By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The National Industrial Court, Abuja Judicial Division has stopped the National Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) from either picketing the offices of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) nationwide or calling for a strike at any of the Service’s offices across Nigeria. The FIRS Director,...
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There were various anti-Olympic protests in the Japanese capital as the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Games got underway at the national stadium on Friday. Dozens of people, surrounded by police, gathered at the city hall with banners saying “Put out the Olympic torch”, “No Olympics”, and one which...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced 10 pirates to twelve years imprisonment each for hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel, FV Hai Lu Feng II, in May 2020. Justice Ayokunle Faji who said their actions affect the well-being of all Nigerians also ordered each pirate to pay...
The Kano State Government has directed all students of public secondary schools in the state to register and obtain the National Identification Number (NIN). The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Sanusi Saidu-Kiru, gave the directive in a statement issued by the Chief Public Relations Officer in the ministry, Malam Aliyu...
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began on Friday in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement and a build-up marred by scandal and controversy. A video showing athletes training at home during the coronavirus pandemic started the show, with pink fireworks bursting into the air...
An Algerian judoka has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics before his event starts, after the draw set him on course for a possible match-up against an Israeli. Fethi Nourine told Algerian TV that his political support for the Palestinian cause made it impossible for him to compete against Tohar...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts in nation building and for giving young Nigerians an opportunity to participate in governance. Bello gave the commendation when he led top members of his cabinet to pay sallah homage to Buhari at his country home in Daura,...
Manchester United have signed England winger Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund, the Premier League club announced Friday. No fee for the five-year contract was disclosed but British media reports said Sancho had moved from Germany in a deal worth £73 million ($100 million). “I’ll always be grateful to Dortmund...
A report by the World Bank suggests that Nigeria’s unemployment crisis in recent times is the worst in the nation’s history. The report, which raised an alarm over the nation’s rising unemployment situation was published by the World Bank with support from the Korea World Bank Partnership Facility (KWPF)...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has assured the people of the South-East that the Armed Forces of Nigeria remains committed towards improving the security situation in the Region and the Nation at large. General Irabor gave the assurance on Thursday at...
The Vice Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has announced a 33 per cent reduction in school fees of students in the Faculty of Arts of the institution. Anieke also announced the expansion of the scholarship programme of the university to accommodate five students per session. The...
Recently, I stumbled upon the speech by the renowned Nigerian Historian, Professor (Senator) Banji Akintoye, delivered at an event held in Lagos to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Nigerian civil war. It reads in part; ‘It sounds absurd that instead of shared prosperity and national cohesion,...
In Italy, opponents of the so-called “green pass” have protested against stricter rules for entering restaurants and bars imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. About 2,000 protesters gathered for a rally in the northern city of Turin late on Thursday night, according to media reports on Friday. “No...
The Federal University Dutse (FUD) on Friday said it had so far admitted 3,657 students for the 2020/2021 academic session. FUD’s Registrar, Malam Bukar Usman, gave the figure in a statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya, in Dutse. Usman said that registration for the 2020/2021...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, before it on July 29. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order after Counsel to the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, moved the...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has trained 496 youths from the 31 local government areas of the state to tackle insecurity in communities in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Odiko Macdon, said this in an interview with the News...
Ecuador authority on Thursday said no fewer than 21 inmates have died in two prisons riot on, as the country grappled with its second wave of deadly prison violence this year. Another 50 people were injured including some police officers. Elite police units regained control of the two prisons...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, says Kogi is Nigeria’s new construction hub, citing the massive construction works going on in the state. Fanwo, in a statement on Friday, said that the projects were aimed at “building on the massive,...