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Iniobong Umoren knew life was not a bed of roses and was determined to confront it headlong, particularly having become an orphan when she was in secondary school. Breaking through the glass ceiling to earn a degree in Philosophy from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Umoren was upbeat she was heading for the…

Modupe Ehirim, the founder and lead counsellor at The Right Fit Marriage Academy, tells TOFARATI IGE about her passion for strengthening marriages What does the TRFA do? It is a community of people who believe that marriage can be beautiful. These people are open to learning and ready to change. We believe that marriage education…

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, took a swipe at his Kaduna counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, saying he had no moral justification to challenge another governor. Ortom was reacting to El-Rufai’s accusation that his Benue counterpart was using the insecurity in his state to attack the Federal Government to cover up his failure. The…

Justin Tyopuusu and Abiodun Nejo The remains of a former Minister of Women Affairs and Child Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, will arrive in Jalingo, Taraba State from Cairo, Egypt on Sunday (today) for burial, the family has said. Alhasaan died on Friday in Cairo after a protracted illness. Alhassan’s media aide, Mr Bala Muhammed, told…

Former national chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and Adams Oshiomhole, have urged party members in Edo State and Nigeria at large to close ranks and work as one for the interest of the party. The duo made the appeal in Benin on Saturday at a stakeholders’ meeting of the party on…

Two persons reportedly killed in a road accident which occurred along High Court Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday night. The crash involved a commercial motorcycle also known as okada and a faulty truck. According to an eyewitness, the deceased were the commercial motorcyclist and his passenger. The eyewitness narrated that the…

One of the leading Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has alleged that the government was behind the attack on the residence of Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye’s son. The group also claimed that the gunmen attacked the don’s daughter-in-law at her residence in Agbor, Delta State, last Saturday. The group made the allegations in a …

The Nigerian Guild of Editors has called on the National Broadcasting Commission to stop the harassment of broadcasting stations over matters that could easily be resolved through dialogue. The NGE, in a statement by its President, Mustapha Isah; and General Secretary, Mary Atolagbe, on Saturday, rejected the N5m fine imposed on Channels Television and Inspiration…

The Federal Government is still holding discussions for the establishment of a national carrier for Nigeria, three years after it unveiled the branding and livery for the proposed airline, named Nigeria Air. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Aviation stated on Friday that plans to get the airline up and running were still in place,…

No fewer than 242 unemployed youths are to be trained in Gombe State by the Federal Government through the National Directorate of Employment. This comprises 220 for Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme, 20 people across 11 local government areas and 22 others in the Advanced National Open Apprenticeship Scheme. Speaking at the induction of the…

•Lawyers say many parties not good for democracy The Independent National Electoral Commission has received 45 applications from associations seeking to be registered as political parties, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. According to the commission, associations are free to enjoy the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of association. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee),…

The Federal Government is further investigating the unremitted Value Added Tax deductions to Federal Inland Revenue Service by the Nigerian Ports Authority under the leadership of the suspended NPA Managing Director, Hadiza Bala-Usman. It was gathered on Saturday that the NPA during the tenure of Bala-Usman failed to remit VAT deductions running into billions of…

Nine Owerri inmates apprehended in Ghana have not been repatriated to Nigeria because they are still undergoing profiling, the Nigerian Correctional Service has disclosed. The service explained that the Interpol and the Ghanaian security agencies are working to establish the identities of the inmates who were arrested by the Ghanaian Police Force at Ada Foah…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said no amount of intimidation or attacks will make the state succumb to any secessionist agenda. Wike, who presided over an emergency meeting of the State Security Council at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Saturday, condemned the attacks by unidentified gunmen on some police formations on Friday night….

The family of the late Pastor Dare Adeboye has said it will never begrudge God over his death, adding that the deceased left a great legacy behind. Dare, 42, died on Tuesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was a youth pastor. He was reported to have slept and did not wake up and…

Several months after the delay in the issuance of passports, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday said the Nigeria Immigration Service was working to ensure all outstanding passport applications were issued by May 31. He also said that from June 1, passports would be issued within six weeks, explaining that the COVID-19 pandemic…

Eight suspected kidnappers that fled Benue State after killing a 65-year-old victim have been arrested in Osun State. Osun State Police Command said the suspects were arrested by a team led by the Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, in the Omo Ijesa area of the state on Friday. The spokesperson for the command, Yemisi Opalola,…

Professor of Political Economy and Founder, Centre for Values in Leadership, Pat Utomi, discusses the state of the nation in this interview with GODFREY GEORGE What are your thoughts about the worsening security situation in the country today? Well, the insecurity situation is very unfortunate, and it is a shame. In some way, it does…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he doesn’t believe Nigerian unity is attainable under the current regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) due to its systemic failure. Soyinka said this in Abuja on Saturday at the book reading and signing of two of his books titled ‘Trumpism in Academe’ and ‘Chronicles of…

Some Nigerians have criticised the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, over his claim of a plot to pass a vote of no confidence in the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), due to the raging insecurity in the country. Adesina, in a Facebook post on Thursday evening titled ‘They…

The Senate has asked the Federal Government to withdraw its membership of the Economic Community of West African States if the ECOWAS Commission fails to reinstate a sacked Nigerian director within the next 60 days. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, stated this while reacting to feedback from the panel’s Secretariat…

The Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has renewed his call for the removal of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali (retd). Fadahunsi, a retired Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), should remove Ali to show that his government was…

Lagos State Government says it has paid N38m for about 500 hectares of land acquired from 16 families at the Igbodu, Epe area of the state. The state said the land was acquired for agricultural activities. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, who presented cheques to the beneficiaries in Lagos on Friday, said…

The Archbishop of the African Church, Lagos Province, Most Rev Julius Oludotun, has called on the federal and state governments to make concerted efforts towards tackling the rise in insecurity. Oludotun spoke at a press conference held at the African Church Saviour’s Cathedral, Agege Diocese to commemorate the third biennial congress and the fifth founder’s…

•Manager, supervisor arrested as victims recount ordeal Men of Sango-Ota Area Command, Ogun State, have raided Kolab Hotel along Ayetoro Road, Itele area of the state and rescued 22 ladies including underage girls used for prostitution at the facility. The manager of the hotel, its supervisor and eight other male workers were also arrested during…