Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Tinubu declares database clean-up as FG found 6,000 Nigeriens with NIN NIMC logo Tinubu declares database clean-up as FG found 6,000 Nigeriens with NIN The National Identity Management Commission has identified over 6,000 Nigeriens registered on its database with the National Identification Number. This was as President Bola Tinubu directed an inter-ministerial committee to ensure comprehensive data for the National Social Register for the Federal Government’s social investment programmes. A reliable source in the Presidency said that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, briefed the Federal Executive Council on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, on the activities of NIMC, an agency…

Nigeria was not like this, economy, security improved significantly during my tenure Former President Muhammadu Buhari Nigeria was not like this, economy, security improved significantly during my tenure Former President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s economy and security improved significantly during his tenure. Buhari, who led Nigeria from 2015 to 2023 under the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this on Wednesday while receiving members of the Katsina State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) at his country home in Daura. Buhari recalled that he inherited an economy in crisis and a country grappling with severe security challenges which…

We don’t discard JSS, SSS – Alausa Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa We don’t discard JSS, SSS – Alausa. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has debunked media reports suggesting that the federal government has scrapped the Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) and replaced them with a new 12-year uninterrupted basic education model. The minister, who insisted that the reports were not true, explained that he only submitted a proposal seeking to migrate to 12 years of compulsory education while retaining the current 6-3-3-4 structure. The minister had on Thursday during the 2025 Extraordinary National…

Shocking, Dr. Michael Nwoko follows the path of Senator Ned Nwoko, resigns from PDP Michael Nwoko and Senator Ned Nwoko Shocking, Dr. Michael Nwoko follows the path of Senator Ned Nwoko, resigns from PDP PDP In Turmoil As Dr. Michael Nwoko Resigns, Cites Corruption, Betrayal, expresses loyalty to Senator Nwoko. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State has suffered yet another major setback following the resignation of Dr. Michael Nwoko, a political heavyweight and Chief of Staff to Senator Prince Ned Munir Nwoko. His departure, laden with scathing criticism, exposes deep-seated dysfunction within the party and signals an impending…

A’Ibom plays host to Niger Delta sports festival Akwa Ibom governor, Umo Eno A’Ibom plays host to Niger Delta sports festival The Governor of Akwa Ibom, Umo Eno, has expressed the willingness of the state to ensure quality hosting of the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Sports Festival. Eno said this on Friday when a delegation of Niger Delta Development Commission led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, paid a courtesy visit to him in Uyo. The governor noted that sports remained a veritable source of strengthening the existing bonds, amongst Niger Delta states…

Lagos has set up speed limit monitors, fines offenders N50,000 Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos has set up speed limit monitors, fines offenders N50,000 The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, has deployed four new Intelligent Transport System sites to monitor and detect speeding and manage traffic flows. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this during a press briefing on Thursday, stating that the new installations would complement the existing Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras and other Traffic Management Solution devices. “The checkpoint sites are designed to detect overspeeding. One is located at…

Japan PM, Trump for  second summit in US (COMBO) This combination image of two file photos created on February 4, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump (L) speaking to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office in Washington, DC on January 31, 2025; and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) speaking during a press conference with Laos’ prime minister at his office in central Tokyo on January 21, 2025. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet President Donald Trump on a visit to the United States this week, Japan’s top government spokesman said on February 4,…

Maikudi sacked as UniAbuja VC Professor, Lar Patricia Manko replaces Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim (L), receiving an award from the Vice Chancellor of University of Abuja, Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi, at the Faculty of Social Sciences Annual Academic Summit held on Wednesday at UNIABUJA. Maikudi sacked as UniAbuja VC Professor, Lar Patricia Manko replaces In just some hours after conducting the matriculation ceremony at Yakubu Gowon University (University of Abuja), Professor Aisha Maikudi was relieved of her appointment. The development comes less than six weeks after the VC’s appointment. Prof. Maikudi’s removal and the Governing Council dissolution…

Stop Shell, TotalEnergies’ divestments till issues of liabilities settled in Niger Delta – Reps House of representatives • Concerns on surrounding devastation caused by oil exploration in the region. Stop Shell, TotalEnergies’ divestments till issues of liabilities settled in Niger Delta – Reps The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to halt the divestment of oil assets by Shell and TotalEnergies in Nigeria until their outstanding environmental and social liabilities in the Niger Delta are addressed. The resolution followed the adoption of an urgent public importance by the House Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, during Thursday’s plenary session.…

2027: Ogun, political actors and its zoning agreement, will it work? Governor Dapo Abiodun Ogun, political actors and its zoning agreement, will it work? As mementum for the 2027 governorship election gather, the politics of zoning is unsettling political leaders in Ogun State. The people of Ogun West have not produced a governor since the state’s creation in 1976. Now, they are advocating political justice, equity and fairness than the Ogun East and Central zones seem ready to entertain, GBENGA AKINFENWA and AZEEZ OLORUNLOMERU report. If there is any state where the gentleman’s agreement of zoning has not been respected…