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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday condemned the coup d’etat in Guinea and demanded the immediate release of President Alpha Condé. According to reports, the fate of Guinea’s President, Condé,  is unclear after an unverified video showed him surrounded by soldiers who said they had seized power. They appeared on national TV claiming to have dissolved the government. However, the …

•Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Oyo vulnerable to APC take over •Party still weak in most Northern, Middlebelt states, unlikely to make appreciable gains There is a high possibility that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 general election from the North, as stakeholders are set to zone the chairmanship position of the …

•Nigeria, UN chief condemn development Democratic gains recorded on the continent, yesterday, suffered another tragic setback, when soldiers in Guinea, in an apparent coup d’etat, seized power from the country’s democratically elected President, Alpha Condé. As at press time, the fate of the Guinean leader was still unclear after an unverified video showed him surrounded by soldiers and looking somewhat …

• Offer Has Put Buhari’s Sincerity In Fight Against Terrorism To Test, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, YCE Declare• Arewa Leaders Endorse International Collaborative Efforts• It Will Be Illogical For FG To Reject Offer, Akinterinwa Argues• ‘Government Should Swallow Its Pride And Cooperate With America’• Nigeria Needs Any Help Available – Security Experts Nigerians have expressed doubts about the willingness of the Federal …

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association have issued the Federal Government a 15-day ultimatum, saying they will commence an indefinite strike over outstanding welfare issues with the union. Mr Biobelemonye Josiah, JOHESU’s National President, said this in a letter addressed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, and other relevant stakeholders …

The Federal Government has said it is working towards reducing the cost of gas for power generation in the country as part of efforts to boost the manufacturing sector. The Minister for Industry, Trade and Investments, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, said this at a roundtable discussion on the industrialisation of Africa organised by the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria. He said cost …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has handed over a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021-2022 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination to the police for investigation over what it described as “result tampering.” According to the board’s Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, who briefed journalists at JAMB’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday, the candidate, Chinedu John, had claimed he scored …

Striking resident doctors have called the Federal Government’s bluff for invoking the no-work-no-pay policy by stopping their salaries. However, there were indications that states across the country might also adopt the Federal Government policy by equally denying the protesting doctors their salaries. The National President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi and the Minister of Labour and Employment, …

By Adémólá Òrúnbon Of recent, there have been what can be described as guided and concerted attempts by the All Progressive Congress, APC-led Federal Government to stamp its control on what is churned out as information within the Nigerian media space. This is because it has become obvious that the administration is not at home with the kind of access Nigerians, …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has called for support of the Nigerian Air Force to tackle insecurity in the state. The governor made the appeal in a farewell message to the outgoing Commander, 107 Air Maritime Group of the Nigerian Air Force, Commodore Emmanuel Effiom, at the Government House in Benin City. Commending the Air Force Commander, Obaseki said: …