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One Obiako Chukwuemeka pretending to be a medical doctor working with the United Nations as a humanitarian aid at the National Hospital, Abuja has been arrested and handed over to the police. The Vanguard gathered that the suspect, whose origin, and age are yet unknown, has since been detained pending his arraignment. The source said: “The National Hospital Abuja handed …

A 45-year-old housewife died while her husband sustained injuries in a building collapse in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa. Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu confirmed the incident in Dutse on Tuesday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Shehu said the incident occurred on Sunday at about 11:30 …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, received Mr. Ehizogie Iyeomoan, an Edo indigene who emerged winner of the 2021 Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) National Essay Competition, which had over 5,000 entries. Iyeomoan’s essay titled, “How to Fight Economic and Financial Crimes to Make Nigeria Great,” was selected as the best from the over 5000 entries received by …

Nigeria’s Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors. The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) warned against signing agreements which the government will not be able to meet. Adamu disclosed this while speaking during the …

It was the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who first began to call Nigeria a zoo. Kanu holds that nothing ever works in the ‘zoo’ and that nothing will ever function properly! The Zoo Story we must recall is a 1958 one-act play written by an American playwright, Edward Albee. The play explores themes …

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors. The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) warned against signing agreements which the government will not be able to meet. Adamu disclosed this while speaking during …

Last month, the CBN monetary policy committee unanimously voted to increase the benchmark interest rate from 13 percent to 14 percent, to address the nation’s rising inflation. Members of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have expressed worry over the country’s high inflation rate. The officials expressed their concerns in their personal statements as contained in the communique …

The Ministry of Education, Adamu Adamu, alongside stakeholders such as the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede; Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed; Emeritus Professors Peter Okebukola and Nimi-Briggs; alongside all vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities have commenced a special closed-door session over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff …

*Says govt’s ‘No work, No Pay’ policy holds no water as lecturers work 24 hours besides teaching *Explains why lecturers work in other varsities The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has warned the federal government against hearkening to prescription that could jeopardize the deadlock of its previous meetings with the government to address its demands. It also warned that, …

Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Rev. Peter Chukwu, yesterday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to prosecute those allegedly using him to Islamise Nigeria. According to him, “that is why the government is helpless to combat the problems.” Addressing journalists after the inauguration of the Catholic Media Practitioners Association, CAMPAN, Ebonyi State branch, the bishop added that rational people …