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School Feeding Programme: We Feed 9.9 Million Pupils Daily, To Include Another 5m — FG
The Federal Government, yesterday, explained that 9.9 million children are currently being fed nationwide, under the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, NHGSFP. Speaking in Akure during the disbursement of money to poor and vulnerable individuals in Ondo State, under the Grant for Vulnerable Groups Programme, GVG, a component of its National Social Investment Programme, NSIP, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,...
TETFund Approves N130m As Zonal Intervention For Polytechnics
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N130 million as a zonal intervention for polytechnics in its 2023 intervention, with a view to reinvigorating skills acquisition at the institutions. This was disclosed in Abuja, yesterday, by Director of Infrastructure, Buhari Mika’Ilu, at the TETFund/NBTE Sensitisation Workshop on 2023 Zonal Intervention on Skills for Rectors and Directors of Skills in Beneficiary...
FG Alerts 15 States Over Flooding Predictions
The Federal Ministry of Environment has issued a flood prediction for 15 states and 69 locations, warning that heavy rainfall between 24 and 28 September 2025 may lead to flooding in specific communities. The National Flood Early Warning Centre of the Ministry made this known in a flood alert on Wednesday, signed by the Director of the Erosion, Flood and...
Why Afenifere Won’t Support Tinubu, Atiku – Chief Adebanjo
The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has clarified his position on the group’s support for the Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, stating why the group will not support the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar. In a statement signed by Adebanjo on...
Ekweremadu: ‘I’m Scared, Can’t Return To Nigeria’, David Nwamini Begs For UK Stay
The 21-year-old man at the center of the Ike Ekweremadu organ trafficking case, David Nwamini, says he is afraid to return to Nigeria. Nwamini's declaration was read in court on Friday during the sentencing of former Deputy Senate President, Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and the doctor-middleman, Obinna Obeta, who was sentenced to ten years and eight months, four years and...
Prince William’s Move To Windsor Raises Concern Over Buckingham Palace’s Future
Britain’s future king Prince William, and his family are moving to a new home on the royal Windsor estate, prompting uncertainty about the future of Buckingham Palace. They will reportedly move into Forest Lodge, an eight-bedroom mansion dating to the late 18th century, larger than their current four-bedroom home on the estate, west of London. William and his wife, Catherine, the...
FG Sets Minimum Age Of 12 For JSS1 Admission
The Federal Government has implemented a new regulation that, after completing six years of primary school, sets the minimum age for admission to Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) at twelve years old. This directive is outlined in a recently published policy document on non-state schools, unveiled last week by the Federal Ministry of Education. Non-state schools—also referred to as private, independent,...
Yahaya Bello Used Funds For Development, No Money Missing – Kogi govt
The Kogi State Government has insisted that no money was missing from the state’s treasury, stressing that it was used to fund development during the tenure of the immediate past governor, Yahaya Bello. The state’s Commissioner of Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, said some people with selfish and political undertones hell-bent on tarnishing Bello’s image are using some elements within...
Okada Riders Snatching Our Wives, Pay Our Stipends, Protesting Osun Policemen Cry
‘Okada riders are sleeping with our wives; pay our salaries now; pay us our 18-months salary; pay us our stipends and allowances now’, were some of the inscriptions on the placards carried by the protesting police constables in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, yesterday. The police constables, recruited to complement the police structure in the state by providing intelligence, were...
President Buhari Congratulates Pete Edochie At 75
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined entertainers in the music and movie industry, particularly Nollywood, in celebrating with veteran actor, scriptwriter, and movie producer, Pete Edochie, on his 75th birthday. President Buhari congratulated the renowned actor for the many pioneering and motivating roles in the entertainment industry, hitting the limelight in the 80s as Okonkwo in the screen adaptation of Chinua...
