In a significant stride towards promoting inclusive education, the Ekiti State Government has launched a two-day training program for teachers from both special and mainstream schools. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the Adolescent Girl’s Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) and the Office of the Special Adviser on Special Education and Social Inclusion….
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed Fisayo Oladipo, a former youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owo, in the Owo local government area of Ondo state. The ugly event was said to have occurred at around 2.am on Monday morning, when the gunmen stormed his house in Owo to perpetrate the…
Delta State Governor, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has strongly criticized the economic policies of the APC-led government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing them as a “pathway to poverty” for Nigerians. In a scathing statement, Oborevwori attributed the severe hunger, poverty, and mass unemployment gripping the country to the economic measures introduced by the APC administration,…
The Delta State Police Command has been accused of allegedly torturing a 24-year-old man, Paul Obukowho, to death. This is as the Police Public Relations Officer of the state Command, SP Bright Edafe, said the deceased was not tortured and if the family feels there is any foul play, an autopsy is the last resort….
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has bagged the French Government Award in Plastic Waste Management in Nigerian Campuses, attracting €50,000 research grant. The award which was presented by the French Embassy in Nigeria on Wednesday 11th October, 2024,noted that a total of €753,000 was earmarked to help Universities across Nigeria develop innovative, adaptive and sustainable…
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr, has said that there’s no evidence to back the allegation that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the Boko Haram terrorist group in the country. Mills made the calcification while speaking with newsmen shortly after his presentation at the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) meeting…
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. According to him, the action betrays the spirit of federalism, adding that such a declaration mirrored how the Constitution put too much power in the hands of the president. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Tinubu, on Tuesday,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde have clashed over the recently conducted local government elections in Osun State, with both sides trading accusations over the legitimacy and conduct of the polls. The APC, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to withhold allocations to local government areas in Osun State, following what…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has reportedly ordered the arrest of six commissioners and a local government chairman over alleged contract violations. The officials are accused of breaching the terms of constructing 140 housing units for the Izzo and Amaze communities, which were displaced by the Ezilo/Ezza Ezilo communal crisis in Ishielu Local Government…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, says she will present evidence to support her allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Speaking on Thursday during her appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, the Kogi senator said the evidence would be presented “at the right time”. “At the right time and at…