Author: Amina Mohammed

Donald Trump received a hero’s welcome Monday as he entered the Republican National Convention arena with a bandaged right ear in his first public appearance since being wounded in a weekend assassination attempt. Hours after winning the formal nomination to be the Republican presidential candidate and announcing right-wing Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, Trump marched into Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum flanked by aides and waved at supporters on the opening day of what is expected to be a triumphalist gathering. Trump, who is due to give a formal acceptance speech on Thursday, took his seat to the sound of…

The stage is now set for admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions as the long awaited 2024 policy meeting held annually by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination, JAMB, holds this week. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, will chair the 2024 policy meeting, slated for Thursday, July 18, in Abuja.  The policy meeting will authorize the commencement of this year’s admission. The board, in its weekly news bulletin yesterday, stated:  “This year’s exercise will also feature the National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award, NATAP-M Awards, where the overall winner will receive N500 million, and other consolation winners will share…

The Osun State Government has issued an urgent alert to the public regarding a security breach involving one of the telephone numbers of Governor Ademola Adeleke. Members of the public are urged to ignore communications from the compromised number, +234 803 365 7555, which has been hacked, prompting an urgent public alert. In an official statement, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the Governor, advised the public to ignore any calls or messages originating from the compromised number. “Please disregard any solicitation from +234 803 365 7555,” Rasheed stated. “Appropriate action is ongoing to remedy the situation.” Authorities are currently investigating…

US President Joe Biden has ordered Secret Service protection for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the homeland security chief said Monday. “In light of this weekend’s events, the president has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection to Robert Kennedy Jr,” United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, told journalists. Kennedy, the scion of America’s most famous political clan, is an environmental lawyer and long-time vaccine sceptic who has no chance of winning in November, but whose candidacy could potentially sway close contests in key swing states.…

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has directed the state’s Bureau of Special Projects to conduct an integrity test on all buildings in the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp at Ise/Orun Emure Ekiti. Oyebanji gave the directive in Ado Ekiti on Monday, during a meeting with members of the Governing Council of the NYSC led by Ekiti State Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr Gold Adedayo. The order, which followed the collapse of the wall of a bathroom which injured two corps members on Friday, is to determine how safe the buildings are for NYSC members. Recall that following the…

Media personality, Daddy Freeze, has expressed gratitude and surprise after his colleague, Do2dtun, defended him on social media. Do2dtun’s support came after Daddy Freeze was ordered to pay a N5million adultery fine to his wife’s ex-husband, following a three-year legal battle. Do2dtun noted that people often judge others based on their perceptions, rather than true knowledge. He expressed his initial fear that Daddy Freeze might never find love again after his experiences, but was happy to see him find happiness with his current wife, Benedicta. “Let me just say this. Have you realised people only judge you based on their…

Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said that his administration would build two new model technical schools as well as upgrade existing ones in the state to promote the acquisition of technical skills among the youths. Governor Aiyedatiwa said the building of the technical schools was part of his administration’s plans to ensure the youths were equipped with different skills. Aiyedatiwa spoke at the launching of the Youth One Skill project as part of the celebration of the 2024 World Youth Skills Day. Represented by his deputy, Governor Aiyedatiwa, said the project was an innovative approach to getting young people…

Amidst the festering political crisis, factional Speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule has shut all expenditures of the Rivers state government until Governor Siminalayi Fubara re-presents the controversial 2024 annual budget before the House. Recall that the seven-day ultimatum given to the governor by the House last Monday to respect the order of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to re-present the budget before the Amaewhule-led House among other resolutions, expired yesterday. The Leader of the House, Hon Major Jack raised the motion informing the House about the expiration of the seven-day ultimatum given to the…

Donald Trump was set to unveil his running mate on Monday as supporters gathered in Milwaukee for the Republican Party convention, an extravaganza turbocharged by the attempted assassination of the former president. With the country still reeling from images of a bloodied Trump being escorted off a rally stage at the weekend, some 50,000 Republicans descended on the shores of Lake Michigan for the four-day convention. Trump will announce his vice presidential candidate later Monday, according to Fox News, with the top possible names including two senators — J.D. Vance of Ohio and Marco Rubio of Florida — and North…

The Federal Government says it has dispatched 20 trucks of rice to each of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It said the new move is part of measures to ease the economic burden of Nigerians. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Monday. Idris said each state has received truckloads of rice, each containing 1,200 bags of 25kg rice for onward distribution to the…