April 2025 – Page 17

Defections To APC Driven By Tinubu’s Performance

28.04.2025

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has attributed the recent wave of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s performance, rather than partisan calculations. He made the remark while formally receiving Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori into the APC, alongside Vice President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman Abdullahi...

FG Directs WAEC, NECO To Adopt CBT Exams Mode

28.04.2025

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, on Monday directed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) to adopt full Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for all their examinations by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa gave the directive during the monitoring of the ongoing exams alongside JAMB officials,...

Enugu Reps Caucus Backs Concessioning Of State Airport

28.04.2025

The Enugu State Caucus in the House of Representatives has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government’s plan to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, describing it as a potential catalyst for the South East economy. The caucus commended the federal government for the initiative and urged it to hasten the concession process to...

Onitsha South Council Vows Action Against Illegal Refuse Disposal

28.04.2025

The Onitsha South Local Government Council has announced strict enforcement measures against “flip tipping” of refuse along major highways—including the River Niger Head Bridge—and within the drug market area. Also, the council has distributed ten refurbished waste receptacles to key commercial locations to bolster its sanitation drive. Speaking to reporters at the council headquarters in...

Workers’ Safety, Health Non-Negotiable Priority

28.04.2025

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Seun Faleye, has emphasized that the safety and health of Nigerian workers remain a non-negotiable priority for the Fund’s management. Faleye spoke on Monday in Abuja at a conference marking the International Labour Organization’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Instituted in...

Afenifere Urges FG To Enforce Anti-Terrorism Laws

28.04.2025

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere has called on the Federal Government to urgently enforce existing anti-terrorism legislation and implement the National Counter-Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST) in response to a recent surge in terrorist attacks across Nigeria’s North East, North Central, and North West regions. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, Afenifere...

Monarch Commended For Peaceful Leadership

28.04.2025

Stakeholders of Ekpri Nsukara Offot Village Council and residents of the community in Akwa Ibom State have unanimously passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of their village head, Eteidung Emem Denis Asikpo. Rising from an enlarged community meeting held on Sunday at the Palace of the Village Head, the Village Council — comprising...

NAF Gets First Serving Professor Of Aerospace Engineering

28.04.2025

The Governing Council of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), has approved the appointment of AVM Osichinaka Ubadike, a serving officer, as Professor of Aerospace Engineering. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, yesterday in Abuja. Ejodame said the appointment...

Sanwo-Olu Faults Peter Obi’s Comment On Poverty In Nigeria

28.04.2025

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State Governor, on Sunday faulted the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over comments he made about Nigeria during a recent appearance at Johns Hopkins University in the United States (US). Responding specifically to Obi’s criticism of the current administration’s economic policies and claims that they were worsening poverty, Sanwo-Olu...

240 Kano Workers Receive Double Payments, 217 Share Same BVN – Govt

28.04.2025

Kano State Government yesterday said it had uncovered irregularities on its payroll involving 240 employees receiving double payments and 217 others having the same Bank Verification Number (BVN). Special Adviser to the Governor on Civil Service Matters and Chairman of the State Coordinating Committee, Dr Sulaiman Sani, disclosed this at a press briefing in Kano....