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After its seventh meeting with government, ASUU has explained why strike, which is over two months is still ongoing. Following the meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and Federal Government on Monday, January 7, 2019, ASUU president, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi has explained why the strike has not been suspended. Ogunyemi while speaking […]
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, signed on behalf of Nigeria while his counterpart from South Sudan, Nhial Deng Nhial signed for his country in Abuja on Thursday Onyeama said: “It is a general cooperation agreement that involves other areas but not security, the area of cooperation include economic, education, technical, health, sports, culture among others. “The […]
A new enhanced Electronic International Passport was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, and here’s all you need to know about it. There are apparently 25 differences between the old and the new e-passport. While we get over the news of the forthcoming release of the AU Passport, the Federal Government of Nigeria announces […]
“We have requested each university for a specified number of academic staff as contained in my letter to the vice chancellors. Staff who are card carrying members or have participated in partisan politics should not be nominated. Similarly, those who may not be involved in partisan political activities but are known to have obvious political […]
Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and other countries across the world, social media giant, Facebook has announced an extension of some of its political advertising rules and tools to curb the spread of fake news and foreign interference. Facebook has, in recent times, been criticised for being pivotal to the spread of […]
“I am warning senior lawyers to be very careful with respect to charges. You must ensure that the litigant is paying you from his or pocket. The moment you allow a Governor or President of the country or anybody for that matter to dip his or her hand to public treasury, you might run into […]
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday fixed February 11, 2019 to deliver a judgment in an application seeking final forfeiture of $4.8million and N7.4billion allegedly linked to Patience Jonathan, the immediate past First Lady. EFCC filed the application against the former First Lady and six others. The others […]
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, as the new Force Public Relations Officer The Deputy Force spokesman, CSP Aremu Adeniran, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, saying that the posting was with immediate effect. Adeniran said that Mba was charged by the I-G Adamu […]
After the vice presidential debate of December 14, 2018, Peter Obi who is Atiku Abubakar’s running mate ahead of the presidential vote of February 16, 2019, was the butt of jokes from the APC fan base for the number of times he mentioned China on the podium. The memes and GIFS soon followed and Obi […]
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has decried the killing of innocent Nigerians by suspected bandits in Sokoto State. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu on Tuesday in Abuja, described the killings as worrisome and disheartening. He noted that the wanton loss of human […]