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Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Monday said at least N1 billion will be collected annually as education levy to be deducted from the salaries of civil and public servants in the state. Tambuwal made this known while inaugurating a 27-man Education Revitalisation and Strengthening Committee chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, at the 2017 …

Eight weeks after his departure for medical treatment, the presidency at the weekend released the first recorded message from President Muhammadu Buhari, where he was heard felicitating with Nigerians in the Hausa language on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fast. The recording, which was also ostensibly aimed at debunking a news report last week alleging …

After 13 years of enriching Nigerian, Popular TV game show, Who Wants to be a Millionaire will be going off air indefinitely. The suspension of the programme was announced on Sunday in a series of tweets on the show’s official Twitter page, @WWTBAM. Though details behind the indefinite suspension are still unclear, reports said the game’s major sponsor, MTN Nigeria, …

A bridge that is being constructed at a cost of $12m has collapsed. It is being constructed by the Chinese Overseas Construction and Engineering Company. The bridge collapsed two weeks after the president visited the site to examine the ongoing work. The construction of the bridge was approved after the event of August 30, 2014, when 11 people perished after …

By Odeon Kodalo Unhappy with the rate of helpless children in the oil-rich state of Edo in Nigeria, Businessman-turned politician and Governor of the state, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has asked those planning to celebrate his 58th birthday to stop. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. John Mayaki, who disclosed this in Benin City recently, said: Mr. Obaseki is …

Some church leaders in Nigeria have disagreed with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, over his recent statement that for corruption to be completely eradicated in the country, the fight against the menace must start from churches. Those who spoke, said rather than blame the church for the government’s failure to effectively address the menace, Osinbajo should empower the nation’s anti-graft …

The Co-Convener of the Coalition of Northern Groups and leader of Arewa Consultative Youth Forum, Shettima Yerima, has accused human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, of living in the past, following the latter’s statement implying that the former should not be taken seriously. Falana had on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja described Yerima as a “Lagos man.” “The …

Former Chief of Army Staff and prominent member of the defunct National Democratic Coalition, Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd.), in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE, talks about restructuring Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari’s protracted illhealth and agitation for an independent state of Biafra Can the country succeed without restructuring? I do not see us going far at all under the regime (of …

Two years after its dissolution, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo thursday inaugurated new members of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), the body responsible for making decisions on the sale and liberalisation of government’s interests in national assets and companies. According to a statement in Abuja by the Head of Public Communications in the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the secretariat …

Councils have been ripping down cladding from tower blocks as testing after the Grenfell Tower blaze raised concerns over the safety of the buildings. Two buildings in Portsmouth and one in north London were having cladding removed as a precautionary measure, it emerged on Friday. The emergency measures were taken as thousands of tower block residents around the UK were …