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A former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, is now a bona fide staff of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), as he inspected his office space at the institution’s Abeokuta Study Centre in Ogun State on Tuesday, in his capacity as a facilitator. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Abdalla Adamu, had soon after the former president’s graduation with PhD …

Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) has revealed plans by aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State to leave the party. He told reporters in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the new APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole assumed office at a time it had become too late to reconcile them with the party. Sani said, “I wish Adams has …

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from struggling to restore Nigeria to the path of sanity and moderate rectitude, describing him as ‘objectively unfitted’ for the role. He urged him to instead head for a monastery. Soyinka said, “…I know that deep inside, there is a soakaway pond of personal insecurity struggling to …

…Obaseki urges job seekers to be circumspect of recruitment centres Edo State government has declared the recruitment activities of KAI Environmental, a consulting firm in the state, as fraudulent and therefore distanced itself from the company, vowing to bring perpetrators to justice. The government alleged that the firm has been collecting money from unsuspecting job seekers in the state with …

…36 CEOs of leading global auto brands will arrive Benin Wednesday Efforts by the Godwin Obaseki-led administration to harness the vast economic opportunities in the global auto industry through the state’s economic diversification strategy have begun yielding result as 36 chief executive officers of leading global auto brands and component suppliers, will arrive Benin City on Wednesday. The high-profile meeting …

Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), through its Monitoring of Recovered Assets in Nigeria with Transparency and Accountability (MANTRA) project recently held a Citizens’ Dialogue meeting in Abuja to further chart a course on how best the $322.5m recovered Abacha loot can be utilised Part of the purpose of the plan is also to prevent barefaced looting in …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu in a judgment on Monday said Dasuki’s continued detention by the state, without sufficient reasons, violated his right to liberty. The judgement was on a fundamental rights enforcement application by Dasuki, who has been in the custody …

The Presidency on Monday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the reported protest embarked on by police personnel in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday. The policemen were said to have protested over non-payment of their monthly salaries and allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the IGP was seen heading towards the office of the Chief of …

The Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO) and the Isaac Blessing Foundation have urged governments at all levels to provide educational facilities for prison inmates in Enugu Prisons. The Executive Directors of CAPIO, Rev. Fr Ambrose Ekereoku and Mrs Blessing Ogbonna of IBF made the appeal in separate interviews with the Newsmen in Enugu on Monday. Ekereoku expressed dismay at the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the National Chairman of the dysfunctional All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to wake up from his pipe dream of thinking that his anti-people party can forcefully take over Taraba and Delta States in 2019. The party said Oshiomhole should concentrate his energies on saving his APC from imminent collapse rather than attempting …