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To commemorate this year’s Easter celebration, the Federal Government has designated Friday, April 7, and Monday, April 10, 2023 as public holidays. Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, made the announcement in Abuja. Aregbesola urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace, and patience, as exemplified by Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, on Wednesday. The minister urged Christians and all Nigerians to use this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the country’s security problems. Aregbesola said “Security is everybody’s business. I, therefore, urge…

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he warned the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on the excesses of his supporters, otherwise known as ‘Obidients.’ Soyinka, stated this in a statement titled, “Media responsibility,’’ on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the elder statesman said his recent interview with Channels Television was misrepresented, with his remarks rendered unrecognisable. The TV station aired a half-hour interview with Soyinka a week ago on Monday. He maintained that his rejection of fascism wasn’t new and that on three occasions, he was able to send a message to Obi, that, if he lost the election,…

Mohammed Ali Ndume, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, officially entered the race to succeed Ahmad Lawan as Senate President in the 10th National Assembly on Wednesday. Ndume declared his intention to run for the post in an interview with reporters in Abuja. Of all those who have declared their intention to run for Senate President, Ndume is the first to lay out a plan for how he plans to run the red chambers if elected. He did, however, advocate that the election be held without the zoning restrictions that the party had planned, but he also stated that…

According to the Kano State Fire Service, three female passengers died and 13 others were injured when a commercial bus was tragically involved in a fire accident on Tuesday. Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the service’s Public Relations Officer, verified the incident in a statement to Kano journalists. He stated that the commercial vehicle, a Toyota Hiace bus with the registration number XE 222 TRN, went up in flames near the Government Technical College in the state’s Nassarawa Local Government Area. He stated that the incident happened when the bus travelling from Ajingi LGA to Kofar Wambai went up in flames. The…

Traditional religious worshippers have urged the federal and state governments to grant them the same respect as Muslims and Christians during public events and prayers. They suggested that the federal and state administrations make August 20th a public holiday for the country’s traditional religion adherents. Ifalere Ifagbenro, the spokesperson for the International Council for Ifa Orisa religion under the auspices of Olu Isese Makoranwale Awodotun, told journalists in Ibadan that traditional religion worshippers in Nigeria have been marginalised in terms of benefits and respect. Ifagbenro, the priest of the Oluwo lfa ldingbe temple, stated that it would be unfair if…

The Federal Government has ordered all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to stop enacting salary, stipend, and supplementary benefit raises without its permission. Mr. Ekpo Nta, Chairman of the National Salaries, Income, and Wages Commission (NSIWC), issued the caution during a two-day training session for pay examiners in Abuja. According to media accounts, the training will be used to carry out Phase II of the 2022 Salary Inspection Programme. According to Nta, over the years, the commission has discovered through pay monitoring initiatives that some agencies are adopting illegal compensation, pensions, and extra benefits. “I want to state unequivocally that…

As the battle for the Plateau House Assembly speakership heats up, security operatives have sealed off the assembly’s entry. There were at least 15 security vehicles stationed in strategic spots throughout the complex. The gates and surrounding area were guarded by stern-looking Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and other security officials. The route connecting the Terminus Market to the Plateau Specialist Hospital was closed due to construction. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Plateau Police Spokesperson, stated that the decision was made to prevent a breakdown in law and order around the assembly. ”We learnt that supporters of some politicians…

Nobel prize winner Prof Wole Soyinka has condemned the menacing remarks of Labour Party vice-presidential nominee Datti Baba-Ahmed, calling them unworthy. He described the utterance as a gladiatorial challenge to the judiciary and, by extension, the rest of the democratic society. On the March 22 edition of Politics Today on Channels Television, Baba-Ahmed urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justice not to swear in Bola Tinubu, the president-elect proclaimed by INEC. He was adamant that declaring Tinubu a winner and giving him a certificate of return was a violation of the constitution. Reacting to the utterances, the National Broadcasting…

The Rivers State Police Command summoned All Progressives Congress governorship candidate Tonye Cole on Tuesday for questioning in connection with the death of a Peoples Democratic Party supporter who was reportedly shot during a demonstration in Port Harcourt on Monday. PDP supporters demonstrated at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Aba Road office on Monday, demanding a joint examination of documents used in the March 18 governorship election, but the demonstration turned violent. Cole reached the GRA junction area of Aba Road on Monday, accompanied by the state APC Chairman, Emeka Beke, and a few other party officials, to proceed to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Prof. Mohammed Haruna, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), to immediately resign his position and handover to the next most senior official in the organisation. Willie Bassey, Director of Information at the Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, made the announcement Tuesday. According to Bassey, this follows the reversal of the President’s extension of office from April 2, 2023 to April 2, 2025 due to the EVC having finished two five-year tenures in the organisation. Buhari, Osinbajo, others to begin asset declaration as…