Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is facilitating the empowerment of women and strengthening the fight against gender-based discrimination through policies and programmes. The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Mr Sidie Mohamed Tunis, said this at the ongoing ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA) Town Hall meeting in Abuja on Friday. The theme of the meeting is “Rejuvenate …

The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has sealed up the Garki International Market in Abuja over accumulated refuse dumps that may cause an epidemic outbreak. AEPB Director, Mr Osi Braimah, who led the enforcement operation, condemned the breakdown of law and order in the market. “Our environmental officers in carrying out their routine/monitoring activities by April 26, discovered that the …

A student of Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS) Nnewi, Anambra State, Joy Ejikeme has emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with an aggregate score of 362. In her subjects, Joy scored 98 per cent in English Language, Physics (89 per cent), Biology (94 per cent), and Chemistry (81 per cent). Anambra State Commissioner …

At least 131 Nigerian evacuees who were stranded in Sudan arrived in the country yesterday. The returnees, who were transported by a B737-300 aircraft, operated by Tarco Airline, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 1:45 pm. With this third batch of returnees, 637 Nigerians have been evacuated and airlifted back to the country since the airlifting …

The Federal Government on Saturday explained that only smaller planes can evacuate stranded Nigerians in Port Sudan for now. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management of Social Development, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo stated this after receiving the third batch of 131 evacuees from Port Sudan in Abuja. The Tarco airline plane B737-300 that conveyed the third batch …

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mallam Mustapha Ahmed has said that about 800 students would be airlifted from Aswan tomorrow. The Federal Government had been airlifting Nigerians in Sudan to safety following the breakout of hostilities between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the Northeasterner country. Ahmed said: “We have aircraft on …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cleared itself of multiple scheduling of one Aminat Yahaya Suleiman in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise. JAMB’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Benjamin Fabian told the media in Ibadan on Saturday that the video made on Tiktok by Aminat alleging multiple scheduling by the board was false. He said …

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers has raised the alarm on the invasion of the real estate industry by quacks masquerading as surveyors and general property managers. At the celebration of Valuers Day by the Abia State branch, the state chairman, Austin Ucheibe  lamented that real estate business in the country, especially in the state was facing the …

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has joined world leaders and others in felicitation with King Charles III following his coronation in England earlier today. In a letter, which he signed, Tinubu said that he anticipated that the monarch’s reign the “excellent bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Britain will continue and even become stronger in the interests of our two countries”. The …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the conviction and eight years sentence imposed on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina for laundering about N2.1 billion. In a judgement on Friday, a three-member panel of the court unanimously affirmed the 8th November 2021 ruling by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, …