By Williams Anuku Inconsistencies in the recent appointments to governing boards of tertiary institutions has prompted President Bola Tinubu to order a total and comprehensive review of the process. The President, through his media aide, Bayo Onanuga on Thursday, said the review should be ...

Angry youths from Oro ethnic nationality from five local government areas of Oron Federal Constituency have protested over incessant cases of kidnapping and other violent crimes in the largely coastal areas of Akwa Ibom State. Among those that have fallen victims of the hoodlums are the ...

Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo has honoured a lawmaker representing Ondo West federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Dr Abiola Makinde, with the prestigious fellowship award of the University. The award, which was conffered on Makinde, during the ...

Reading can be a transformative experience, offering new perspectives, insights, and inspiration. Whether you’re looking for self-improvement, deep wisdom, or pure enjoyment, there are books you must read this year.  These life-changing books will leave a lasting impact and could even alter ...

The Edo State chairman of the Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, Sheik Ibrahim Oyarekhua, said the 300 intending pilgrims from the state would depart for Saudi Arabia on Friday, May 24, for the Hajj operation. He disclosed this during Governor Godwin Obaseki’s visit to the board to bid farewell to ...

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy has projected a whooping sum of N3.7 billion for “research and development” amid calls for cut in governance costs. This was reflected in the 2024 budget of N28.7 trillion signed by President Bola Tinubu in January this year and ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have rejected the Federal government’s fresh N58,000 minimum wage offer. According to Channels Television, sources in the Nigeria Labour Congress disclosed this on Wednesday. The report ...

Dr Abiodun Adeoye is a cardiologist at the cardiac unit of the University College Hospital. In this interview by Sade Oguntola, he calls attention to the importance of hypertension and why it is better prevented and treated, as Nigeria joins others to mark World Hypertension Day an occasion ...

The Senate yesterday passed for a second reading an executive bill tagged, “National Anti- Doping Bill, 2024 (SB.455)” during plenary. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio referred the bill to the Senate Committee on Sports and asked it to report back to the committee of whole in two ...

The Yobe State Government has assured farming communities of adequate security as it tasked security agencies on the need for inter-agency collaboration to stem the tide of farmers/herders clashes in this year’s farming season. Governor Mai Mala Buni gave the assurance during a routine joint ...

The management of Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, refuted the news report on Wednesday that one of its patients attacked any staff of the hospital. The provost and medical director of the hospital, Dr Paul Agboola, said this during a news conference held at the hospital annexe in ...

A Nigerian Senator, Ali Ndume, who is also a member of the ECOWAS Parliament, has expressed optimism that Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic will soon rescind their decision to leave the regional bloc. Senator Ndume, one of the longest-serving members of the ECOWAS parliament, stated this ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The price of diesel surged by 68.01 per cent in April on a year-on-year basis despite the price slash announced by Dangote Refinery. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this on Tuesday in its Diesel Price Watch for April 2024. NBS data showed that diesel prices ...

Agency A Child Rights Advocate, Ambassador Tolu Taiwo, has urged teenage pregnant girls not to see abortion and suicide as options, stressing that they can still fulfil their purpose in life. She gave the advice in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the inauguration of her foundation called ‘Twenty-One Five ...

Representatives of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, and Voice of Nigeria, VON, have appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets, which is conducting an investigation into the management of assets in the ...

Veteran Nollywood actor Zack Orji has dismissed social media rumours claiming that he is from Gabon.The renowned actor, who took to his Instagram page – @realzackorji – to express his frustration, said the falsehood was not the first about him.“I am a full-blooded Nigerian, hail from Enugu the ...

The Governor of CBN, Olayemi Cardoso has urged Nigerians to be patient as the fight against the current inflation in country will take time.Addressing journalists at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, meeting in Abuja, he said despite pressure from food inflation, the general ...

Wife abused for 18 years, sought help but was told her decision ‘too harsh’ Background A 40-year-old housewife, identified as Oluchi, has revealed how her husband, Longinus, has allegedly been abusing her physically over the last 18 years. The woman, who ran to Advocates for ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn the circular it issued to all commercial banks on May 6, 2024, directing them to implement a compulsory withdrawal of 0.05 per cent from every electronic transaction as cybersecurity levy. The controversial directive for collection of ...

ASUU members during a protest on Tuesday at ATBU, Bauchi By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi has staged a peaceful protest over the Federal Government’s failure to address its plight, saying that it is ...

The Federal Government is set to review policies governing the implementation of the National Blockchain policy. It stated that the review is part of efforts to incorporate new emerging technologies and economic realities, expanding its reach to land registration, health, and education sectors. ...

The tripartite minimum wage negotiation meeting involving Organised Labour, the federal and state governments, and the Organized Private Sector, OPS, yesterday ended in deadlock, following Labour’s dismissal of the government’s N54,000 offer as expected. Labour leaders also lamented the absence of ...

Nigeria’s biggest manufacturers have a weaker naira to thank for a tripling in export sales in the first three months of 2024. The latest financial statements of Unilever Nigeria Plc, Nestlé Nigeria Plc, Okomu Oil Palm Plc and Dangote Cement Plc show that their combined revenue from exports ...

Layi Wasabi’s meteoric rise in the digital content creation space has continued to impress many. A few years ago, this law student at Bowen University was creating viral content on social media. Fast forward to today, and he’s a celebrated content creator, with a recent AMVCA win for ‘Best ...

A civil society organization, Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is collaborating with the Ministry of Niger Delta Development to implement peacebuilding initiatives in the Niger Delta region. PIND’s Executive Director, Tunji Idowu, who disclosed this in a ...

The Kogi East of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Youths Movement has warned politicians fanning the embers of ethnic politics to desist from it in Kogi State. “We reject political tribalism in all its insidious forms and declare, unequivocally, that Kogi belongs to all its people, ...

Following the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, by his Kano State ward, as well as the attendant crisis and litigations it has been generating, the North Central APC Forum has sought the support of its North West counterpart to get ...

The Organized Labour says its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalize the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers remains sacrosanct. This is contained in a statement issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Nigeria ...

Following the demand of the organisd labour for a living wage for Nigerian workers, the Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) has urged President Bola Tinubu to show compassion on Nigerian pensioners by instructing the committee negotiating the new ...

Silly Nigerians! Our elders say that when you give a ram to a masquerade, you release the rope. Not in Nigeria. Some people think they are smarter than our elected ruiners and their selected sages. They sit behind their gadgets spewing invectives at the saints that we have chosen to run the ...

The United States has said the late Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, had a “lot of blood on his hands.” The White House disclosed this on Monday in a condolence message after Raisi’s death. Raisi and some officials were involved in a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province. US National ...

In a bid to improve the quality of education in Borno, the state government has released N783 million for the training of 781 primary school teachers who have not benefited from the N30,000 minimum wage.  The training programme, flagged off at the College of Education in Bama, is designed to ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to sheathe their swords and end the political crisis in the state. Jonathan, made the call while speaking at the flag off of for the construction of the N222.1bn ...

Patrick Odey The Akwa Ibom State Government has approved the recruitment of 200 additional health workers to complement the government’s ongoing intervention in the primary healthcare sector. Governor, Umo Eno gave the approval at Ikot Nkwo while inaugurating the newly built model Primary Health ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned that it would rather mobilise workers to remain at home with their families or offer free services than accept the paltry N48,000 new minimum wage being offered by the Federal Government when they meet on Tuesday. The Deputy President of the NLC Political ...

Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo has vowed to deploy available resources to bring the perpetrators of Ogbe killings to book and guarantee security in the area. DAILY POST recalls that bandits allegedly killed two persons on Friday at Ogbe community in Yagba West Local Government Area of the ...

Moniepoint Inc. has announced it has been ranked by the Financial Times as Africa’s fastest-growing fintech. The world’s leading financial publication confirmed Moniepoint’s accolade in its annual ‘Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies’ survey, released mid May. It is the second consecutive ...

As the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, meets on Monday, a financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the committee will likely increase the baseline lending rate by another 100 basis points. Mr Uwaleke, a Professor of Capital Market and the President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, ...

Uganda’s military has captured a commander of an Islamic State-allied rebel group who is an expert in making improvised explosive devices, or bombs, that the group has used to carry out ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed his special adviser on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, as Nigeria’s Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. This was even as he established a 25-person committee to oversee the country’s green economic initiatives. By this appointment, Ngelale will ...

About UsBlueprint Newspapers is a Nigerian daily print newspaper founded and published in Abuja, Nigeria. While https://blueprint.ng is the online versionManaging Director & CEO: Salisu Umar, Vice Chairman & CEB: Zainab Suleiman Okino, Executive Director-Finance & Accounts: Ajibola ...

The Paramount Ruler in Mbo Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State, HRM Ogwong Okon A. Abang, has been kidnapped in his palace at Ebughu. The abduction said to have taken place at about 9 pm on Saturday, happened as doctors in the state had downed tools over the kidnap of ...

Philanthropist and international business mogul in the area of aviation, Dr. Oludare Akande, has promised to facilitate a standard Moot Court for the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso ...

All transition committee chairmen across the 21 local government areas of Anambra State have been sacked by the state Governor, Chukwuma Soludo. This was contained in a letter titled ‘Expiration of tenure and handover to Heads of Local Government Administrations (HLGAs)’. The ...

Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has said it will not accept the N48,000 minimum wage offer proposed by the Federal Government. The organised private sector had proposed an initial offer of N54,000 as a monthly living wage. The unions had on ...

The Federal Government has come under fire for its recent decision to subsidise the 2024 Hajj with N90 billion despite allocating only N50 billion for the student loan scheme in the 2024 budget. Education and legal experts have slammed the decision, noting that spending such a humongous amount of ...

Hakeem Gbadamosi writes on the fate of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the coming off-cycle guber election in the state, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, following the crisis that erupted over the outcome of the party’s primary. THE ruling All ...

The Golden Stars Awards (TGSA) is set to honour Pastor David Fasasi with the titles of Philanthropist Man of the Year and Most Influential Personality of the Year at the upcoming 2024 edition of the award event coming up on June 2. His extensive charitable efforts benefit desolates, ...

A legal luminary and research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos, Akoka, Mr David Oluwagbami, has revealed that book publishers, particularly in Nigeria, need not lack money if they actually open their minds to knowledge that would help them grow and ...

Africa’s richest man and Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that following the laid-down plans of the Dangote Refinery, Nigeria will no longer need to import gasoline starting next month. Dangote also stated that his refinery can meet West Africa’s petrol and diesel needs, as ...