Parents are confused in Bauchi, as schools will be shut down for one month following a directive from the Ministry of Education to keep children at home during the month of Ramadan. Vanguard investigations reveal that all pupils will be tasked with writing their exams immediately after returning from the break. Several parents who spoke…
The one million-man march planned by leaders of the #EndBadGovernance protest flopped on Saturday across the country due to low turnout. In different parts of Nigeria, protesters shunned their usual meeting points, which had been occupied by security agents. Organisers of the protest had said the march would signal the end of the 10-day protest…
A non governmental organisation, TOOL Community Development Initiatives, has distributed food items to over 1000 people drawn from various towns in Ibarapa zone of Oyo State. The beneficiaries comprising widows, less privileged, orphanages, people with disabilities and others. Titilope Oguntade Oladele Community Development Initiatives on Monday, distributed food items, sewing machines, deep freezers, hair dryers,…
President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over the national caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. Tuesday’s meeting began at 7:22 p.m. when Tinubu arrived at the venue. It is his first meeting of this nature since assuming the presidency 20 months ago. However, journalists were not allowed…
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Investonaire Academy to train 100,000 young Nigerians every year in foreign exchange trading, as part of efforts to tackle unemployment and drive financial inclusion. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday, signed by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development’s Director of Information and Public…
President Bola Tinubu has advised Nigerians to step up their management skill in reducing electricity bills. “It’s not negative to learn to manage. You learn to control your electricity bill, switch off the light, let’s learn to manage,” Tinubu said on Monday in a chat with reporters at his Bourdillon residence in the highbrow Ikoyi…
Following the consequential adjustment in salary structures by the committee set up by the government to review the new minimum wage, retirees will now receive an increment of N32,000 in their monthly pensions. This was revealed in a memo by the National Salaries, Wages, and Income Commission, sighted on Monday by The PUNCH. According to…
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on residents to exercise their voting rights peacefully, tasking politicians to abide by the rule of law amidst the state’s political crisis. The Governor, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday evening, disclosed that peace has returned to the state after the illegal takeover…
In a shocking turn of events, a nurse popularly known as Yahweh has become a viral sensation after a private mistake went public. The beautiful nurse, renowned for her nickname, is trending because she mistakenly sent her nud€ videos to a church WhatsApp group instead of the intended recipient. The incident, initially meant to be…
Tanzanian authorities have blocked citizens’ access to the microblogging platform X after the hackers compromised the country’s police X account. Netblocks, a platform tracking cybersecurity and digital governance, confirmed on Tuesday that the government of the East African country blocked access to X after hackers compromised and deployed Tanzanian police X handle to falsely announce…