The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by twelve weeks, the president of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke said on Monday. In a statement he issued after an emergency National Executive Committee meeting of the association at the University of Abuja on Sunday, the ASUU president said the decision was […]
The president will inaugurate King David University of Medical Sciences, Ebonyi international shopping mall, along with some roads, among other projects. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday arrived in Ebonyi for a two-day official visit to the state. Buhari arrived in the state around 11 am in a helicopter. The president will inaugurate King David University […]
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon on Thursday suggested that the union is prepared to hit the streets to protest the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Mr Asefon made the comment while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. According to Mr Asefon, the government appears […]
Nollywood Actress, Ibiwari Etuk, said they were on the movie set together on Tuesday only for him to retire to his room. Another popular Nollywood actor, David Osagie, has died hours after leaving a movie set. According to actress, Ibiwari Etuk, who took to her official Instagram post in the early hours of Wednesday, Osagie […]
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has proposed the reintegration of repentant terrorists to ensure the absolute return of peace in Nigeria’s north-east region. He gave the recommendation on Tuesday while addressing a gathering in Borno after visiting a camp housing people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. Guterres, who is on […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has revealed how a popular drug baron, Mallison Ukatu imported N22 billion worth of Tramadol into the country. Ukatu was behind a N3 billion shipment of Tramadol linked to disgraced police chief, Abba Kyari. In a statement made available to POLITICS NIGERIA on Tuesday, the agency revealed that […]
FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee on Monday imposed sanctions on Nigeria for the misconduct of its fans during the world cup qualifying tie in Abuja on May 29. Displeased football fans had vandalised facilities at the MKO Abiola National Stadium following Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw with the Black Stars of Ghana. The tie had ended Nigeria’s bid […]
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has said the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) cannot dictate to the Federal Government what platform to be used in paying their salaries. He stated this in Abuja while addressing journalists shortly after receiving his presidential Nomination Form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) purchased for […]
The Imo State government on Tuesday conducted a mass burial for the victims of the explosion that occurred at the site of an illegal refinery in the state. This comes four days after scores of people were killed – many of whom were burnt beyond recognition on Friday last week at the scene of the […]
The Imo State Police Command on Friday said it arrested and paraded a 50-year-old-man one Simeon Onigbo, suspected to be a bomb manufacturer for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, used in attacking police stations and government facilities in the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in […]
