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No fewer than 38 universities across the country have increased their tuition fees as a result of poor funding by the Federal and State governments. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr. Deji Omole, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. The statement which assessed …

The US supreme court handed a partial victory to the Trump administration on Monday as it lifted significant elements of lower court orders blocking the president’s controversial travel ban targeting visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries. The nation’s highest court said the 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, along with a 120-day suspension of …

The robots are coming, the robots are coming! Regular reports warn us that an automation apocalypse is nigh. In January, a McKinsey & Company study found that about 30% of tasks in 60% of occupations could be computerized and last year, the Bank of England’s chief economist said that 80m US and 15m UK jobs might be taken over by …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commended Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State over his security initiatives and prompt payment of workers’ salaries. CBN’s acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, who was in Awka for a three-day sensitisation workshop of the people of the state on CBN loan facilities stated this. He said: “We are pleased with the …

Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Monday said at least N1 billion will be collected annually as education levy to be deducted from the salaries of civil and public servants in the state. Tambuwal made this known while inaugurating a 27-man Education Revitalisation and Strengthening Committee chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, at the 2017 …

Eight weeks after his departure for medical treatment, the presidency at the weekend released the first recorded message from President Muhammadu Buhari, where he was heard felicitating with Nigerians in the Hausa language on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fast. The recording, which was also ostensibly aimed at debunking a news report last week alleging …

After 13 years of enriching Nigerian, Popular TV game show, Who Wants to be a Millionaire will be going off air indefinitely. The suspension of the programme was announced on Sunday in a series of tweets on the show’s official Twitter page, @WWTBAM. Though details behind the indefinite suspension are still unclear, reports said the game’s major sponsor, MTN Nigeria, …

A bridge that is being constructed at a cost of $12m has collapsed. It is being constructed by the Chinese Overseas Construction and Engineering Company. The bridge collapsed two weeks after the president visited the site to examine the ongoing work. The construction of the bridge was approved after the event of August 30, 2014, when 11 people perished after …

By Odeon Kodalo Unhappy with the rate of helpless children in the oil-rich state of Edo in Nigeria, Businessman-turned politician and Governor of the state, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has asked those planning to celebrate his 58th birthday to stop. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. John Mayaki, who disclosed this in Benin City recently, said: Mr. Obaseki is …

Some church leaders in Nigeria have disagreed with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, over his recent statement that for corruption to be completely eradicated in the country, the fight against the menace must start from churches. Those who spoke, said rather than blame the church for the government’s failure to effectively address the menace, Osinbajo should empower the nation’s anti-graft …