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Teachers in public secondary and primary schools in Kaduna State on Monday began an indefinite strike action over job security and welfare issues. The strike was called by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).  The government on Sunday threatened to sack any teacher that joined the strike. In some of the schools in Kaduna metropolis only …

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused the Federal Government and the various security agencies of abandoning the citizens of the state to be slaughtered by rampaging Fulani herdsmen. Governor Ortom, who decried the recurring killing of Benue people by herdsmen, also lamented that a cabal has blocked communications with President Muhammadu Buhari. He added that if the intention …

A number of Deposit Money Banks in the country have barred their customers from using debit and credit cards to withdraw dollars, euros, pounds and other foreign currencies whenever they travel abroad, investigation by our correspondent has revealed. The development may put business and leisure travellers, who may need hard currencies to meet some obligations abroad, in a difficult situation. …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party is the only party that will transform the country and take its economy back to its prosperity. Atiku expressed this in Kaduna at the weekend, when one of his supporters, Miss Zainab Musa Pindar, organised a reception for him at the Arewa House, welcoming him back to …

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State has won 22 out of the 25 local government councils where elections took place in the state on Saturday. The Chairman of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr. Mike Ogbodu, who supervised the declaration of results in Asaba, the state capital on Sunday evening, said there would be rerun election in …

The Nigerian Medical Association in Kogi State on Sunday directed its members to resume strike on Monday over an alleged failure by the state government to meet their demands. The Chairman of the association, Dr. Godwin Tijani, said in Lokoja that the inability of the state government to pay the doctors’ full salaries was unacceptable. Besides, Tijani said all the …

As teachers in public primary schools in Kaduna State goes on indefinite strike on Monday, Governor Nasir el-Rufai has threatened to dismiss any teacher who is absent from duty. The Chairman of the Kaduna State branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mr. Audu Amba, confirmed to one of our correspondents on phone on Sunday that teachers in public primary …

Benue State Government has concluded arrangement to give mass burial to the victims of the New Year attack next Thursday. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Terver Akase, disclosed this on Sunday through telephone conversation. He explained that there would be a memorial service for them by 10am at the IBB Square, Makurdi. Akase said the 10 persons killed …

In an extraordinary public defence of his own mental stability, Donald Trump issued a volley of tweets that seemed guaranteed to add fuel to a raging political fire. Suggestions in a new tell-all book that he was mentally unfit to be president were out of “the old Ronald Reagan playbook”, Trump wrote on Saturday. “Actually,” the president added, “throughout my …

The alleged removal of the Odionwere of Egbirhe community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Pa Napoleon Omobude and his council of elders by the Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba Ewuare II is generating tension in the village.They were alleged to have been replaced by the former chairman of the defunct Community Development Association (CDA) in the area. …