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Adamawa Govt Rejects Atiku’s Flood Response Criticism As Unfair

28.07.2025

The Adamawa State Government has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s suggestion that it was unprepared or inactive during recent floods as “unfair and misleading,” stressing that it responded swiftly and effectively to the disaster that killed and displaced hundreds of residents across the state. In a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the...

Reps Committed To Tackling Religious, Racial Discrimination In Nigeria- Abbas

28.07.2025

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the parliament is committed to combating all forms of religious and racial discrimination to ensure peaceful coexistence of Nigerians. He gave the assurance while declaring open the 2025 Interfaith Legislative Roundtable Engagement organized by the House of Representatives in Abuja on Monday. Represented...

Thousands Of Scavengers, Scraps Dealers Endorse Soludo’s Re-election

28.07.2025

As the November 8, 2025 Anambra governorship election draws closer, group, Anambra State Scraps Dealers and Scavengers Association (ASSDSA) has pledged to rally grassroots support for Governor Charles Soludo, to ensure his second term victory. State chairman of the association, Mr. Azubuike Stephen Igboke, who read out resolutions of the association during monthly get-together of...

TFA Raises Alarm Over Surge In Child Malnutrition In Nigeria

28.07.2025

A non-governmental charity organisation with headquarters in New Hampshire, USA, Tilova For Africa (TFA), has expressed deep concern over the surge in child malnutrition in Nigeria. According to the non-profit organisation, child malnutrition in Nigeria is a big issue, resulting in stunting, wasting, and underweight among children under five. Tilova For Africa noted that a recent...

Fayose Endorses Tinubu, Oyebanji For Second Term

28.07.2025

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State for a second term in office ahead of the 2027 general elections. Fayose who made this known while speaking at a political gathering in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, declared his support for the re-election of...

NGF Commiserates With People, Govt Of Adamawa

28.07.2025

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed saddened by the reports of heavy flooding in Yola North and Yola South Local Government Areas, Adamawa State, with reported loss of lives, properties, and displacement of residents. The Forum, in a statement by its Chairman, Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, said: “We identify with the people...

Anglican Primate Suggests Way to Advance Education

28.07.2025

Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, says collaboration among government, private and religious sectors is key to educational advancement. Ndukuba stated this at the Diocese of Abuja, Anglican International Academy (AIA), Zhidu, Abuja’ maiden graduation ceremony yesterday. The clergy emphasised the need for the government to collaborate with private...

HYPREP’s Environmental Restoration Effort Gains Recognition

28.07.2025

The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has gained recognition for its efforts in restoring the environment in Ogoniland. The non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) comprising the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (LSD) and Friends of the Earth International commended HYPREP for the significant milestone recorded under Nenibarini Zabbey as Project Coordinator when they visited project...

Adamawa Residents Cry for Help As Flood Rocks Lives, Property

28.07.2025

A prolonged night downpour, which started around 11pm of Saturday night through yesterday, has unleashed severe flooding in parts of Yola North and Yola South Local Government Areas of Adamawa State. The downpour which took many residents unaware within the metropolis left behind trail of destruction, loss of lives, while rendering hundreds of residents displaced....

ILCS Wants Stakeholders’ Collaboration For Ethical Society

28.07.2025

The Institute of Leadership, Coaching and Strategy (ILCS) has called upon government agencies, private corporations, educational institutions, and international partners to collaborate in building a more ethical, visionary, and prosperous society. The institute made this call in a communique issued on Monday July 28, 2025, at the end of its maiden Leadership Retreat held as...