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The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has withdrawn from the forthcoming local government election in the state. The election is scheduled for September 28, 2024, and would be the first time in 11 years after the then-governor, Peter Obi, conducted it in the twilight of his administration. The party said it did not only withdraw but has also dragged Governor Chukwuma Soludo and the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC and House of Assembly to court. The state chairman of the party, Basil Ejidike, who addressed local government and ward party chairmen in Awka, said participating…

Determined to stop extortion in schools, the Delta State government has suspended the Head Teacher of New Era Primary School, Okpanam in the Oshimili North local government area of the state. The headteacher was involved in the illegal collection of N2,000 from pupils for primary six results. The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Samuel Mariere who announced the suspension while addressing public primary education stakeholders in Oshimili north at Akwukwu-Igbo, headquarters of the local government council, said the board had warned against such collections as directed by the state Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori. Mariere said the…

Spokesman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Benson Upah, has warned that Nigerians could eventually buy petrol for N5,000 per litre. Upah stated this while reacting to the recent hike in fuel pump price in an interview with Weekend Trust. He also insisted that the increase is contrary to the agreement NLC reached with the President Bola Tinubu government. According to Upah, subsidy was never restored as claimed by the Federal Government. He said: “Subsidy was never restored at any point in time as they claimed. “So, what will inform moving the pump price of PMS from N650 to N1,500…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd, has denied claims that it is undermining the Dangote Refinery, insisting that the market is open for lower prices from any domestic refinery. This comes after the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) alleged that the recent changes to the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) will prevent the Dangote Refinery from offering lower prices. In a statement by the Executive Director of the group, Professor Ish­aq Akintola, MURIC urged the Nigerian government to give the refinery a free hand to operate and protect it from strangulation. MURIC also accused NNPCL of becoming…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate Kazeem Akinleye, Osun State Chief of Staff. This follows allegations by the Osun APC that Akinleye used his closeness to the state government to secure a two hundred and ninety-seven million naira (N297m) Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) contract at Osun State University (UNIOSUN). In a statement signed by Kola Olabisi, Osun APC Director of Media and Information on Saturday, the party stated that Akinleye’s actions and behavior as a public officer did not conform to the…

Nigeria’s Federal Minister of Education has clarified that the government has not stopped under-18 students from taking the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, clarified in Abuja on Friday while receiving questions from journalists at an event to mark the 2024 International Literacy Day. He described the misconception and misinterpretation of what was said by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on the matter as highly disappointing. He explained that the minister was speaking on the 18 years of entry age into the tertiary…

The Ogun State Government has visited markets and motor parks in Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu, Ilaro, and Abeokuta local government areas to sensitise parents and guardians on the importance of childhood education. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, while speaking during the sensitisation campaign on Friday, said facilities in public schools and those for children with special needs across the state had been upgraded to a conducive teaching and learning environment. Arigbabu stressed that free registration for children aged three to six into pre-nursery, nursery and Primary One classes for the 2024-2025 academic session had commenced. He urged parents…

A seventy-six-year-old man, Mr Agwu Okorie Sampson has alleged that he has been denied access to the corpse of his daughter, Chidinma Okorie Sampson who he claimed died on March 10, 2024. The aged man, who spoke to Journalists in tears at Azikiwe road in Umuahia on Thursday, alleged that the management of the Mother Mary Mission Hospital in Umuahia has not allowed him to see the condition of his daughter’s corpse because of his inability to complete the medical bills given to him by the hospital. According to him, his late 23-year-old daughter, Chidinma was admitted for medical treatment…

A 29-year-old man, Tobiloba Ogunbo, is to spend the next seven years in a correctional centre for being a member of a secret cult. Ogunbo was convicted and sentenced by an Ogun Special Cultism Court in Abeokuta on Friday. The convict pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful society and behaving in a manner causing a breach of public peace. The Magistrate, Mr O. L. Oke held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, thus pronouncing the convict guilty as charged. Oke also said the evidence presented by the prosecution was…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Friday urged Southeast governors to implement a work-at-home policy following the current fuel price hike in Nigeria. Ohanaeze said the heightening cost of petrol has compounded the challenges facing Nigerians, creating an unbearable strain on the livelihoods of civil servants and workers in the Southeast. The body said the governors should activate the policy for a period of three months, starting from September 9. A communiqué issued by Ohanaeze’s factional Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said “In recognition of the distressing realities confronting our region, Ohanaeze Ndigbo strongly recommends the immediate activation of a…