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Like ASUU, ASUP says it will shut down polytechnics nationwide from May 16
BY SAM OGBEIFUN Another strike in the nation’s polytechnics is looming as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has threatened to shut...
Resign now, Pres. Buhari orders Amaechi, Ngige, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has given a marching order to ministers and other appointees running for elective offices to resign their appointments with immediate...
Tragedy as articulated vehicle crushes 14 passengers in Benue
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A cement-laden truck on Tuesday evening had a head-on collision with a fully loaded 14-seater bus along Otukpo/Enugu expressway,...
Party primaries: IPAC calls for extension of timeline by two months
BY SAM OGBEIFUN Ahead of political party primaries fixed for later in May, the Inter-Party Advisory Council IPAC has called on the Independent...
Ground rent: FCTA vows to prosecute defaulters, recover N29bn debt
BY SAM OGBEIFUN For the land allottees in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, who are yet to pay their ground rent over the...
JUST IN: Senate President Lawan, Oil minister Sylva, Gov. Ayade pick APC presidential forms
Ahead of May 17 deadline for the picking of nomination and expression of interest forms, more aspirants on the platform of APC have...
Show cause why Emefiele should not contest election, judge tells INEC, Justice Minister
Contrary to some media reports, the Federal High Court in Abuja did not refuse the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s...
Resuming Abuja-Kaduna train services without rescuing kidnapped passengers insensitive — family members
The families of the over 100 passengers kidnapped by terrorists who attacked the AK-9 train along the Abuja-Kaduna route, have urged the Nigerian...
Nigeria’s Apex Bank Governor, Emefiele, is an employee, not eligible to contest — Adegboruwa (SAN)
The Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, is ineligible to contest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos lawyer,...
After 90 days “warning” strike, ASUU declares another 12 weeks
The industrial crisis rocking the nation’s ivory towers may be far from over as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday...
BREAKING: Airline operators suspend planned shutdown
Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) say they have suspended the planned suspension of flights earlier scheduled for...
Just in: Imo second republic politician, octagenarian Sen. Francis Arthur Nzeribe, exits
A second republic politician, Sen. Francis Arthur Nzeribe, has passed on. Aged 83 years, the news of the Oguta-born politician and businessman broke...
Buhari jets out to Abidjan for 2-day UN environment conference
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday to attend a United Nations-organized conference on the future of land,...
Declare Buhari’s pardon for jailed ex-Govs Dariye, Nyame illegal, violation of oath of office, SERAP tells court
“SERAP wants the court declaration that the exercise of the power of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon to Mr Dariye and Mr...
BREAKING: Tinubu’s campaign group DG, Jibrin, quits APC
The campaign for the nation’s presidential seat by the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu appears to be moving with halts and jerks...
Prohibitive cost of aviation fuel: Airlines to shut down from Monday, May 9
Domestic airlines under the auspices of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) will from Monday, May 9, shut down their operations following the...
