The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has sympathised with Nigerians over what it described as the ‘callous attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train’ on Monday night. ‘The NIPR expresses its heartfelt condolences to families of the deceased, Federal and Kaduna State governments’, a statement signed by its President and Chairman of the Governing Council, Malam Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo, read. It …

Thursday 28th March 2022 will remain a nightmare for a long while for victims of the Kaduna-Abuja rail trip. They had left Abuja at about 6 pm hoping to arrive Kaduna in the next two hours. But, they never did. Several passengers were killed in the attack by criminals, many were injured. Breezy News publisher spoke to one of the …

A nationwide head count will hold this year, even as the National Population Commission (NPC) is not sure exactly when it will be in the remaining nine months. NPC Chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra said on Monday in Abuja said the preparations were in top gear. The commission declared its commitment to positively re-write the history of the exercise through …

The death of Nigeria’s first female Vice Chancellor, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams continues to attract glowing tributes; the latest being from the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege. Senator Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central district in the Upper Legislative Chamber, described the first Nigerian woman to earn a doctorate degree as a ‘trailblazer, a true amazon who left indelible footprints in the …

The University of Benin branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the death of the first female Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, as saddening. The Professor of Mathematics Prof. Alele-Williams was appointed the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985 to open a floodgate for more women heads of the universities. Prof Alele-Williams …

Leadership deficit in all facets of life is the major obstacle to Nigeria development. And that has to be tackled to provide the citizens a country of their desire. This was the thrust of the submissions by discussants at the fourth Annual Lecture of Freedom Online, a frontline and respected online newspaper. At the event, which held on Tuesday at …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr Kayode Fayemi will headline the 15th anniversary celebration of leading Public Relations and Integrated Communications Consulting firm, Chain Reactions Nigeria on Wednesday, 30th March. The event, which holds at the upscale Radisson Blu, Isaac John Street, G.R.A. Ikeja, by 3:00 pm, will witness the unveiling of a new …

World renowned novelist from Nigeria, Chimamanda Adichie is to be awarded her 16th honorary doctorate degree by the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium on 28th April. According to the Editor-in-Chief, Glazia Communication, Omawumi Ogbe, the ceremony would take place at the university’s main campus in Louvain-la-Neuve, located 20 kilometers from Brussels. Ogbe said that the institution, which was founded by …

The Rotary Club of Ikeja-Alausa Central is set to host distinguished guests – Rotarians and non-Rotarians – on Wednesday 23 March in commemoration of its first year. Chartered by Rotary International on 23rd March 2021, the club is using the event to mobilise support in cash and kind for its ongoing and new projects. The celebratory night comes up at …

A Federal High Court in Calabar has dismissed the terrorism, treasonable felony, and cybercrime charges against an online newspaper publisher, Agba Jalingo. Reprieve for the publisher of CrossRiverWatch came over two-and-a-half years after he was arrested in August 2019. In Calabar on Monday, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu followed the cue of the Cross River State Government, which withdrew the charges against …