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By Augustine AkhilomenThe Federal Ministry of Education has distanced himself from reports circulating in the media that he had placed a ban on students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, exams.Recall that Education Minister Tahir Mamman had on August 25th said the Federal Government instructed the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, not to allow underage children to write their examinations.However,the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made the clarification in Abuja on Friday while…

Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark has shattered the Paralympic record in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category, lifting an astounding 145kg.This remarkable feat surpasses the previous record held by compatriot Lucy Ejike.Mark’s performance has all but secured Nigeria’s first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, with one lift remaining. Her closest competitor is attempting 138kg on her final lift, while Mark aims to further extend her record with a final attempt of 147kg.Team Nigeria has a storied history in the Paralympics, consistently excelling in powerlifting and athletics. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Nigeria secured ten medals, including four golds. The team…

 Frank Spittler, the coach of Amavubi of Rwanda, has expressed optimism that they would get a result against the Super Eagles in Kigali because they would bank on their home advantage. The Rwandan team on Wednesday held Libya to a 1-1 draw in Tripoli. The German coach admitted that the game against Nigeria won’t be easy but they are ready. “We know our next game against Nigeria won’t be easy but we hope to make the best out of our home advantage. “Now every point counts and this draw with Libya brings us more confidence”, he said Rwanda will host…

Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has asked the All Progressives Congress APC-led Federal Government to urgently halt the current hardship in the country by immediately addressing the high pump price of petrol. Speaking on Friday in Abuja at the unveiling of The Progressive Institute TPI, the intellectual arm of the APC, charged the Federal Government to do something urgently to address the hardship in the country. “A girl was asked, which party are you? APC, LP or PDP? She said ‘I am hungry’, so we Nigerians are hungry. “You have to find a way of reducing…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned against spreading fake news and misinforming the public. The electoral body said this ahead of the fast approaching governorship election in Edo State which holds on September 21. Sam Olumekun, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, issued the warning during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. Olumekun, who was represented by the Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Mary Nkem, emphasised the critical role the media plays in ensuring the integrity of the upcoming election. Olumekun cautioned that the spread of false information, particularly in the digital…

The Federal Government has begun the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice at N40,000 per 50kg bag to Nigerians in what is a measure aimed at cushioning the acute hunger amidst high food prices in the country. The commencement of the exercise was done by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari. The minister said this was done to ameliorate the hardship being experienced in the country. “It is indeed my pleasure to welcome you all to this historical, all-important, and long-awaited flag-off of the sales of 30,000 MT of FGN milled rice to Nigerians…

By Augustine AkhilomenThe Minister of State (Oil) Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, has claimed that there is availability of fuel amid the scarcity and increase in the price of the product.Lokpobiri made this known on Thursday after Vice President Kashim Shettima summoned him along with the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, over the recent hike in the price of petrol.In his words, the minister stated that by the time there is availability of products across the country, the price itself will stabilize.“What is important is that products…

By Augustine Akhilomen…Says Nigeria’s Political Class Is Responsible For Nigerian MiseryA professor of political economy, Pat Utomi, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to bring back subsidies to petroleum products.Recall that the President had announced on May 29, during his inaugural speech, that the fuel subsidy is gone.However, fuel scarcities have been more frequent since Tinubu removed the costly fuel subsidies that saw the government pay billions of dollars a year to keep the price of gasoline artificially low.Its price has since more than tripled in some states, with a knock-on effect on food and transport costs.Speaking in an…

There is palpable fear over impending flooding among the residents of Borno State as popular Alau Dam overflows its bank, thus generating anxiety. Consequently, residents along the banks of River Yedzaram in Maiduguri are apprehensive as the river has overflown its banks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also disturbing to the residents is the report that Alau Dam, now filled, will be opened to discharge the excess water into the river at any moment.  Already some buildings and farmlands along the river had been submerged in Gwange Ward of Maiduguri, while a stream known as Ngaddabul that…

Dr. Tanko Yunusa, the new Interim National Cordinator of the Obidient Movement, has written to Obidients and Nigerians at large, seeking for genuine reconciliation and unity of purpose. The new Obidient Movement cordinator, in a letter titled, “One Voice, One Vision: The Call for Collective Action on the Mission to Birth a New Nigeria”, charged the Obidients to continue the push for a new Nigeria, calling for understanding and genuine reconciliation as a result of polarization in the rank of the Obidients.  The ‘Statement of Reconciliation and Unity for the Movement’, he noted, is focused on “healing, reconciliation, and renewal,…