Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has urged on the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the Delta State Emergency Management Agency, as well as other relevant agencies to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to affected flood victims in Delta State and other parts of the country. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the …

The right of all Nigerians to live freely and peacefully in any part of the country has been described as statutory and sacred to emphasis the fact that Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians. In a goodwill message to the 2022 Igbo Day celebration recently held in Abuja, the National Secretary of Inter Tribal Traditional Leaders Association of Nigeria (ITTLAN), Ambassador …

Exactly eight months after it started, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its industrial action that has shut down federal universities and many of their state counterparts. ASUU is expected to make a formal pronouncement later on Friday about the “conditional” suspension of the action. The union’s National Executive Council took the decision at the end of …

The Federal Government has reassured that the National Development Plan (2021-2025) and associated strategies were formulated to reflect emerging threats and opportunities while developing a clear path to achieve the United Nations (Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, said at the 52nd national conference of the Institute of Chartered …

The Federal Ministry of Education has announced Miss Adeola Adefemi, an English teacher with the Oke-Odo Senior High School, Alimosho in Lagos State, as the Best Teacher in Nigeria. At a national event held recently in Abuja to commemorate the annual World Teachers’ Day, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presented the Award to Adefemi, saying that the event was designed to …

The Federal Government has approved emergency management plans to mitigate the impact of the flood nationwide. After an emergency meeting on flood situation with relevant stakeholders in Abuja on Tuesday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo told reporters that said government had approved the National Emergency Flood Preparedness and Response …

A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday watched the video recording of the lifeless body of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, allegedly murdered on 15th June, last year. An undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, and one Adedapo Quadri are standing trial for Ataga’s murder. They were arraigned alongside Ojukwu’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu, who is …

The federal approval recently granted the Lagos State Government to embark on the development of a passenger and cargo airport on the Lekki-Epe axis of the State has been officially presented. On Tuesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu received the Federal Government’s instrument authorising the state to commence the airport project. Minister for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika presented the document to the …

The list of National Honours Award is resplendent with names of personalities who have paid their dues through impacts on the Nigerian nation and her citizens Senator Tolu Odebiyi who bags Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) couldn’t have missed the list judging by his contributions on the floor of the Senate where he chairs the Federal Capital …

Former Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has expressed his condolences to his successor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo over a boat mishap involving 85 persons in the Ogbaru Local Government Area. Thirty passengers in the 85-seater boat have yet to be accounted for when search and rescue were called off as a result of nightfall on Saturday. In a statement …