…accuses Ministers of Education, Labour, Accountant General for frustrating agreements By Bashir Bello KANO – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has on Thursday slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over what it described as irresponsive posture by the President to the lingering strike, future of education and youth in the nation. This was also as it …

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja emphasized the imperative of support of traditional rulers in the administration’s determination to address the demands of the country’s youths. At a meeting in the State House with a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu …

Former vice president Joe Biden, making his third run at the White House, was tantalizingly close to victory on Thursday as President Donald Trump sought to stave off defeat with scattershot legal challenges. Biden, 77, needs a total of 270 votes to capture the Electoral College that determines the White House winner and the magic …

Dr. Augustine Uroye By Jeremiah Urowayino The Chairman of Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Health, Mr Austin Uroye, has called for an end to stigmatisation against People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Uroye spoke at a public hearing on the HIV-AIDS Anti-Discrimination and Protection Bill, which was organised by the state House of Assembly Committee …

By Ikechukwu Odu The Chief Imam and leader of Nsukka Muslim community in Enugu State, Alhaji Yakubu Omeh, Thursday, urged the Muslim faithful in the state to desist from the spread of fake news and other inciting statement capable of throwing the state into violence. While calling for calm over the violence which erupted between a …

…Says it is on top of the situation Following reports of alleged unusual deaths in Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, the State Ministry of Health said it has collected samples from patients and sent to the National Reference Laboratory for investigation. Igbo-Eze North LGA …

Says perpetrators engaged in an act of “self-destruction” Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.  By Olasunkanmi Akoni Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has said that Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, did all needed to be done to prevent the recent youth protests against police brutality from degenerating to violence. El-Rufai, however, said those …

*** Say Agitations, attributable to social and economic inequality in the country *** To Engage Traditional Rulers, Religious Bodies, CSOs for a  common agenda to support security personnel  *** To give a breakdown of various palliatives provided by the States including cash transfers, food items, medical supplies, others By Henry Umoru THE thirty-six state governors under the aegis of …

Calls for transparency in tax payment, utilization Poverty, inequality could be tamed with taxes — NLC By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja An international Civil Society Organisation, CSO, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Wednesday, tasked government at all levels in utilizing taxes to resuscitate critical industries to tackle alarming unemployment in the country. This was stated by the …

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Federal government said it will soon commence oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin. Minister of State Petroleum Resources Mr Timipre Sylva stated this while briefing journalists shortly after a meeting with the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai at the headquarters Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri …

Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation By Tordue Salem, Abuja The House of representatives Committee on Aviation led by Rep. Nnolim Nnaji on Thursday refused to hold a budget session with the Minister tof Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika and heads of the sector’s agencies. The infuriated lawmakers, said the won’t treat their budget, because they failed to …

House of Representatives By Tordue Salem, Abuja The infuriated lawmakers said the won’t treat their budget because they failed to present their 2021 proposals ahead of the scheduled date for defence. Also read: How ENDSARS protests was hijacked, misdirected Buhari tells Former heads of state Ministries and heads of agencies are customarily required to lay their …

By Emem Idio YENAGOA -AS negotiation between the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, lingers, the Union has reiterated that they will not called off the seven months old strike until all the issues in contention are adequately addressed to avoid a future industrial action in an event all the issues on the …

Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege *** Makes Case for 100%  utilisation of the funds for oil-bearing communities, as against the practice where states release only 50% *** Says 13% Derivation funds now a political tool in the hands of state governors in the region By Henry Umoru ABUJA- DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ovie …

…says most of Govs’ resolutions misplaced Northern Governors’ Forum Chairman, Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has said that though the expanded meeting of the Northern Governors’ Forum, NGF, was a welcome development in the search for improved northern cohesion, some issues raised were apt while most were …

Director General National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, it has not recorded any case among its corps members and staff. The Scheme also said, though the COVID-19 pandemic threatened socio-economic activities in …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with representatives of traditional rulers across the six geopolitical zones, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar. The meeting, which is taking place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, has in attendance the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ife, the Emir of Kano, Etsu …

Soni Daniel – Abuja A Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna presided over by Hon. Justice P. H. Mallong has sentenced a former Registrar of the Court, Mr. Joseph Etefia Udoh to four years imprisonment for laundering the sum of N80 million. Mr. Udoh and his wife Grace Udoh were in December 2019 arraigned by …

Out of a budget of N19.7bn for 2021,  N1.3bn is proposed for the State House Clinic By Henry Umoru – Abuja Senate, on Thursday, issued a warning to State House officials that, henceforth, President Muhammadu Buhari should stop embarking on foreign trips for medical attention. According to the Senate, rather than allow President Buhari to jet …

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Kwara State Government has received N7,151,142,190 grants from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the first time since 2013 when the state was blacklisted from the national scheme. This is contained in a press statement issued by the governor’s Chief press secretary Rafiu Ajakaye in Ilorin on Thursday. Accorring to the …