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CONUA slams ASUU over five-month strike, says we are not on strike

"Perennial strikes over the years had done a systematic destruction of the local and global image of university education in Nigeria"

Abuja court Bars Journalists From Covering Testimonies of late Osinachi’s Children

The  trial of Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late Gospel Singer, Osinachi, who is facing culpable homicide charge, resumed on Friday at...

Court orders FG to pay N10m monthly salaries to CJN, N9m to other Supreme Court justices

Judicial officers in the country may now have reasons to smile as the National Industrial Court on Friday ordered the Federal Government to...

Inflation: Ghanian Govt approves 15% cost of living allowance for public workers

In a bid to cushion the effects of inflation, the Ghanian Government has introduced a 15 percent cost of living allowance (COLA) for...

Fireworks as ex-SGF, Lawal, faults Tinubu’s claim of competence in choice of Shettima, says Osinbajo is more competent than him

In an exchange of tantrums, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has faulted the claim of Asiwaju...

BREAKING: Sexual assault: Baba Ijesha bags 16 years in jail

  An Ikeja Special Offences Court has convicted the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, a.k.a Baba Ijesha, to 16 years imprisonment for sexually...

Breaking: Amid controversy, APC shelves official unveiling of Tinubu’s Muslim running mate

Amid controversy and strident criticisms of a Muslim-Muslim APC presidential ticket for 2023 polls, the publicized official unveiling of former Borno Gov. Kashim...

Distracting Politics and a Looming Food Crisis in Nigeria

by Frank Tietie   As the fevers of political permutations are rising among Nigerians over the coming 2023 elections, many forget that issues...

Despite restraining court order, Henry Ajagbawa, K.C. Akuma and others break into BEDC to take over

In spite of a subsisting court order restraining a takeover and occupation of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), two men purportedly appointed into...

MWUN joins three other unions in maritime sector to quit crisis-ridden COMTUA

A whirlwind has hit the Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Associations (COMTUA) in the nation’s maritime industry with the exit of another...

12-year-old girl married off to 50-year-old man in Benue as third wife rescued

The officials of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued a 12-year-old-girl who was married off to a...

Disrespectful girl locked up, chained in room for eight years by mom

A girl, who was chained and locked up in a room for eight years by her mother in Kaduna State, has been rescued...

US-based Nigerian teenage girl engages in philanthropy, donates tons of clothes, other items to the vulnerable in Abuja

Driven by the need to promote social good and human welfare particularly among the vulnerable, a 19-year-old US-based Nigerian girl, Michelle Ayomide Soneye,...

Kuje prison escapee arrested in Ogun

One of the inmates who fled the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje in Abuja, following an attack on the facility by terrorists, has...

Insecurity: IGP Bans Use of SPY Police Number Plates, Orders Arrest Of Violators

In a renewed bid to strengthen internal security management and control, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, has placed an indefinite...