Tag: local updates

 After months of controversy and scrutiny, Betta Edu is back in the spotlight and this time, she’s smiling. The embattled former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs made it clear that she has risen above the plots of her traducers, embracing her multifaceted identity as a vivacious woman who refuses to be sidelined. Betta celebrated her birthday…

The confession shared with Ayefele by a former ritualist, who preyed on women without mercy, serves as a stark reminder that caution must be woven into our every interaction. In these dangerous times, women must be alert, guarding their safety with the awareness that not all who approach mean well. Instinct and observation have become…

Team lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, was on Wednesday decorated as the Distinguished Journalism Entrepreneur of the Year 2024. Rector of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Dr. Adeoye Odedeji, who decorated the serial award winner at the maiden edition of the Made In MAPOLY Distinguished Entrepreneurs Awards, declared that Adeola Yusuf, who was his best…

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi , SAN has waded into the issues surrounding the arraignment of minors in the law court over alleged protest tagged #Endbadgovernance. In a press release made available to Blueprint Friday night by his media aide, Mr Kamarudeen Ogundele, in Abuja, the…

More state governments have continued to express readiness to implement the N70, 000 new national minimum wage which President Bola Tinubu signed into law on Monday, July 29, 2024, up from the initial N30, 000. BENJAMIN SAMSON in this report examines the actions of governors against the backdrop of the current economic realities.   The new minimum…

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has restated his resolve to continue frontal war against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption in the country order to sustain and surpass his impressive one year scorecard as the nation’s number one graft fighter. Olukoyede, who disclosed this, …

Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that political parties and their candidates would sign the peace accord on November 8. This initiative, according to INEC, would be coordinated by the National Peace Committee and the commission, aimed at securing a peaceful election process.…

The federal government on Thursday announced a new support by Google of about N2.8 billion to accelerate Artificial Intelligence (AI) talent development across Nigeria Minister of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, who made this known in Abuja. He said the support, which is provided through a N2.8billion grant from Google.org to Data…

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has presented a 2025 budget of N320, 811, 000, 000. 00 to the state House of Assembly. The sum of N176, 964, 213,b000 representing 55.1% is allocated to capital expenditure while, the sum of N144, 036, 787, 000.00 representing 44.9% is allocated to recurrent expenditure. Education, nealthcare delivery,…

From Kaduna state comes a report that a kidnapped female resident medical doctor, Ganiyat Popoola, has regained her freedom. This was revealed this on Thursday morning by the President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Tope Osundara. Popoola, who works at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna state, was kidnapped by bandits…

The Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications and Orientation, Sunday Dare, on Thursday hailed President Bola Tinubu’s role in the emergence of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Before dislodging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led Federal Government in 2015, Buhari ran unsuccessfully for presidency in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections. It finally took talks…

No fewer than 10 persons were feared killed in a collapsed building at Jegede Olorunsogo area in Ona Ara local government area of Ibadan, Oyo state. Blueprint gathered that as at the time of filling this story, three other victims were rescued alive. Blueprint also learnt that the building reportedly collapsed around at 2am on…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Wednesday, approved the appointment of Major-General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting chief of army staff (COAS). The appointment came after a month-long absence of the substantive COAS, Lt.-General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, who was said to be away on his annual leave. There were conflicting reports on Lagbaja’s state of health,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained that allegations against it by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), over non-prosecution of 2023 electoral offenders, were untrue and flat in the face of facts already in the public domain. SERAP had filed a contempt lawsuit against the Commission “for failing to investigate the allegations of…

For the first time since February 2024, Nigeria’s internet data consumption has experienced a dip, totaling 850,249.09 terabytes in September 2024, marking a slight 0.82 per cent drop from the 853,954.05 terabytes recorded in August. This decline, captured in the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) latest report, points to shifting data usage patterns in a period…

The Senate Wednesday confirmed the appointments of seven ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu last week. The ministers-designate are Dr Nentawe Yilwatda for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction;  Bianca Odinaka Odumegu – Ojukwu as  Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; and Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi for  Labour and Employment.  The others are Dr Jumoke Oduwole ,…

The Nigeria Police, Wednesday, said its personal arrested 371 robbery suspects, 242 murder suspects and 186 suspected kidnappers arrested in October, as well as 63 suspects connected with unlawful possession of firearms, 217 rape suspects and 167 suspected cultists arrested during the period. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known, Wednesday,…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it has successfully restored bulk power supply to several northern states after completing repairs on a vandalised section of the 330KV Ugwuaji-APIR transmission line. The restoration, completed at 4:56 pm on October 30, 2024, brings electricity back to Lafia, Makurdi, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, and Gombe states, according…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has cautioned the judiciary against setting Rivers state on fire in the wake of the Wednesday judgment wherein a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to halt all payments to the state. In a statement Wednesday by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, the former Vice…

Slippery forward Kparobo Arierhi netted a brace as champions Nigeria successfully defended their WAFU U20 title on Wednesday night after a 2-1 defeat of regional rivals Ghana in this year’s final in Lome. The Flying Eagles dominated large swatches of the encounter, but it turned out a game of two halves and Nigeria were imperious…