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By our reporter The feud between Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and his estranged political godson and governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, entered a new high on Saturday, March 15, with the Minister openly mocking the governor in public. Addressing a gathering of Kalabari people at a reception for him on Saturday in the state, Wike likened his battle with the governor to a football match, saying he (Wike) had scored two goals to Fubara's none so far. The immediate past governor of Rivers State was apparently referring to the recent Supreme Court verdict which ordered…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Less than a week after former governor of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria, Malam Nasir El-Rufai,exited the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), hoping to use the latter as springboard to oust APC from power in 2027, snippets of information have begun oozing out throwing light on some goings-on in the party. According to a youth coalition within SDP, the former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) allegedly seeks to hijack the party for personal political ends. Last Monday, El-Rufai announced that he had quit the APC, handing in his resignation…

The Secretary of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Yomi Arowosafe, has commended the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK FCDO), for their collaboration with Nigerian government to deepen rural connectivity for socio-economic development of the country. Arowosafe gave the commendation at an Industry-Focused Stakeholders Engagement Session which was organised in Lagos over the weekend by the USPF in in collaboration with the UK FCDO and the ITU. The session built on USPF’s ongoing efforts to facilitate the achievement of wide network connectivity coverage in…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has signed an Executive Order relocating the current spare parts and allied trades markets as well as all other related industrial and commercial activities in the Coal Camp and other neighbourhoods within the Enugu Capital Territory, to the site of the new International Spare Parts and Allied Trades Park. The new site traverses Udi and Ezeagu Local Government Areas (LGAs) along the Enugu-Onitsha Road of the state. The Executive Order is entitled the 'Designation and Establishment of the Enugu International Motor Spare Parts and Allied Traders Park, Nsude, Udi…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto No fewer than 167 journalists have benefited from the eye care service scheme organised by eye specialists from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto. The exercise was in commemoration of the World Glaucoma Day, in an effort to create awareness among media practitioners in the state. The eye team was led by Dr Mustapha Bature, a Consultant and Head of Ophthalmology Department,at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. During the exercise, he appealed to everyone to take adequate care of their eyes, saying it is one of the most sensitive organs in the human…