security, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah early Thursday. In a terse statement on Thursday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari was received by several officials, including a delegation from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque …

The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Olumide Sogunle has pledged the ministry’s unwavering support to the Lagos Information Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for the seamless discharge of its mandate. This was as he congratulated the executive and members of NUJ, Lagos Information, for hosting the 17th edition of the annual Ramadan …