Day: August 17, 2024
Tinubu addresses bottlenecks to universal education – Shettima
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Thursday says President Bola Tinubu’s administration is working assiduously to tame all bottlenecks to universal education in the country.
According to him , this is being championed through the ongoing reforms of th…
16th IBB junior golf open: Enthusiasts call for sustainable future
Some sports enthusiasts in Abuja have called for the consolidation of golf’s future in the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was the main thrust at the 16th edition of the IBB Junior Golf Open at the IBB International Golf a…
Riding the turbulence rattling Nigeria’s aviation industry
Over the years, Nigeria’s aviation sector has shown resilience in the face of daunting challenges such as perennial scarcity of aviation fuel known in the industry as Jet A1 and high exchange rates and its multiplier effects on aircraft maintenance an…
Chinese coy plotting to strip Nigeria of assets – Presidency
The Presidency is aware of failed attempts by Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd., a Chinese company, to take over offshore assets of Nigeria through subterfuge.
Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strate…
The gains of Tinubu’s Equatorial Guinea visit
The three-day visit of President Bola Tinubu to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, has come and gone, but the visit has left in its wake salient points for conversations on the benefits or otherwise.
As some are want to believe, Nigeria has probably little t…
Court sentences 14-yrs-old boy to 6 months in juvenile home
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 14-year old boy who stole two grinding machines be kept in a juvenile home for six months.
The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the minor after he pleaded guilty to the cri…
8 in police net over alleged ritual killing
The Police Command in Oyo State has detained eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known while presenting the suspects at the comm…
FRSC hands over accident victim N1m, other items to family
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FCT Sector Command, has returned over N1 million and other valuables to the family of an accident victim, who lost his life in a ghastly car crash.
Speaking, at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, the Sector Commander…