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ASUU faction to VCs: Recall students to schools now

  … as varsity lecturers threaten to sue zonal ASUU   The Congress of Universities Academic (CONUA), a break-away faction of the Academic Staff...

#ENDSARS protests: Southwest monarchs, governors to Buhari: Open land borders, employ youths, restructure Nigeria

  The two-year land border closure by the Federal Government, mass youth unemployment and expeditious restructuring of the Nigerian state are some of...

Breaking: U.S. pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine is ready

Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech on Monday announced that the coronavirus vaccine was ready and that it has proven more than 90...

Ex-Gov. Ajimobi’s wife’s multi-million naira supermarket up in flames

  By Boye Ajayi Few months after Ex-Governor  Abiola Ajimobi died of COVID-19,  his wife, Florence, on Sunday lost her Grandex Supermarket and Stores...

Threat of fresh #EndSARS protests: IGP to police: Use legitimate force

  Amid threat of fresh wave of #EndSARS protests across the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has directed his officers and...

‘A president for all Americans’: President-Elect Joseph Biden says in victory speech

President-Elect Joe Biden speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday evening, reached out to voters who supported Trump. “I understand the disappointment...

Just in: At least 20 bus passengers kidnapped on notorious Akure-Owo-Benin road

    More than 20 bus passengers including market women leaders have been kidnapped at Ogbese on Akure-Owo-Benin highway in Ondo State by...

Lagos-Kara bridge petrol tanker fire claims two lives, 29 vehicles

  Two men were burnt beyond recognition while 29 vehicles parked by the road side were consumed in a petrol tanker fire on...

Botched Lagos NUJ polls: NUJ national body endorses Caretaker Committee to take charge

  The apex authority of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has ratified the Caretaker Committee constituted for the Lagos State Council of...

2023 Vice-Presidency: El-Rufai disowns campaign posters

  Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, has distanced himself from the campaign posters announcing his vice-presidential candidature for the 2023 poll with the...

NNPC says it boosted nation’s power generation by 2,538mw in August 

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it supplied 727 Million Standard Cubic Feet per day (mmscfd) of natural gas for power...

President-elect?: US secret service beefs up Joe Biden’s security

    The United States Secret Service has ramped up the protection provided for the nation’s former Vice-President and the strong contender for...

FG, Transcorp sign deal for 966 megawatts Afam Power Plant

The Federal  Government and the Transcorp Power Consortium have signed a share sale and purchase agreement of Afam Power Plc and Afam III Fast...

2021 Armed Forces Day: Honour fallen heroes, veterans, SGF urges Nigerians

  Nigerians have been urged to honour the nation’s fallen heroes and military veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice for the nation’s unity...

U.S. election: Owolewa elected first Nigerian-American congressman

    By Boye Ajayi   Nigerian national in U.S., Mr Oye Owolewa has emerged the first Nigerian-American to be elected to the...

Lekki shooting: South-west ministers submit report to FEC, want military’s role probed

Ministers from the Southwest who were directed to relocate to their home states for the purpose of dousing the tension created by the...