The Katsina State Government has withdrawn the operating licenses of all private and community schools in the state, with effect from August 13, 2025. The announcement came through a circular issued by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and signed by Commissioner Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa. The ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Sani Danjuma, released…
Despite the publicity given to the Igbo Unification Movement, lUM, held in Asaba, it witnessed a flop as confirmed by the Delta State government. Except for Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North in the Senate, all other lawmakers and government functionaries from Igbo-speaking states abandoned the event. The event was aimed at fostering unity…
1 The Centre for Legal Advocacy for Citizens’ Rights (CLACR) has accused Akure-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Emmanuel Emodamori, of waging a sponsored campaign of harassment and destabilization against officials of the Ondo State Government. The Centre in a statement by its Executive Director, Ewonowo Gbenga, said it was “gravely concerned” by what it described as…
A SaharaReporters’ review of the Niger State 2025 budget performance has shown that Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago’s administration released no funds to the State Temporary Displaced Persons Agency between January and June 2025, covering the first and second quarters of the year. According to the budget performance report, the agency, which was allocated N6 million…
Sir Emeka Offor, a popular Nigerian oil magnate, has explained why all levels of government in Nigeria must not relegate education to the background. He noted that education remains the springboard to economic prosperity. He disclosed this on Wednesday during a book presentation in Abuja written by a popular Nigerian journalist, Ismail Omipidan. Emeka Offor’s…
The Nigerian government has barred ministries, departments, and agencies from awarding contracts without warrant authority to incur expenditure. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, made this known at an event on Wednesday in Abuja on the implementation of the extended capital budgets under the Bottom-Up Cash Planning Policy. According to him, this move is aimed…
A SaharaReporters’ review of the Taraba State budget performance document for the first six months of the 2025 fiscal year, representing Q1 and Q2 2025, has shown that a sum of N2.4 billion was spent by the Governor Kefas Agbu-led administration on the renovation of the Government House, Jalingo, and government lodges. Out of the…
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Mahmood Adegbite, has raised serious concerns about the health risks posed by residents of the Lekki area digging boreholes. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting, as captured in a video posted on Channels Television’s YouTube page on Tuesday, Mr Adegbite warned that…
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has appealed for calm following over 12 hours of intense rainfall across the state, assuring residents that critical infrastructure is in place to mitigate the impact of flash floods. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, cited a fresh…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Government has taken decisive steps to address the lingering inter-communal crisis between the Ekukunela/Alesi communities in Ikom Local Government Area and the Odonget/Ochon/Isabang communities in Obubra Local Government Area. At a peace and security meeting held on Wednesday, 30 July 2025, Deputy Governor Peter Odey…
