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• UK, Nigeria sign MoU on the fight against corruption As part of efforts to end coups in West Africa, the Economic Community of West Africa States Council of Wise (ECOWAS COW), yesterday, commenced a two-day retreat and workshop in Lagos. The workshop aims, among other things, to develop modalities for operationalisation of the council and for members and the ECOWAS …

• Nabena insists Buni c’ttee can’t be stampeded• Rebirth group cries foul, urges Buhari to wade in• Ex-PGF DG blames scramble by govs, wants CECPC reorganised The last is yet to be heard on the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following the shift of its national convention to March 26. Within 24 hours, the party had announced different …

The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is currently in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, has been denied application of bail on health grounds. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Monday, refused to order the Federal Government to release the detained …

The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Dr Salisu Umar as the substantive Rector for the Auchi Polytechnic. A statement yesterday by the polytechnic’s spokesman, Mustapha Oshiobugie said his appointment followed the demise of Mr Sanusi Jimah in October 2020 while the institution has had two rectors in acting capacity between October 2020 and February 2022 when Umar was …

The hardship experienced by motorists in Abuja due to the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol in the nation’s capital for about two weeks is gradually easing off. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the queues in most filling stations on the Kubwa Expressway have reduced. A NAN correspondent, who went round on Monday, …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, called on the old generation of Nigerians to give way for the younger generation to build a prosperous nation. According to him, rather than compete, the old generation should collaborate with younger people and provide them with the requisite knowledge and experience to transform the country. Obasanjo stated these in his capacity as Chairman …

As a labour activist, I read with utmost dismay the press statement issued by the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Sunday Asefon, in which he blamed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige for the current four-week warning strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. On February 14, ASUU declared a “total …

The students were granted bail before the expiration of a 30-day remand order. The police officer who investigated the controversial death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr on Monday told a coroner that the investigation of the five senior students of Dowen College were not concluded before they were released. Mikhail Kadiri, the coroner, is conducting an inquest to look into the circumstances surrounding …

Special Adviser to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said he (the President) might sign the nation’s Electoral Bill in a matter of hours. He made this known on Tuesday during an interview with Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. “He (Buhari) will sign it (the bill) any moment from now,” he said. “It could be today, it …

Kyiv and Lviv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine in what the Kremlin called a “peacekeeping” mission, just hours after he signed decrees recognizing the independence of the Moscow-backed regions. According to the CNN report, It is unclear if Russian troop movements marked the beginning of an invasion of Ukraine that …