President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of governing councils and boards for federal tertiary institutions in the country as  disclosed in a statement released by   Nnamdi Mbaeri, the permanent secretary in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on Friday, June 14.    Tinubu has now appointed Bisi Akande, former interim national chairman of the All Progressives  Congress (APC), to chair the University of Ibadan’s governing council, and Wole Olanipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and his lawyer in the 2023 election, as the chairman of the University of  Lagos  council.   Isa Yuguda, a former governor of Bauchi, will chair the National Open University’s governing council; Siyan Oyeweso will chair Obafemi Awolowo University’s council; Adebayo Shittu for David Umahi University of Medicine in Ebonyi State; and Muiz Banire and Florence Ita Giwa have been appointed to lead the councils of the Federal University of Transportation in Katsin

  Absence of China in summit raises questions over point of event, which Russia dismissed as ‘futile’. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy (centre) is welcomed by Switzerland’s ambassador to Ukraine Felix Baumann (left) and other officials as he arrives at the Zurich airport ahead of the Ukraine summit [Michael Buholzer/AFP] World leaders are gathering in Switzerland for a summit aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war in Ukraine, but the absence of powerful allies of Moscow such as China is expected to blunt its potential impact. United States Vice President Kamala Harris and the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan are among those expected to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the summit starting on Saturday. India, Turkey and Hungary, which maintain friendlier relations with Russia, are also expected to join. But China is staying away after Russia was frozen out of proceedings on the grounds it had dismissed the event as “futile” and had expressed no interest

Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Monday 17th, and Tuesday 18th June as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Monday 17th, and Tuesday 18th June 2024 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Muslim Ummah both at home and in the Diaspora on the occasion. He called on the Muslim Ummah to continue to imbibe the spirit of peace, kindness and sacrifice, as exemplified by Prophet Ibrahim (Peace be upon Him) and to also use the period to pray for unity, prosperity and the stability of our country. The Minister assured that the Administration of President Bola Tinubu is committed to safeguarding the  lives and property of all Nigerians. While wishing the Muslim Ummah a happy Eid-ul- Adha celebration, the Minister advised all Nigerians to take responsibility in the resolve

  The FG has partnered with Afreximbank to launch a $3 billion facility, creating 20,000 jobs and boosting industrial zones. Nigeria’s federal government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Afreximbank to establish a $3 billion Nigeria Industrialisation Financing Facility for an industrial park and light manufacturing. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr.  Doris Udoka-Anite, signed on behalf of the country on the sidelines of the ongoing Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM) 2024 in Nassau, The Bahamas. The deal is expected to lead to the creation of special economic and agro-processing zones across the country and create 20,000 jobs. The intervention would support the development of an automotive sector as well as the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) value chain to better enable the automotive and transport sector in the country. The package would further cover the technical and financing support for the diaspora investment fund framework. Furthermore, the agr

Putin says a ceasefire will take effect if Ukraine withdraws its troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. Speaking on Friday ahead of an international peace conference in Switzerland that excluded Russia, Vladimir Putin outlined conditions under which Russia would agree to a ceasefire and engage in peace negotiations with Ukraine, amid ongoing conflict in the region. Putin specified that for a ceasefire to take effect, Ukraine must withdraw all its troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in eastern and southern Ukraine. “The conditions are very simple,” Putin said. He emphasised that Russia would immediately reciprocate with a cessation of hostilities and ensure the safe withdrawal of Ukrainian military units from these areas. “As soon as they declare in Kyiv that they are ready for such a decision and begin a real withdrawal of troops from these regions, and also officially announce the abandonment of their plans to join NATO – on our side

The national assembly is reportedly proposing legislation aimed at sanctioning states that don't comply with the new minimum wage presented by the federal government.    Chairman of Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South) who spoke to newsmen on Friday, June 14, said the n ational assembly will ensure the law is seriously watertight that either the state, sub-national or organised private sector that does not comply, will be sanctioned.    He said;    “We are going to do a watertight Bill that we are proposing that the President will sign it to ensure that it is strictly adhered to as a law. “Once it becomes law, we are going to make it watertight, and don’t let us just speculate what is going to be the ingredient that the federal government would be putting into the bill that will be brought by the executive to be submitted to the National Assembly. “When it comes, whatever is there and whatever is not there, we are going to ensure that i

  The famous video vixen and dancer  Pride  Evyè  shocks fans even further as she took to her socials to share another set of her sextapes, and this time,she’s having sex in them… Video below (+18 Only):-