Author: Herald Newspaper

The Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi on Thursday announced the termination of contract for the construction of Oyo-Ogbomoso axis of the Ibadan-Ilorin dual carriageway. The Minister explained that the Federal Government terminated the contract for construction of the 98km Oyo-Ogbomoso Road which was awarded to RCC Construction Company. He made the disclosure in Ibadan during the Oyo Federal Roads Stakeholders Engagement with the theme: ‘Enhancing Federal Roads in Oyo State; Challenges and Sustainable Solutions’. While acknowledging that the delivery of the road project was long overdue, the minister assured the general public that the contract would soon be re-awarded…

A former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has disagreed with the practice of deploying military personnel for election duties in Nigeria; he also called for an end to the practice especially because it overstretches the nation’s military. Ex-President Jonathan, who spoke at the public presentation of a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase’s new book in Abuja, also suggested that democratic elections should be jointly managed by the police and INEC. While agreeing that many nations use the Air Force and Army for transportation of election materials to dangerous places, he insisted that…

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has given the nod to its Committee on Electoral Matters to summon the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for explanations on why there are delays in conducting by-elections into vacant legislative seats. Besides, INEC is also expected to make known the measures it has taken to solve the problems. Following the adoption of a motion by Jafaru Leko (APC, Bauchi), the lower Chamber of the National Assembly described the delay in conducting by-elections as a dangerous precedent, adding that this makes compliance with the Constitution and electoral laws to look like an optional whereas it is…

Thomas Adewumi University (TAU), Oko-Irese in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State has scored the bull’s eye again as it has been adjudged the University with the best Artificial Intelligence (AI) education programme in Nigeria. The prestigious award was presented to the university during the 2025 AI Awareness Day in Higher Education held on Monday, 17th February 2025. The university’s management informed through a press statement that TAU’s BSc Computer Science programme stood out among 274 universities in Nigeria to clinch the top spot. It noted that the “AI Awareness Day in Higher Education” is a national event aimed…

In furtherance of its mandate to make contributions to the nation’s economic growth and development, the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) has promised to engage in the empowerment of Nigerian youth through digital and technological innovations. The promise was made by the Director General of the NBTI, Dr. Kazeem Kolawole Raji when he officially took over the leadership of the board from the immediate past Director General, Dr. Uchenna Patricia Chukwu, in Abuja. He noted that the Board under his leadership will remain an economic propeller for the rapid growth of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to him,…

By Ruth Adebayo, Oluwatobi Aroyehun, Semirat Suleiman and Sunday Kolo Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard (HFPYV), a group of youthful advocates for food justice and public health in favour of young Nigerians, has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently approve and implement a drastic hike in the taxes being levied on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs). It appealed to the Federal Government to raise the taxes on SSBs from the current N10 per litre to N130 per litre, saying this would serve the overall interest of the nation’s public health. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Afeez Adebayo,…

Former Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Dr. Modibbo Is’haq Kawu was on Thursday in Abuja discharged and acquitted by the Federal High Court in a case of alleged mismanagement of N2.5billion brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Lucky Omoluwa, Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Limited, and Dipo Onifade, Chief Operating Officer who were charged along with Kawu were also cleared by the Federal High Court. theheraldnews.ng reports that Dr. Kawu was suspended from office by the Federal Government in 2020. During the pendency of the case, ICPC called witnesses including Osanato Olugbemi,…

The Kwara State Government has awarded contracts to the tune of 5 Billion Naira for facility upgrades of 70 Primary Health Care centres across the three Senatorial Districts of the State. The Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KWHCDA), Professor Nusirat Elelu, said the upgrades will promote the affected PHCs to Level 2 PHCs. She spoke during the contract signing event held at the office of the Agency and added that the intervention will include infrastructural upgrade, solar installation, provision of staff quarters, potable water supply and supply of ultra-modern hospital equipment across all benefitting Primary Health…

By Ruth Adebayo The Kwara State Government has made public the prototype of the new Court House complex currently being constructed on Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin. The six-storey Court House Complex project will feature eight well-equipped courtrooms, offices, a conference hall and a library, among other modern facilities. It is conceived to ease the operations of the judiciary in the north-central state. Reputed as the first of its kind in Africa, the Court House complex was conceived by Governor AbdulRazaq, in line with his vision of enhancing judicial services while revamping and repositioning every sector in the State. The Kwara…

By: Oluwatobi Aroyehun Hon. Raheem Tunji Olawuyi (Ajuloopin), the federal lawmaker representing Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State, has been appointed as the Chairman of the House Committee on the North Central Development Commission (NCDC). The appointment was confirmed in a congratulatory message from his colleague, Hon. Muktar Tolani Shagaya, who praised Olawuyi’s commitment to service and his deep understanding of the North Central region’s developmental challenges. “I am delighted to congratulate my colleague and fellow federal lawmaker from Kwara State, Hon. Raheem Tunji Olawuyi (Ajuloopin), on his appointment as the Chairman, House Committee on the North Central Development Commission…