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President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, informing both the Senate and the House of Representatives that he will, at noon tomorrow, Thursday, present the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The presentation of the Appropriation Bill will be made during a joint session of both chambers. President Buhari made this known in a letter dated October 5, and read during …

A Nigerian Teacher, Dr Peter Ogudoro, has won an award by Facebook as one of the world’s amazing virtual community managers for developing a “most helpful and engaged educators’ platform called Nigerian Teachers’’. This is contained in a media release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the platform, Nigerian Teachers. The platform said that the award …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the first malaria vaccine in history. WHO experts concluded that the vaccine, Mosquirix, could save tens of thousands of lives every year, saying “the real-world test of the jab showed it prevented 30% of severe cases of malaria even in areas with high uptake of other measures, such as bed nets impregnated with insecticide.” In …

On September 28, Governor Nasir El-Rufai had a live media chat on major radio stations in Kaduna. He spoke on diverse issues including investments in the state and the controversial response of northern governors to a demand for power shift by their southern counterparts. Read excerpts of the interview below. Question: You have had a busy September. So much has gone on …

The Nigerian Government Wednesday gave an indication that it might declare a state of emergency in Anambra if the incessant killings and rising insecurity in the state persists. This, it said, is so as to protect the sanctity of the scheduled November 6 governorship election in the state. Attorney of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, gave the …

Edo State First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki has said the just-concluded Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament (BOWFT) will guarantee better opportunities for the girl-child, reassuring the government’s commitment to ensuring that every female child in the state realizes her fullest potentials. The tournament, with the theme, ‘promoting the girl-child,’ ended at the weekend with the 2021 Aiteo Cup champions, Bayelsa …

Hundreds of thousands of children were abused in the Catholic Church in France over the past 70 years, an independent commission concluded on Tuesday. The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) published its final report on Oct. 5 at a live-streamed presentation in Paris. The almost 2,500-page report said that an estimated 216,000 children were abused by priests, deacons, monks, or …

…assigns portfolios to commissioners Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in 11 commissioners and two Special Advisers as members of the Edo State Executive Council (EXCO). The commissioners and their portfolios include: Joseph Eboigbe is the Commissioner for Finance; Prof. Obehi Akoria, Health; Mrs. Otse Momoh-Omorogbe, Budget and Planning; Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, Education; Isoken Omo, Physical Planning and …

Port Harcourt, Nigeria – A coalition of thirty-two (32) Civil Society Organizations based in the oil-rich Niger Delta drawn from Human Rights, Host Oil Communities, Women Groups, Faith Based and Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs) has hailed the appointment of Isiyaku Abdullahi as the Managing Director, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), describing his appointment as “a square peg in a …

By Okhide Em’ya David & Bob MajiriOghene-Etemiku Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has uncovered a toxic waste  dump site allegedly built  by Shell in Kdere, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State.ERA/FoEN in a press statement,  signed by its Programme Director, Barrister Mike Karikpo, stated that a team of its Environmental Field Monitors visited Lot 13 and …