Lecturers in Nigerian tertiary institutions have complained that they are rotting away due to neglect and abandonment by the federal authorities as well as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for participating in the eight months strike. In an interview, a lecturer who has taught for 27 years, Prof.Continue Reading
The media team of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has debunked reports that he collapsed on Thursday at the colloquium to mark his 61st birthday in Abuja. Reports had claimed that the former Akwa Ibom governor collapsed during the event and had to be rushed to the National Hospital ButContinue Reading
The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the judgment of Court of Appeal that ordered the Federal Government to release the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. Though the apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, acknowledged thatContinue Reading
A deadly bank robbery in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Wednesday afternoon, reportedly left five people dead, including two officers of the Amotekun security outfit. the robbers, who wore masks, stormed commercial banks along the major road in the town and opened fire to gain access to the banks’ premises.Continue Reading
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday, approved the removal of universities and other tertiary institutions in the country from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information Systems, IPPIS, allowing the schools to deal with the salary issues of their staff internally. Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, disclosed this while briefingContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz Abuja: Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, has been removed from office. President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development The ManagingContinue Reading
The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wageContinue Reading
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is expected to proceed on medical leave on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, as a follow-up to his medical treatment. This was made known in a statement issued and signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde in Akure. Olatunde said that during his medical leave, the governorContinue Reading
The Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida (right) with Director-General, Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority, United Arab Emirates, Engineer Majed Sultan Al Mesmar, during a bilateral meeting at the ongoing International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 taking place in Dubai. TheContinue Reading
