Dayo Johnson Akure CANDIDATE of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede has assured residents of the border communities in Akokoland of adequate protection against kidnappers, if elected governor. Jegede gave the assurance while on a campaign visit to Ikakumo, in Akoko North-East local council area of the state. …

Following last week’s UK court ruling in favour of Nigeria, a current affairs news magazine in Britain published an article on the involvement of Patel in the case. P&ID had sued Nigeria for allegedly breaching the terms of a gas supply and processing agreement contract it reportedly signed in 2010. In January 2017, a UK tribunal ordered Nigeria …

…They’re impostors, jokers – Speaker Okiye By Ozioruva Aliu THE 17 factional lawmakers of Edo State House of Assembly led by Hon Victor Edoror held plenary yesterday where they said the approval given to Governor Godwin Obaseki by the other members led by Hon Frank Okiye to obtain N1.5 billion loan is null and void. It called on the …

Governor Godwin Obaseki …No need for such, teachers my greatest supporters —Obaseki By Ozioruva Aliu THE Edo State All Progressives Congress, APC,  Media Campaign Council yesterday, alleged that it was in receipt of credible reports from multiple teachers across the state detailing how the Governor Godwin Obaseki has been making forceful attempts to coerce them to either join him …

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Federal Government and leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, yesterday night signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with a view to resolving the ongoing nationwide strike by the resident doctors. Following the MOU, NARD leaders are expected to meet today with a view to calling of the ongoing strike. The MOU …

Magu (left) and Malami. By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, yesterday expressed his readiness to appear as a witness in the ongoing probe of the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, by the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel of inquiry. Malami, while …

Gana (in black) being received earlier on Tuesday in Katsina-Ala by traditional rulers and youths of the areas …Wanted militia leader killed during shoot-out —Military …I demand explanation from military authorities—Ortom …As Suswam condemns Gana’s killing By Henry Umoru &  Peter Duru There is tension in Benue State as the state government and military authorities trade words over Tuesday’s …

By Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, James Ogunnaike, Rotimi Ojomoyela and Shina Abubakar WILL the country not be witnessing a second wave of COVID -19 pandemic if schools are reopened as directed by the Federal and state governments? Has the recommendation by the Federal government that states should conduct risk assessment to ensure that all schools are at a level …

Nigeria Youths …Ask FG to disclose crude oil sale accruals since 2016 …Subsidy claims, height of deceit —TUC …PDP, Atiku’s stance on deregulation hypocritical — APC By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Omeiza Ajayi The angst against the increase in the pump price of petrol continued yesterday, with pro-labour civil society organizations, on the aegis of Joint Action Front, JAF, faulting …

Labour By Victor Ahiuma-Young Over the years, successive Governments from military regime to current civilian dispensation have used subsidy and deregulation gimmicks to exploit and inflict pains on Nigerians whenever they  need more revenue. Starting from late General Sani Abacha’s regime, the purported subsidy removal led to the set up of Petroleum Task Fund, PTF, and up till the …

Nigeria has surpassed India as the country with the most under-five deaths in the world. This is coming despite a near 60 per cent decline in the global under-five mortality rate from 1990 The unenviable statistic was revealed in the latest Levels and Trends in Child Mortality report released by the UNICEF. Nigeria was projected by the World Bank …

…intercepts diverted Benue CA-COVID palliatives worth over N4m By Bashir Bello The Kano State Police Command on Wednesday says it has arrested no fewer than 259 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and others within and outside the state. This was also as it says it intercepted 1,950 cartons of Dangote branded indomie noodles meant for Benue state palliative tagged …

Delta Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa (left), the Country Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Dr Vladimir Kreck (middle), and the Director General National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof Abubakar Suleiman, during a courtesy on the Governor call in Asaba. Wednesday Delta  State Governor, Dr  Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, attributed the security challenges inhibiting socio-economic development of the nation to …

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Federal Government has expressed readiness to partner with South-West governors in the area of provision of infrastructure aimed at opening up the region for more development opportunities for public housing. The Management of the Federal Housing Authority, led by the Managing Director, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, and the Executive Director, Business Development, Abdulmumin Jibrin, disclosed this …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. By Elizabeth Osayande Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to reward excellence service delivery in the Lagos State Post-Primary teaching service, pledging 20 cars to deserving outstanding teachers across the six education districts in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the pledge during the virtual training of teachers tagged …

By Ike Uchechukwu The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar Chapter have protested 6 years of unpaid salaries and entitlements by the institution. The ASUU members who converged in their numbers at the UNICAL International Conference Centre and took their protest to the main gate before dispersing at the administrative building were demanding unpaid salaries by …

Disgraced George Washington University professor Jessica Krug, who sparked a firestorm by pretending to be black, has now quit her job at the school, officials announced Wednesday. Krug, 38, who is actually white, had already been pulled from teaching duties this semester and faced calls to step down after she admitted being a “culture leech” who publicly lied …

The Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Wednesday night, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with a view to resolving the ongoing nationwide strike of the resident doctors. Following the MoU, NARD leaders are expected to meet today (Thursday) with a view to calling off the ongoing strike. Below is the full text of …

By Emma Ujah The Debt Management Office (DMO), Wednesday, put the nation’s total public debt stock at N31.009 trillion or $85.897 billion, as at June 31, 2020, representing 8.3 per cent rise from N28.628 trillion in March 2020. The figure comprised the debt stock of the federal government, the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). …

TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company is reportedly in talks with the US government about a possible deal to avoid an outright sale of the popular app’s US operations. ByteDance and top US officials are negotiating possible arrangements that would allow it to maintain some ownership stake in TikTok while still satisfying the US’s demand that China have no way …