Author: Amina Mohammed

The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) has fixed the 19th of October, 2024, for the conduct of local government elections in the state. The decision by Kogi SIEC to conduct the council election might not be unconnected to the Supreme Court Judgment of July 11, 2024, that granted financial autonomy to the local government administration. The Apex Court held that the local governments across the country should, from the date of the judgment, receive their allocations directly from the Accountant-General of the Federation and described the caretaker committee as illegal in the eye of the constitution. Kogi State House…

The President, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Ekiti State Branch, Oluseyi Olatunde, has said that the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, lacks necessary ideas about the workings of the local government system. Olatunde spoke in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday in response to Fayose’s statement during a television interview that “most council officials do not take their work seriously”. The NULGE president said, “Such a mischievous statement is not the true picture of local government practice in Nigeria and in Ekiti State in particular. It is a mere fallacy cooked up by Fayose and his…

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was set to resign but stay on as head of a caretaker government Tuesday, officials said, with no replacement in sight as divided parliamentary groups succumb to infighting. President Emmanuel Macron is expected to accept Attal’s resignation after Tuesday’s cabinet meeting — the first since his allies got roundly beaten in a snap National Assembly election called to “clarify” the political landscape. But he was also likely to ask the prime minister and his team to stay on as a caretaker government with restricted powers until after the Paris Olympics, which open on July 26.…

Singer Simi has shared why she no longer engages in witty, savage comebacks on Twitter (X), attributing the change to the platform’s evolving culture. Speaking on the Zero Conditions Podcast, Simi explained that her aim was never to be savage but to respond authentically. She clarified that she isn’t as active on X as she used to be and doesn’t view her past responses as savage. She said: “I feel like I still am sometimes; maybe it’s because I’m not on Twitter as much as I used to be. I don’t see it as being ‘savage’ because my goal is…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a farewell gift of N100,000 for each Corps member departing the camp and a sum of N100 million for the NYSC support staff. This pledge was made during his address as the special guest of honour at the NYSC Passing-Out Parade/Closing Ceremony for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream I Corps Members, held at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Iyana Ipaja on Tuesday. Governor Sanwo-Olu also announced a N5bn pledge towards the construction of a permanent site for the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp in the state. He said, “This year alone I…

No fewer than 13 candidates scored 01 as the National Examination Council released the 2024 common entrance examination results for Unity schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu made this known during a press briefing on Tuesday about the outcome of the examinations. Recall that a total of 71,291 candidates participated in the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE conducted in 599 centres on Saturday, June 1, 2024. NECO had released data showing that Lagos State came tops with the highest number of candidates, with 17,751 while FCT came second with 10,209 candidates and Anambra State trailed…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to commit roughly $45 million each month to a new fund backing Donald Trump for US president, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Musk’s donations will go to a political group dubbed America PAC, which will focus on promoting voter registration, early voting and mail-in ballots among residents in swing states ahead of the November general election, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Musk is one of several major backers of the new fund, with others reportedly including Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, former US ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft and…

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…