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Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, on Thursday, described as “very scary” some findings submitted to him by a committee he constituted and tasked with conducting basic literacy and numeracy competency assessment of 17,229 local education authority teachers across the 27 local government areas of the state. The state Commissioner …

The Presidency has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is healthier than most young Nigerians criticizing him over his health. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Nigerians were now appreciating the fact that the President is in good health. Shehu spoke on Thursday in an interview …

At the European Union – African Union summit in Brussels today WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines on the African continent. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia all applied and have been selected …

No one would have expected major political rifts between ex-governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and one of his protégés, Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola – minister for interior and ex-governor of Osun State. The recent attack on Tinubu by Aregbesola is evidence of their ‘secret but cold war’. Taking a …

The Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Prof. Ike Ekweremadu, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for providing good governance in the state. Senator Ekweremadu, thrice Deputy Senate President, also applauded Gov. Ugwuanyi for the leadership he is providing in Enugu State, and for …

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ATTENDS MEETING OF AFRICAN LEADERS AT AU-EU SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS. FEB 17TH 2022

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has been applauded for his “forthrightness and sincerity” in adopting the recommendations of the six-man panel set up to examine the Ikoyi building collapse. The 21-storey structure went down on November 1, last year. During a telephone interview with the Commissioner for …

The forthcoming convention of Nigeria’s All Progressive Congress (APC) has split governors elected under the political party into three different groups. THISDAY gathered that while the group of second term governors want the convention to hold as planned and are assiduously working towards settling for a candidate; the second group …

A pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) group, APC Great Minds, has written a rejoinder to the open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by the sacked Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Moh. Lukman. Recall that Lukman had in his letter on Tuesday, alleged plans to sabotage the scheduled February …

The Edo State Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, took a tour of the Lekki Deep Sea Port being constructed in the Lagos Free Zone. The governor was accompanied on the tour by the Special Adviser on Strategy, Policy, Projects and Performance Management, Mrs. Sarah Ajose-Adeogun, and Engr. …