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Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities on Sunday said the Federal Government had yet to reach out to them since the Nigeria Labour Congress announced plan to hold nationwide solidarity protests on Tuesday and Wednesday. They also said they were still awaiting official communication from the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, days after …

There is palpable tension in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the continued push by the All Progressives Congress, APC, leadership to ensure  participation of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Godswill Akpabio, in the 2023 senatorial elections of Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West senatorial districts, respectively. Contrary to what the leadership of INEC had told Nigerians that …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Nasiru Ila as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide confirmed this development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ila, a product of Victory College, Alexandria and West London College, United Kingdom, was a successful businessman with …

There appears to be no end in sight to the public spat between the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and his opponent in the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In response to a statement credited to the Tinubu Campaign Organisation; in which it accused Atiku of lying about his past record of opposition to …

Washington, D.C. – Whoever broke into a medieval French church last month and stole a golden reliquary containing what is said to be the Precious Blood of Jesus appears to have had second thoughts. It seems that once the thieves discovered that the box contained a relic of Jesus, they wanted nothing to do with it. “They had no idea …

Senator-Ademola-Adeleke Dr. Deji Adeleke, the founder of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State and an elder brother to the Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, Sunday, warned that he would lead opposition against his younger brother if his government derailed. The brother, who spoke at the eighth convocation ceremony of the University held on the campus of the institution, also said …

Abductors of the Kaduna-Abuja train passengers have released another video where the victims were being flogged by the terrorists, with a vow to abduct the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai and some prominent Nigerian politicians. The terrorists had attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, killing eight and kidnapping no fewer than 61 passengers. The Managing …

…Says, ex-VP also deceived Wike with VP slot Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again knocked the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar whom he described as thriving in bigotry. According to him, Atiku had in 2007 promised him the vice presidential ticket, adding that the former …

World Health Organisation (WHO), on Saturday, officially declared the Monkeypox disease as a global health emergency. The global health body noted that it activated its highest alert level for the growing Monkeypox outbreak, making the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The PUNCH reports that Monkeypox, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is a rare viral …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – A female police officer serving at Benin Metro Area Command has been stabbed to death in Benin City. The victim, Inspector Efe George Ishiaka, 40 was attacked by a three-man gang led by her next door neighbor, identified as one Collins Anthony. It was gathered that the female police officer was alone inside …