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FCT Minister of State FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has declared that modern tourism has become a key driver for socio-economic progress through the creation of jobs and enterprises, infrastructure development, and the export revenues earned. The minister made the declaration while inaugurating the FCT Tourism Advisory Committee, also noted that tourism has emerged as one of the leading service industries in the global economy in recent decades. Aliyu also added that the inauguration was a significant boost in the tourism development industry in the Federal Capital Territory, stressing that the FCT is one of the ancient cities in Nigeria…

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that anybody who despises the political capability of the State will be meted with the same treatment. Governor Wike made the declaration at the inauguration of the Orochiri -Worukwo (Waterlines junction) Flyover that was performed by the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Port Harcourt on Monday. The Rivers State governor explained that the dynamics of contemporary politics has made it unpopular to just gift votes away without the assurance of derivable benefit for the people. “If you say Rivers State does not matter, Rivers State will tell you that you don’t…

Nollywood actor, Gideon Okeke, and his wife Chidera are set for a divorce. According to a source close to the couple, they are set to end their four-year-old marriage over irreconcilable differences. Okeke’s family will be going to Chidera’s village to collect the bride price paid on her in the coming week, the source revealed. There have been speculations about the couple’s split for a while now. According to several reports, Okeke and Chidera haven’t really had a cordial relationship for a while. However, the two showed up together for their son’s birthday party at his school in July. Gideon…

In the video, members of the Confraternity during a procession gyrated to an anti-Tinubu song and poked fun at the former Lagos State governor for a speech he made in June in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he asked that power should be handed over to him. Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has dissociated himself from a video showing some members of the National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as the Pyrates Confraternity, mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu. In the video, members of the Confraternity during a procession gyrated to…

A Former Nigerian Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tafa Mustapha Balogun, is dead. He died on Thursday at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos State after a brief illness. Tafa was born on August 8, 1947 at Ila-Orangun in Osun State. He graduated from the University of Lagos in 1972 with a B.A. in Political Science, and joined the Nigeria Police Force in May 1973. He was a fellow of the premier highest military institution in Nigeria, the National War College, served as the Assistant Inspector General of Police A.I.G Zone One, Kano, was later promoted to the rank of the 21st…

The Minister Of State For Education, Hon Opiah, Calls For Intensify Efforts Towards Deepening China Bilateral Ties With Nigeria On Thursday, August 4, the Minister of State for Education, Hon Goodluck Nanah Opiah received Mr. Li Xuda, the Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of China in Nigeria, and his team who were on a courtesy call to the Federal Ministry of Education at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja. Issues of diplomatic interests to Nigeria and China were discussed. Opiah in his welcome address, used the opportunity offered by the visit to appreciate China for its bilateral agreements with Nigeria and called…

The Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah, has assured the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) Ondo, that definite and concrete steps will be taken by the ministry to ensure that the institute is repositioned legally and structurally using the resources at the disposal of his office. Opiah said this when he received the Management of NIEPA at the headquarters of the ministry in Abuja, to brief him on the mandate of the institute. The minister told his visitors that upon assuming office, he pledged to make the education sector better than he met it, therefore…

Delta State Governor and the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP for the 2023 general elections, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has given assurances that the party will go into next year’s general elections as one united family. Dr. Okowa gave this hint Friday, July 29th, 2022 at Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja while speaking with newsmen after a closed door meeting with Governor Samuel Ortom. He said the reconciliation process initiated by leaders of the party to resolve all issues that emanated from the Presidential primaries and his subsequent emergence as the Vice Presidential candidate was on, stressing that at…

The Minister of State for Education, Rt Hon Goodluck Nanah Opiah, has charged boards and commissions under the supervision of the ministry to live up to expectations in the course of discharging their duties. The minister made this known during interactive sessions while getting briefs from the heads of the affected bodies. Three agencies under the ministry of education, namely; National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE and the National Commission for Nomadic Education, NCNE, have visited the Minister to brief him about their operations. Addressing NBTE officials during the interactive session with him,…

Oladele Nihi, the Vice President of West Africa Pan-African Youth Union, PYU, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to with immediate effect “constitute a workable committee with members cutting across all deciding constraints of the country”. Read full speech below… Members of the Press present here today, I salute you. I must commend you all for responding to this distress call for action, on the need to address the world on the insecurities, and other affected sensitive variables in our dear country, Nigeria. Before we address the ugly situations springing up on daily basis in Nigeria, permit me to introduce…