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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has accused the African Democratic Congress of failing to pay its workers for more than 12 months, arguing that a political party unable to meet its obligations to employees should not be entrusted with governing Nigeria. The council’s spokesperson, Dele Alake, made the allegation in a statement issued […]
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Edoba Omoregie (SAN), has described the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as a major public policy achievement, arguing that its structure offers advantages over student loan systems in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Omoregie, however, expressed disappointment over the level of interest […]
President Bola Tinubu has urged the West African College of Physicians to develop practical solutions to the growing migration of doctors from Nigeria and other West African countries in search of better opportunities abroad. The President reportedly gave the charge during a meeting with the college’s leadership, which disclosed the development at a press conference […]
Polysmart Packaging Limited says its expanded plastic recycling facility in Mowe, Ogun State, will have the capacity to process as many as 6.5 billion discarded plastic bottles annually as the company seeks to strengthen Nigeria’s response to mounting plastic waste. The $60 million facility, which will be commissioned on Thursday, is designed to process up […]
The Director of the Kaduna International Film Festival (KADIFF), Audu Israel, has called for increased government investment and fewer restrictions on filmmakers in Northern Nigeria, saying inadequate funding, limited access to modern equipment and weak institutional support are holding back the region’s film industry. Israel said the challenges had constrained filmmakers’ creative freedom, reduced their […]
American singer, Chris Brown has been handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, over an attack on music producer Abraham Diaw at a London nightclub in February 2023. The 37-year-old Grammy-winning artiste was sentenced on Monday, October 26, at Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty to affray in July. The suspended sentence means […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold separate talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Kremlin has announced. The meetings come as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran intensify. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has pledged to run an issue-based campaign ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party has also declared that it will not engage in electoral malpractice and has cautioned politicians and their supporters against violence and inflammatory statements that could threaten the peace of the state. […]
Iran and three members of the Mecca defence pact, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, have agreed to continue discussions after a high-level meeting in Tehran on Monday, according to an official Iranian statement carried by the Fars news agency. The participants said they would work to strengthen cooperation among the four countries, with the […]
Nigeria currently has no confirmed Ebola case following the evacuation of the country’s only identified patient and her husband to Switzerland, the World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Prof. Mohamed Janabi, has said. Janabi disclosed this on Monday after the infected woman and her husband, who was being monitored as a contact, were flown […]
