February 2025 – Page 61

African Parliamentarians Engagement Appoints Ex-Kano Rep, Sharada Director

21.02.2025

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon. Sha’aban Sharada has been appointed by the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum (PI-SF) as the Director for African Parliamentarians Engagement and a member of its Steering Committee. PI-SF is a global platform chaired by United States Congressman, Robert Pittenger that brings together lawmakers,...

Call Your Wife To Order: Groups Tell Uduaghan

21.02.2025

A Coalition group known as Niger Delta Renaissance has called on Emmanuel Uduaghan, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s husband to caution his wife over her Thursday outburst on the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio during plenary. New Telegraph recalls that a controversy occurred at the Senate on Thursday during plenary where Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan the lawmaker representing Kogi Central...

ProjKonnect Announces N375m Partnership Deal To Drive Digital Education Across Africa

21.02.2025

Nigeria’s leading edutech firm, ProjKonnect, has announced a N375 million partnership-driven sponsorship with Digital Africa Global Consult, the Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition organisers, for the next five years. This is aimed at deepening digital education by leveraging the strength of a viable platform that showcases technological advancements across the African continent. The strategic launch...

Insult To Religion: Court Convicts Traditionalist Over Quran Burning

21.02.2025

The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan,the Oyo State Capital, has convicted one Olarenwaju John Ifagbemi, in a case bothering on insult to a religion. Delivering judgement on February 18, the trial Judge, Justice N. U Agomoh (Court 1) held that the prosecution was able to addice evidence that satisfied the requirement of Section 204...

Experience Places Me In Better Position To Represent Edo Central –Itulah

21.02.2025

Friday Itulah was Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly and also two-term member of the House of Representatives. In this interview, he speaks on the forthcoming Edo Central Senatorial District by election and why he wants to represent the area, PATRICK OKOHUE reports Why do you think you are the best among the...

Osun: You Can’t Conduct Fresh LG Poll, AGF Tells Adeleke

21.02.2025

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has called on the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke not to conduct any fresh local government election in the state. Fagbemi urged the governor to respect the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, which restored local government officials removed...

‘Far From Home’ By Hope Idani

21.02.2025

‘Far From Home’, like many of its counterparts is a glimpse into a local aspect of the global human trafficking and modern-day slave trade. The second of author Hope Idani’s publication after ‘Breaking The Silence’, the 101 paged book published by Chapuga Publishers in 2024, is an anecdotal manual of sorts, that is devoid of...

FG To Conduct Promotion Exam For Senior Paramilitary Oficers

21.02.2025

The Federal Government has announced plans to commence screening and examinations for senior cadre officers in the nation’s paramilitary services to address existing vacancies at top management levels. The Chairman of the Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Service Board and Minister of Interior, Olubunmi TunjiOjo, disclosed this during a media briefing following the board’s...

Govt Spending Not Reflecting On Welfare Of Nigerians –Adebayo

21.02.2025

Prince Adewole Adebayo was presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 election. In this interview, he speaks on President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the emerging alliance of opposition political parties and the 2027 general elections, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU writes The Tinubu administration will be two years in May, but it...

Photocarrefour 2025 Annual Exhibition Calls For ‘Timeless’ Art

21.02.2025

Abuja-based private art gallery Photocarrefour has announced submission calls for its 2025 annual art exhibition titled ‘Timeless’. With ‘Timeless’ the gallery recognizes the global advancement of technology in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and computation among others, which has inadvertently impacted all walks of life including the arts. Curated by Shadrach Gazuwa, ‘Timeless’ urges artists to...