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By Halimah Olamide Chairman of the UBA Group Mr. Tony Elumelu, has been scheduled to deliver the keynote address during the opening ceremony of 4th edition of the ECOWAS Mining and Petroleum Forum (ECOMOF 2024) scheduled to take place at the Palais des Congrès in Cotonou, Benin. The event will take place from February 22 to February 24, 2024. A statement made available to the NPO Reports said the regional event is expected to see a large gathering of key players and stakeholders in the mining and petroleum sectors of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It added…

By Femi Alabi Following the controversies trailing the All Progressives Congress APC Governoship primary in Edo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would only reckon with the exercise conducted at the venue communicated by the national leadership of the party. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha held that the venue communicated to INEC by the APC national leadership was Lushville Hotel and Suites. Onuoha noted that, by the decision of the Supreme Court, only the national leadership of a political party and not the state leadership could determine the venue…

By Femi Alabi The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU has said it will shut down activities in Nigeria universities if the backlog of salaries owed it’s members are not paid. The National President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, complained about the union’s exclusion from the payment of the withheld salaries. He insisted that it was a great injustice against SSANU, saying the union was in no way angry that Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU was paid but it deserved to be paid too. The salaries were withheld when the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari invoked…

By Femi Alabi Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has directed that Nigerians from the geopolitical zone should not partake in any planned national protest. President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who gave the directive said he had received entreaties requesting him to call Nigerians from the geopolitical zone to join in the violent demonstration across country. He said the economists and experts would proffer advice to President Bola Tinubu on the economy, and Igbos would rally round the president to ensure that he completed his tenure. “As your leader, I am directing that no Igbo group or community in Nigeria…

By Femi Alabi The Federal Government has installed 30-second biometric clearance gates for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at all international airports across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo stated this on Monday in Abuja when he undertook a tour of the new biometric equipment installed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Command and Control Centre at the NIS headquarters, also in the nation’s capital. He said that the facilities would ensure effective and efficient management of international passengers in the country. Tunji-ojo said the biometric gates can screen and clear a passenger within…

As WSCIJ Unveils “Who Leads The Newsroom and News?” By Halimah Olamide Newsrooms that reflect the society makes newspapers stronger. This was the submission of the former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, Mr. Emeka Izeze as he spoke at the unveiling of the latest report by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalsim, Who Leads the Newsroom and News? Izeze, who is also the boss of Frontfoot Media, spoke just as other media industry captains discussed the male-female parity in newsrooms and the effect of editorial coverage. Izeze recalled how at The Guardian, the company became more intentional in…

By Femi Alabi The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that for All Progressive Congress APC seeking to allocate President Tinubu’s statutory duties to State Governors, the APC has admitted that it foisted on Nigerians an incompetent President who cannot guarantee security and whose administration has devastated the country’s national economy resulting in extreme hunger, The PDP in a statement on it’s official X handle signed by Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP slammed APC and the Federal Government for attacking State governors elected on the platform of the PDP for speaking out against the failures of President…

A don, Prof. Olufemi Ajayi, says the Federal Government must revamp all the nation’s river basins to encourage all-year-round farming to increase production and curb food inflation in the country. Ajayi of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said majority of the facilities at the river basins had been abandoned for too long, thereby becoming obsolete. He said the government must re-invigorate the nation’s river basins to produce food all-year-round, saying is…

The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC) in collaboration with the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria(PCN) have sealed off 1,321 medicine stores for operating illegally in Kano. Mr Francis Ononiwu, the Director Investigation and Enforcement NAFDAC, made this known while addressing newsmen on Monday in Kano. He said the joint operations took place on Saturday and Sunday Feb.17 and Feb.18. He said the stores were located in the Malam ealed Kato Square,Niger Street and Sabon Gari Market Kano. “The enforcement action was to ensure medical dealers relocate to Coordinated wholesale centre(CWC) in Dangwauro, along Zaria Road Kano. “This…

By Halimah Olamide A nine year old lion has killed a zoo technologist at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife on Osun State on Monday. News of the lion attack went viral on campus as many wondered whether the lion broke the zoo fence. it was later found that the lion had killed one of the technologists of the zoo Mr. Bode Olawuyi who according to statement from the university has been taking care of the lion since birth 9 years ago. A statement by the university said the Bice Chancellor Prof Bamire hurriedly ended a meeting that was going…