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The Federal Government says it has completed a comprehensive review of school curricula for basic, senior secondary and technical education aimed to make Nigerian learners “future-ready.” The Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, and made available to newsmen on Sunday….
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Reverend Matthew Kukah, on his 73rd birthday. This was contained in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Tinubu said Kukah is a highly revered priest, whose compassion for the poor and underprivileged continues to influence…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to urgently reverse the new passport fees announced by the Nigeria Immigration Service. In a statement on Sunday, SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, described the increase as arbitrary, unlawful, and discriminatory against poor Nigerians. The group said decision would amount to a denial…
A former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has died. Arase, 69, was said to have passed away on Sunday at the Cedar Crest Hospital in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the death to newsmen. He said the police authorities would soon issue a statement on the matter. Arase,…
A university don, Prof. Ben Binebai, has applauded the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) for throwing its weight behind the quest for justice and fairness by the marginalised Ijaw and Urhobo communities in the Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State. Binebai, a professor of Theatre Arts with the Niger Delta University (NDU), lauded…
By Uko Okon Operatives of the Akwa Ibom Police Command have arrested a notorious human trafficker, Alex Omosivie, a 47-year-old male from Edo State, for trafficking young women to various African countries for prostitution and other illicit activities. The arrest was made on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at a hotel along Ring…
The Cuban Government has rejected the current deployment of United States military forces in the Caribbean Sea, stating that this action represents a serious threat and an aggressive show of force against the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cuba further said this action ignores the commitment of the…
The Movement for the Transformation of Nigeria, (MOTiON), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has expressed the need for Nigerians to confront government with the challenges they are facing as a result of absence of good governance especially as regards insecurity and non-availability of needed infrastructure. The NGO made the call at the weekend during a visit…
A 75-year-old grandpa Uchelue Ikechukwu was among six suspects arrested with illicit substances in raids by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of Anambra state just as 30-year-old Alfa Andrew was taken into custody following the destruction of 178,750 kilogrammes of skunk on his 71.5 hectares of cannabis farm in…
By Uko Okon The Akwa Ibom Government has dismissed the allegation of 15 percent deduction of workers’ salaries for tithe in the state as false and malicious. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Aniekan Umanah disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Sunday. According to him, the report making the round is “a reckless fabrication,…
