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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has again assured Nigerians that the Buhari administration is not deaf to grievances in parts of the country, disclosing that the government will address them, while urging that such grievances be expressed with grace. This emerged from the Highlights of the series of consultations the Acting President called to interact with leaders from the North, Southeast and the media over the last two weeks between 13 June to 22 June 2017. A statement from the presidency on Tuesday noted that  “the meetings were convened to provide a platform for frank and open discussions between the concerned ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reiterated the need for Nigeria to remain as one, indivisible and united nation, saying the government and people of Rivers will not be part of agitation to break up the country. Speaking Tuesday at the Sultan’s Palace when he led a high-powered delegation of traditional rulers and leaders of thought from Rivers to a sallah visit to Sokoto, Wike said every nation in the world has its peculiar challenges, as such the onus on the leaders of Nigeria is to find lasting solutions to the various challenges confronting the nation. He said there are ...

In pursuance of its mission to uplift the lives of the communities in which the United bank for Africa (Plc) operates, UBA Foundation’s initiative, Read Africa is visiting schools in African countries to encourage young children embrace the culture of reading. Read Africa is an initiative of UBA Foundation geared at rekindling the dwindling reading culture amongst African youths. Conceived and introduced in 2011, by the Foundation, the project involves the provision of recommended Literature for junior and senior secondary school students across the African continent. This year, the foundation has selected the book The Fisherman by Chigozie Obioma as one of the books ...

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, on his appointment by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In a message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki stated that Mohammad bin Salman’s appointment as the heir apparent to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was a testament to the achievements of the young prince since his appointment as the youngest Defense Minister in the World, and Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Council for ...

Kano state government has purchased N2.8 billion high-tech equipment for its newly constructed Giginyu Specialist Hospital in the state capital. The equipment includes a 1. 5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI machine, purchased at the cost of about N500 million, which is the first of its kind to be installed in any public hospital in Nigeria. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive imaging technology often used for disease detection, diagnosis, and treatment monitoring. It is globally accepted that today, the standard for MRI in a clinical setting is a 1.5 Tesla (Magnetic field strength) facility. Speaking during a visit ...

ABUJA – Former Vice President and APC Chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, calls on Nigerians to demonstrate a greater spirit of tolerance and firmer commitment to peaceful coexistence, which he describes as the prerequisite for unity and love in Nigeria. In his Eid-el-Fitr message to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period, Atiku urges Muslims to imbibe the lessons of the fast, which include: self discipline and sacrifice through abstention from eating, drinking and sinful acts. “Abstention from eating and drinking should go a long way to create empathy from the rich towards the poor, making the well to do appreciate ...

A civil rights organisation, Campaign Against Military Impunity, has raised the alarm over alleged recruitment scandal in the Nigerian AirForce. The organisation alleged that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, had compromised standards in the recruitment exercise for non-commissioned officers from the core North. Presently at the Airforce Base in Kaduna, there is ongoing pre-training formalities and tests for successful recruits, where 80 per cent of them are Northerners, CAMI said. The Executive Director of CAMI, Victor Coker, told journalists in Abuja, that the government should carry out an audit of the exercise and courses going on in ...

By Yushau A. Shuaib The sweet memory of my youth service year in an Igboland of Asaba, Delta State in the 90s, is what I have continued to relish whenever a discourse on tribalism, sectionalism and the likes are on the front burner in my beloved country, Nigeria. As non-indigenes, especially young Northerners, we were well-received, accommodated and accorded respect and dignity. In fact, we freely walked into the Palace of the Paramount ruler, the Asagba of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien for supports and guidance whenever the need arose. Since then, I have had a proper perspective and understanding of ...

The Management of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, has concluded arrangements to commission its new Puma kits against Kano Pillars on Wednesday in Ilorin. The Club’s Director of Football, Alloy Chukwuemeka, told the players after Monday’s training in Ilorin, that they will seize to wear anything again but Puma. “Let us put everything to the Pillars game on Wednesday, it is an important game and that is why we chose to wear our new kit on Wednesday. “We have done all the needed formalities to start wearing it even though we still have consignment to still collect from Puma” ...

When you think of the most prestigious gathering of African movie stars, directors, producers and script writers, you are definitely thinking of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). AMAA, an annual awards event for creative minds within the African continent, has become the center stage for the recognition of talents and professionalism in the Africa film industry over the years. This year’s edition is to be hosted in Lagos as part of the city’s 50th year anniversary. This presents an opportunity for you to hit the red carpets, show the rest of Africa and the world the beautiful colors of Lagos as she ...