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The Federal Government yesterday said it would address the basic demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, next week. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at a tripartite meeting organised by  Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, between the government and the union in Abuja yesterday. It would be recalled that ASUU had …

My beloved people, rape is a form of attack that is universal. It has been used to subdue and humiliate, from the battlefields of Syria, Afghanistan, Palestine etc to the jail cells of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and other places, and IDP camps in Nigeria and other places. But it is primarily women and children who are its targets. As …

A bill seeking mandatory and free healthcare service for all Nigerian children, on Tuesday, scaled through second reading in the Nigeria’s House of Representatives. Titled “Bill for an Act to make Health Care Service Delivery Free for all Children in Nigeria; and for Related Matters (HB. 1504),” it  is sponsored by Hon. Bello Kaoje (APC, Kebbi). Kaoje who led the …

Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has flagged off the state’s Second Phase Outbreak Response (OBR) for Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus Type 2. The flag-off ceremony, which was held at Eyaen Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Benin City, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State, was to kick-start a coordinated response to routine immunisation. Shaibu expressed appreciation to …

In an unusual interview published by Vatican News ahead of the U.S. bishops’ vote this week on the document titled “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church,” Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired Archbishop of Los Angeles, calls the upcoming document “totally unnecessary.” He says: it “was intended primarily to go after and penalize Catholic legislators.” Last …

Demolition of illegal structures constructed under high tension cables and other unauthorized places in the Benin metropolis has been intensified by Edo State Government. The exercise is aimed at removing structures by illegal developers and squatters that trade in unauthorized locations such as under the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) High Tension Lines in the metropolis. The Commissioner for Physical …

*Condoles with Dangote, Dantata families Late Alhaji Sani Dangote, the younger brother to Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, was not only a brother and friend but also a collaborator in some of the decisions taken by the Buhari administration, especially in the agricultural sector, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said on Wednesday. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Kano during a …

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Ministry of Finance and National Planning will commence the disbursement of funds to universities on Wednesday. The minister said the government is certain that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not embark on the planned strike. He stated this when he appeared on “Politics Today,” a political programme …

The Kaduna State Government has reiterated its determination to no longer rely on federal allocations for funding of its annual budgets. The Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mohammed Abdullahi, said this in his remarks at a public hearing on the 2022 appropriation bill at the Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday. ”In the next few years, Kaduna should provide …

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to establish the Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria. The Council when established would, amongst others, curb fraudulent practices to ensure that the real estate business confirms with the National Building Code in Nigeria. The bill which scaled third reading during plenary is tagged: The Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill, …