From Our Correspondent The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the appeal by former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku is seeking to nullify the Feb. 25, presidential election, which Tinubu won. Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party had filed separate appeals to challenge […]
From Our Correspondent Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, the new Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has pledged to accord the deserved support to the editorial operations of the agency. Ali made the pledge during his maiden meeting with the management and staff of the agency, on Tuesday, in Abuja. “The main pillar […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke In the UNESCO publication, Banerjee and Seneviratne acknowledged that structures governing PSB vary considerably between nations. Their reference to the composition of the BBC Board of Governors is quite revealing and exemplary. In the United Kingdom, the BBC has been constituted as a largely autonomous legal entity with a Board of Governors […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Thousands of Nigerians under the aegis of the Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO) rallied at the weekend in Lagos to call on the United Nations to ask Israel to cease its bombing of Gaza and other areas. They lament that the indiscriminate destructions have brought horror not just to the Palestinians but […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke Last week, the Federal Government, through a press release from the Presidency announced sweeping changes in the leadership of the federal public service information system. The news organisations included the Voice of Nigeria (VON), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON and the Nigerian Press Council. […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Decade of Gas plan is the most comprehensive plan to restore efforts towards fully harnessing Nigeria’s vast gas resources and ensure a reliable global supply of clean energy, the Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Dr Philip Mshelbila, has said. Mshelbila made this remarks when a delegation from the European […]
From Our Correspondent The funeral rites of passage for the paramount ruler in Okeagbe Akoko, Ondo State, the Ajana Afa of Okeagbe, Oba Oladunjoye Fajana would begin on Nov. 22. In a statement on behalf of the family, Prince Niyi Fajana said the programme would last for one week to bid a proper farewell to […]
From Our Correspondent National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and three Chinese partners have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for new projects valued at $2 billion. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. […]
From Our Correspondent The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abu Shawesh, has called on the United Nations and African Union to set up an independent commission of inquiry into Tuesday’s attack on a hospital in Gaza. The Envoy made the call while addressing Journalists on the attack in Abuja. He said women and children died when Israeli […]
By Our Correspondent Former President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a congratulatory message to former military Head of State, statesman and leader, Nigeria Prays, General Yakubu Gowon as he marks his 89th birthday. “I convey my warm greetings to respected former Head of State, General Gowon on his birthday and pray for his long and healthy […]