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The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuesday gave an insight on the way and manner he would shape his government come 2023. The former Lagos state governor said that his administration would focus on ‘what is right and not what would make people comfortable’. Tinubu had promised Nigerians: development, growth and peace. He had …

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to eight bills recently passed the National Assembly. Making this revelation Monday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Nasir Baballe Ila, on Monday said the bills signed into law by the president included Civil Aviation Act, 2022; Nigeria Meteorological Agency (Establishment) Act, 2022; Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (Establishment) …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike in Nigeria. A source within ASUU confirmed that an extension of the strike was the resolution of a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking university lecturers. He did not, however, disclose how long the union extended the industrial action. ASUU embarked on the strike on …

Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licenses of 53 broadcast stations in the country and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Justice Aluko gave the order restraining President Buhari and NBC while ruling on an exparte application filed …

Nigerians on social media have reacted furiously at the comments made by Bashir El-Rufai, a son of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, after he described the Academic Staff Union of Universities as a ‘useless union’ that should be dissolved and replaced with educators who care about students. This comes after ASUU decided to extend its ongoing strike. …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami’s extradition suit seeking to surrender Abba Kyari to the United States of America to face fraud charges. The judge, Inyang Ekwo, said Mr Malami was responsible for the failure of the case by instituting the extradition proceedings despite the pending criminal case …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has converted its ongoing six-month strike to an indefinite industrial action. The decision was taken by the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of ASUU, which ended earlier Monday morning. The implication is that public universities would remain shut. The NEC meeting, which involved principal officers, zonal coordinators and branch chairmen, decided to declare …

Kaduna state governor’s son, Bashir El-Rufai, has called for the removal of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. ASUU is a union of university academic staff in Nigeria, founded in 1978. It’s an offshoot of the Nigerian Association of University Teachers which was established in 1965. The union had since February 14th, 2022 embarked on indefinite strike. In order …

*Police arrest 10 suspects, say morgue building not certified *Edo govt gives all mortuary operators till Sept 30 for registration *Police allege evidence of ritual act Investigations led by Edo State Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Olawore Oluwole, have revealed that the operator of the controversial morgue, which the police had tagged ritualists’ den along Ekenwan Road axis of Benin …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has described the late Enogie of Obazuwa-Iko, His Royal Highness, Ovbioba Edun Agharese Akenzua, as a great asset to Edo nation as he served as an encyclopedia on the Benin Royal family. The governor who was accompanied on a condolence visit to the family of the late traditional ruler by his Chief of Staff, …