President Buhari Approves N320bn University Intervention Funds
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N320,345,040, 835 as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja yesterday during TETFund’s annual strategic…
Nigerian Army Achieving Self-sufficiency In Defence Production – COAS
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the Nigerian Army is on course towards achieving self-sufficiency in defence production. Yahaya said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the closing of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter…
How I waited 10 Years To Kill Friend Who Snatched My Boyfriend — Suspect Confesses
A shocking incident occurred in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 26, when a young woman named Anita Ofili allegedly stabbed her friend, Glory Okon, to death, Nigerian Tribune reports. Ofili was arrested and has since revealed that she had been waiting…
Foundation Advocates Nationwide Domestications Of National Youth Policy
Promad Foundation, a civic tech nonprofit organisation, has called for the domestication of the National Youth Policy (NYP) 2019-2023 by the remaining 34 states for effective youth civic participation . Mr Daisi Omokungbe, Founder and Executive Director of Promad Foundation,…
NWC Crisis: APC Sets Up Five-man Reconciliation Committee
Amid allegations of lack of transparency against Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, national chairman and secretary, respectively of the All Progressives Congress, the Party National Working Committee (NWC) has set up a five-man investigative and reconciliation committee. The committee…
Anthony Joshua Fought Franklin Like a Lion, Says Sports Minister
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare on Sunday congratulated Anthony Joshua, Nigerian-born former world heavyweight boxing champion, for defeating his opponent, Jermaine Franklin in an international bout on Saturday. Dare noted in his congratulatory message that Joshua…
Army Veterans Seek Review Of Retirement Age
The Nigerian Army Veterans have called for a review of the retirement age of serving personnel with a view to maximize the potential of specialists. The veterans made the call on Friday in a communique issued at the end of…
FG To Create Portal For Senior Citizens To Work After Retirement
The federal government has said that it will create a portal to engage, re-engineer and reactivate the capacity of older people who wish to continue working after retirement. Emem Omokaro, the director-general of the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), said…
CJN Ariwoola Disguises on Wheelchair for Secret Meeting with Tinubu in London – The Gazette Reports
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, has allegedly been sighted in London, United Kingdom pretending to be a physically-challenged old man, for a secret meeting with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to Peoples Gazette, Supreme Court sources…
Ekweremadu, Wife, Doctor Found Guilty Of Organ Trafficking
Nigeria’s Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery…
Why Buhari, CJN Must Not Swear-in Tinubu – Baba-Ahmed
The vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, has called into question the constitutionality of swearing in the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29. Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, was declared the winner of the presidential…
