Educationists have condemned some parents and school owners for excluding primary six classes, describing it as a violation of the country’s 6-3-3-4 academic system. A scholar, Faculty of Law at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulrazaq Alaro, noted that a lack of compliance with the 6-3-3-4 education system had fostered underage admissions in the country….
Abia State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, (ABSACA), has pledged to ensure that it will continue to carry out Free medical/ HTS outreaches across the 17 LGAs of the State in line with the mandate given by the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti. The Director General of ABSACA Dr. Mrs. Uloaku Emma-Ukaegbu,…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has declared ‘Operation Feed Everybody’ in the state and distributed agro-inputs to 2, 000 farmers. Nwifuru made the declaration during the official flag-off of agro-inputs and asset distribution at the FADAMA office, Onuebonyi, in Abakaliki on Thursday. The governor, represented by his Deputy Governor Patricia Obila, said that the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has restated its avowed commitment to respect and obey Orders and Judgments of Courts in Nigeria. The Commission made its position known when it rose from its recent weekly Management meeting. A source who pleaded anonymity stated that the Commission acknowledged receipt of the Order made by a Federal High…
President Bola Tinubu has revealed the location of the sponsors behind the planned nationwide protest. The protest has been scheduled to be held across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, in August. Food and basic commodities prices have skyrocketed recently. Nigerians are facing one of the worst…
Professor Chukwuma Soludo,The Governor of Anambra State, has mourned the passing of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Thursday July 25, 2024 at the age of 82 years after a brief illness. In his condolence message, Governor Soludo expressed profound sadness on the passage of the elder statesman, describing it as…
Philip Shaibu, the reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, has opened up about his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shaibu, who recently paid a courtesy visit to the APC National Working Committee in Abuja, attributed his defection to the dictatorial behavior of his former principal,…
The Senate has passed, for first reading, a bill aimed at enhancing fiscal transparency in local government administration. The bill, known as the “Local Government Fiscal Accountability Bill 2024 (SB, 549),” mandates the publication of monthly allocations to all Local Government Areas from the Federation Account. Senator Saliu Mustapha, representing Kwara Central and the bill’s…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to provide security cover for the demonstrators ahead of the planned nationwide protest in August. The protest, scheduled to hold from August 1 to August 10, is against the current economic hardship in the country. The TUC President, Festus Osifo, briefed…
It was a moment of joy and encomium in Ebenator, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday, as the people of the community rained praises on the State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo; the Local Government Transition Committee Chairman, Hon. Van George Ezeogidi (Ijele Utuh); and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA),…
