By Omowumi Samuel in Abuja. The re-appointed Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has pledged to continue to provide good leadership to the Nigerian University System, NUS, as well as the National Universities Commission. Professor Rasheed made the pledge when he assumed office on Monday, after the announcement of his…
By Correspondent in Abuja. It is with a great sense of urgency and duty that I have called this press conference intended to sensitize the Media and general public on the Cholera outbreak in the country and the efforts being made by the Federal Ministry of Environment to contain the scourge. 2. As you are…
From Shuaibu Zubair Tatu, Birnin Kebbi The Police in Kebbi State have issued cheques totalling N6.9 million to 12 families who lost officers in active service to the country. The Commissioner of Police in Kebbi, CP Musa Baba, presented the cheques to the families at a ceremony in the command in Birnin Kebbi, a statement…
Emmanuel kehinde, Ilorin A veteran journalist and former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has canvassed a framework he called “Participatory Media Accountability System”, to make the mass media in the country accountable to the people. According to him, the public-driven mechanism for the regulation of media operations that would ensure the…
By ABAH ADAH, Abuja The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said it has concluded arrangements to appeal a recent judgement by a Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital in which one of its employees was convicted for what the court described as unlawful disconnection of a customer of the electricity distribution company….
By Goodluck Ikiebe The Junior Africa Handball Women Championship, which was to hold early in September in Conakry, Guinea, has been moved by a week by the Confederation of Africa Handball (CAHB). In a letter to the Presidents of the participating Nation federations by the Secretary General of the continent’s handball governing body, Charles Omoboumaho,…
REJECTION OF NATIONAL AWARD Press Statement on the published National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) on me: My Reaction At the weekend, notably on Friday, 12th December, 2008, it was published in most of the newspapers in Nigeria that the Federal Government of Nigeria has honoured me with the…
By Dada Ahmed ActionAid has urged Nigerian Journalists to guard against sensationalization of news, to ensuring the realisation of the full implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 16. Murtala Abubakar Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals/Focal Person, Nasarawa SDG office, made the disclosure at a 2- Day Media Master Class on Preventing Violent…
By Correspondent in Minna The Department of State Security Services (DSS), Niger state has described reports portraying the state as ‘unsecure’ is far from the present realities on ground because it does not reflect the exact picture on ground. The Deputy Director of the Command, Mr Martins Eze, who made the declaration at the 2021…
By Correspondent in Minna. Members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria,(SWAN) have decried the poor sporting activities in the state with a call on Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello-led government to change the development for good. One of the several of dilapidated sporting facilities(Squash court) in Minna begging for rehabilitation. SWAN members who…
