UBEC RAISES ALARM OVER LAND ENCROACHMENT IN TARABA STATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

The Chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Taraba state, Mr. Yakubu Agbaizo, has raised the alarm over community residents' encroaching on government primary schools lands.

UFUOMAEE DROPS ANOTHER CHART-BUSTER, RELEASES 29TH BOOK, THE ACCUSED

• * Book Is Her Fourth In A Small World Seasonal Series

By Shola Oshunkeye

Lovers of books, especially life molding-Christian fiction, are in for a swell time. This is because renowned author, and Nigeria’s undisputed Queen of Christian fiction, Ufuomaee, is set to release another chart-buster to the global market tomorrow, Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

UK NAMES 42 YEAR-OLD RISHI SUNAK AS NEW PRIME MINISTER

• * Promises To Fix British Economy, Deliver Britain, Unite Party

Just seven short weeks ago, it looked as if it might be all over for Rishi Sunak. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer – the UK’s title for its chief finance minister – made a high-stakes gamble. He launched an attack that helped to end Boris Johnson’s premiership, put himself forward as his replacement, but ultimately lost to Liz Truss. Admitting defeat, he retreated to the parliamentary back benches.

UK Polls: ENUGU INDIGENE, MELANIE ONOVO, WINS COUNCILLORSHIP ELECTION IN ENGLAND

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Ozalla Community, a gateway town to Nkanuland in Enugu State, South East, Nigeria, was thrown into a celebration mood on Monday, as one of the United Kingdom-based daughter of the community, Melanie Nneka Onovo, won a Councillirship seat for Maryland Local Council Government in England in the just concluded July 4, 2024 elections.

UK PRIME MINISTER, BORIS JOHNSON, RESIGNS TODAY AMIDST PRESSURE

• * As Former Minister Pushes For An Interim Leader
• Embattled Premier Described As "Always Unfit For Office"

By Bertrand Finecountry (Foreign Affairs Editor)

Head of the British Government, Boris Johnson, has agreed to resign his job today as Prime Minister, bowing to pressure to quit amidst flurry of allegations against him which has led to the resignation of most key government officials.

UK TO PARTNER NASARAWA GOVT ON AGRICULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

By David Wuya, (Nassarawa State Correspondent)

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, on Wednesday, expressed the British Government's readiness to partner Nasarawa State Government on Agriculture and Infrastructure development to improve the economic growth of the State.

UK VARSITY APPOINTS EKWEREMADU VISITING PROFESSOR

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, has appointed former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a Visiting Professor of Corporate Governance and International Linkages.

Ukraine: IS THIRD WORLD WAR LOADING (1)

By Bolanle Bolawole

First, let us consider the cause or causes of the first two world wars that our world has witnessed. The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary but historians are agreed that there are at least five remote causes of the war.

Ukraine: IS THIRD WORLD WAR LOADING? (2)

By Bolanle Bolawole

As we said here last week, both the 1st and 2nd world wars had remote and immediate causes, and the epicentre of the wars was Europe before other parts of the world gradually got sucked into the vortex. The causes of the wars were European in nature - so also the dramatis personae.

UMAR EMERGES WINNER OF 3RD EDITION OF AFRIGROWTH READING COMPETITION

By Cecilia Ogezi

A pupil of the Local Education Authority(LEA) Primary School Estate in Gwagwalada Area Council, Mansur Umar, has won the 3rd edition of the AfriGrowth Reading Competition held in Abuja.

UN DONATES OVER 18,000 PPEs, LIFE SAVING COMMODITIES TO BORNO GOVT

By Uchenna Okolie (Borno State Correspondent)

The United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) has donated 18,646 personal protective pieces of equipment ( PPEs ) and life-saving commodities to the Borno state government as part of safety measures against the COVID-19 pandemic to the various health sectors in the state.

UN MISSION VISITS BORNO STATE AHEAD OF 5TH LAKE CHAD BASIN GOV'S FORUM

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, the SRSG for the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abdou Abarry, and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mr. Mohamed M. Fall, visited Bama a day before the kick-off of the fifth Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum for Regional Cooperation on Stabilization, Peacebuilding, and Sustainable Development in Maiduguri.

UN WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION DWELLS ON DIGITILIZATION OF TOURISM OPERATIONS

• * As ITPN Collaborates With Communication Ministry To Set Agenda For Nigeria

By Micheal Jegede (In FCT Abuja)

In addressing current challenges and trends of the tourism industry, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is focusing on innovation, education, digital transformation and investments as strategies to apply in generating new business opportunities that will ensure global competitiveness, growth and sustainable development of the tourism sector.

UNCERTAINTY IN TARABA STATE APC, AS PARTY IS YET TO PRESENT GUBER CANDIDATE

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Taraba state All Progressive Congress (APC) is yet to present the gubernatorial candidate who will represent the party in the next general election.

Underage Admissions Controversy: THE WAY FORWARD

By Bolanle Bolawole

Visit any of our institutions of higher learning and you begin to see toddler-undergraduates all over the place! Boys and girls who should still be in SS1 are already preparing to graduate! Merely looking at them testifies to the fact that they lack the much-needed maturity. They may pass through the university but will the university pass through them? At the tender age that many of these boys and girls gain admission into institutions of higher learning, do they - can they - have a true understanding of the real essence of higher education?

UNDERSEA CABLE CUTS, DISRUPTS DATA, VOICE SERVICES ALONG AFRICAN WEST COAST

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

A combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote de Ivoire, among others.

UNESCO CELEBRATES GOV MBAH'S SMART SCHOOL INITIATIVE

* Set To Partner On Strategic Training

By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has commended the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, for what it described as a transformative and forward-looking Smart Schools initiative, pledging strategic partnership with the state in teacher training, digital education development and cultural renaissance of the Igbo heritage.

UNGA 2023 Summit: TINUBU DEPARTS FOR NEW YORK TODAY

Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will, today (Sunday) depart Abuja for New York, where he will participate in the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be his first as Nigerian leader.

UNGA 78: CISLAC PRESENTS SDG 16 SHADOW REPORT TO NIGERIA'S FIRST LADY, REMI TINUBU

By Cecilia Ologunagba

A non-governmental organisation, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has presented the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goal 16 Shadow Report to First Lady Oluremi Tinubu.

UNGA 78: NIGERIA TO CHAMPION GLOBAL TAX RESOLUTION

• * As Permanent Rep Urges Nigeria's Delegation To Work For Common Vision.

By Cecilia Ologunagba (Agency Reporter)

Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Tijiani Muhammad-Bande, said Nigeria will continue to champion global tax cooperation discourse at the ongoing 78th session of UN General Assembly (UNGA).