Kano State Government has approved Friday, 28 February 2025 as the date for second term vacation for all day and boarding public/private primary and post-primary schools in the state. Therefore, parents/guardians of pupils and students in boarding schools are to convey their wards home by the early hours of Friday. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the …

The Akwa Ibom State Government has declared Friday, 29 November, 2024, as a work-free day in honour of the late First Lady, Mrs Patience Eno. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Enobong Uwah, in Uyo, the state capital, on Wednesday, noted that the decision is to enable Akwa Ibomites and other well-wishers to pay their last respects …

Ahead of Saturday’s local government elections, the Ogun State Government has approved Friday, 15 November 2024, as a work-free day. This, according to the government, is to enable public and civil servants who desire to travel to their various Local Government Areas to perform their civic duty to do so without any hitch. In a statement on Thursday, by the …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that the Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2024 (second series) would begin from Friday, 25 October and run till Friday, 20 December 2024. A statement by WAEC on Tuesday stated that the examination would adopt the hybrid mode of delivering the examination, adding that the registration period …

President Bola Tinubu is set to swear in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria tomorrow. The swearing-in ceremony is billed to take place on August 23, 2024, at the State House Council Chambers. Kekere-Ekun will succeed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who retired Thursday. The President “will swear in Justice Ariwoola’s successor at the State House Council Chambers on …

President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday, receive a draft bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria. The proposed legislation authored by a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-cultural association, Afenifere, Mr. Akin Fapohunda, and titled: “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with New Governance Model for the Federal …

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will land in Nigeria on Friday, for a three-day private visit. Harry and Meghan are visiting Nigeria on the invitation of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa to interact with wounded soldiers, according to a statement on Thursday by the Director Sports at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), …

The Federal Government has declared Friday, 29th March and Monday, 1st April 2024 as public holidays to mark the celebrations of this year’s Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Aishetu Ndayako, on Wednesday. Tunji-Ojo …

The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, announced that there will be no vehicular movement as well as movement of canoes, ships and other means of transportation via waterways in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states, starting from Friday. Egbetokun, who said the decision was in line with measures put in place to ensure free, fair and credible elections in …