The Federal Government on Monday expressed concern over the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country. Adamu Husaini, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, made the remark at the opening of the 62nd National Council on Education (NCE) meeting in Kano. “It is sad to note that Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in the ...

  Leaders in the fight against HIV on Sunday urged the US government, the largest donor to global AIDS research and treatment, to reject “draconian” funding cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. Any funding lapse, they said, will be counted in human lives. “As we gather today, the largest and most important donor in HIV response has threatened devastating cuts ...

Pa Adebayo Faleti, veteran Broadcaster, poet, Yoruba Actor and writer is dead. He died in his home on Sunday in Ibadan at aged 86. Pa Adebayo Faleti is one of the respected Yoruba actor. According to reports, the veteran actor was confirmed dead at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. He was responsible for translating Nigeria’s National Anthem from English to Yoruba. He also published ...

  White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday in protest at a major shake-up of Donald Trump’s embattled administration, as pressure mounts from a broadening investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. Spicer quit in opposition to Trump’s naming of Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of the billionaire investor-turned-president, as the new White House ...

The Confederation of African Football will now be moved to June/July 2019. The Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) executive committee on Thursday, said the 2019 AFCON will be moved to June and July, and the competition will now involve 24 countries. According to a statement on cafonline.com, CAF Executive Committee advocated the establishment of a working group to work on ...

  Chelsea have completed the club record £60m signing of striker Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid on a five-year deal. The Spain international, 24, scored 20 goals last season after rejoining Real from Italian champions Juventus. Morata won La Liga and the Champions League, but the majority of his appearances were as a substitute. Premier League champions Chelsea have also ...

Former US football star and actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after nine years in a Nevada prison. A four-member parole board in the western US state of Nevada voted unanimously to free the 70-year-old Simpson after a public hearing broadcast live by news networks. Simpson, who was acquitted for a double murder in 1995, has been serving time ...

The UN on Tuesday commemorated the Nelson Mandela International Day on what would have been his 99th birthday, to honour his lifetime of service and dedication to justice and equality. Secretary-General António Guterres told a meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day that “the best tribute we can pay this great man is not ...

  The federal government has released the second tranche of Paris Club refund to states government. A statement from the ministry of finance said the payments of N243,795,465,195.20 were made to the 36 states and the federal capital territory. “The releases were conditional upon a minimum of 75 percent being applied to the payment of workers’ salaries and pensions for ...

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has released its May/June 2017 secondary school certificate examination results. The council made this known via its Twitter account on Monday that the results of 94.36 per cent of the 1,471,151 candidates that sat for the examination were released. The examination body noted that, 923,486 candidates, representing 59.22 per cent, obtained minimum of number ...