The Federal Government has declared Thursday, April 11, 2024, as additional public holiday to commemorate Eid-El-Fitr. This was made known in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Aishetu Ndayako, shared on the ministry’s X account on Tuesday. The statement said, “The Federal Government has approved Thursday, April 11, 2024 as an additional public holiday to …

  I have yet to visit Senegal, but I had a sound rapport with the good people of Senegal during my educational sojourn in France over two decades ago. The people are unique, can easily be identified from the crowd, and amiable, especially to Africans. They have a giant physique with a husky voice but a Wolof intonation that produces …

El-Rufai and the short trek to posterity, by Hassan Gimba The chickens, the saying goes, always come home to roost. But some people would prefer to be Shakespearean by quoting the insightful words uttered by Marc Antony in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, “the evil that men do lives after them while the good is oft interred with their bones.” …

  Dr Hassan Gimba of the Neptune Prime online newspaper has written on why Nigeria should not break up bearing in mind the existential realities of inter personal relationships amongst the communities that presently live in today’s Nigeria. Background. Nigeria’s land mass and her indigenous people has existed ever since before the land was named Nigeria by the British colonialist …

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Aishetu Ndayako. The minister congratulated all Muslims for the successful completion of the fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. Tunji-Ojo …

Students’ Loan: Reps Assure Adequate funding, Easy Access Nigerian House of Representatives has assured Nigerians students of the Asiwaju-led federal government’s resolve towards ensuring adequate funding of the Student’s Loan for the benefits of Nigerians studying in public owned Tertiary Institutions across the country. This assurance was given by the Chairman, House Committee on Students’ Loan, Scholarship & High Institutions …

Bayelsa LG Polls :Gov Diri, Chairmanship candidate, others express satisfaction with conduct of exercise Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairmanship candidate, Mrs. Alice Allen Tangi, other stakeholders, on Saturday commended the state independent electoral commission, BYSIEC, for the organisation of the Local Government election in the state. The Bayelsa governor who spoke to journalists …

Temigee Foundation Lights-Up Streets Of Idado-Ijesha Community. As Men, Women, Children And Youths Celebrates. The people of Idado-Ijesha could not hold their joy as men, women children and youths were all in a celebration mood as they received another developmental project of solar lights to light up the streets of Idado-Ijesha by Temigee Foundation. The foundation which is own by …

Youth in Governance: Africa in Senegal’s Story The emergence of Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a 44 years old writer and tax collector, as the 5th democratically elected President of the Republic of Senegal, has again brought up a vital subject about African leadership, particularly at a time when the continent grapples with serious challenge of development in the hand of some …

We will investigate the Source.. FPRO The Nigeria Police Force wishes to address the recent circulation of a document purportedly containing conclusions of an investigation into allegations against the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The document alleges fraudulent misrepresentation, certificate forgery, examination malpractice, and perjury against the governor. We wish to clarify that the said document did not originate from …