ASUU Strike Enters Sixth Month As FG Refuses Negotiations
As the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters the sixth month in the night of July 14, the Federal Government of Nigeria has stood its ground while reiterating that there is no deal yet. ASUU has been on an industrial action since February 14, with tens of thousands of undergraduates […]
Special Mission Jets Deployed By NIMASA To Fight Oil Theft
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has made an open announcement that two special mission aircrafts in the deep blue project fleet of the agency will be immediately deployed to fight oil theft and protect the country’s economy. While he was speaking at the recently held […]
Osun: APC Brought Thugs Fom Lagos To Disrupt Election – Adeleke
Ademola Adeleke who is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate in Osun State, has openly accused the All Progressives Congress of importing thugs into the state to disrupt the upcoming election in the State. The former federal lawmaker who spoke during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday had also made some allegations that […]
Adamawa CP Orders Ban, Return Of Spy Vehicle Number Plates
CP Sikiru Akande, who is the Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, has asked all vehicle users with the plate numbers to return all spy plate numbers to the police state headquarters in Yola. A press statement which had been signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Suleiman Nguroje, had also indicated that the […]
2023: APC Postpones Official Unveiling Of Shettima
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the official unveiling of former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shetima, as the running mate to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Shetima was scheduled to have been presented to party members at the APC national Secretariat on Thursday but that will no longer be happening. However, the Chairman of […]
Appeal Court Sacks Assembly Member In Bayelsa Over Defection
A Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has finally sacked the member representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Daniel Charles, over his alleged defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC party had dragged Charles to court seeking his […]
ECOWAS Court Finally Declares Nigeria Twitter Ban Unlawful
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) and some 176 Nigerians have finally gotten some victory over the Twitter ban case which was slammed against the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as the ECOWAS court declared the ban unlawful. The ECOWAS Court had openly declared the suspension unlawful while cautioning the Nigerian government against a […]
2023 Presidency: Ignore Religion, Vote Competence — Akeredolu
As the choice of a former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, as running mate to the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, continues to throw up controversy, Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has appealed to Nigerians to ignore the issue of religion but vote for a […]
Ukraine Cuts Ties With N’Korea Over Recognition Of Separatists
Ukraine has cut off all existing diplomatic relations with North Korea over Pyongyang’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway ‘people’s republics’ in Ukraine’s east. Kyiv’s decision to cut ties with North Korea on yesterday followed shortly after reports emerged that Pyongyang had recognised the independence of two self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine. ‘We consider this decision […]
Why Kwankwaso, Sowore’s Names Are Not On Our Portal – INEC
Following the controversy generated by the story, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained that the African Action Congress (AAC) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) are yet to upload details of their governorship candidates on the electoral body’s nomination portal. While Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is the NNPP presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore is the […]
Physically Challenged Man Loses Four Kids In Calabar Mudslide
A 38-year-old physically challenged man whose name was given as Ndifreke Nkanta, on Wednesday, revealed that four of his children were among the nine that died in a mudslide that occurred in Calabar, Cross River State. He said the mudslide occasioned by the downpour of Sunday morning, saw his two other children sustaining various degrees […]
How Flood Killed 3 Siblings, 4 Adults In Lagos – NEMA
About three siblings and four adults have been confirmed dead in Lagos State following a two-day continuous rainfall that has also seen many displaced. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Zonal Coordinator for South West, Ibrahim Farinloye. disclosed this in a statement which was made available to Africa Today News, New York. Giving a post-emergency phase […]