Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has given reason for Saturday’s security raid at Eke-Ututu Market in Orsu Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that security operatives raided and burnt some shops in the market after materials for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were allegedly uncovered in...
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The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) on Wednesday urged vice-chancellors of public universities to re-open the institutions for academic activities to resume. CONUA is a splinter group of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) not in agreement with the union’s on-going strike which began since Feb. 14....
The Federal Government says it will continue to negotiate with ASUU in spite of Wednesday’s court ruling restraining the union from continuing with its seventh month strike. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja ordered the striking lecturers to return to the classroom following a suit...
The Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will deliver on his pledge to the world leaders by delivering credible, free and fair elections in 2023. Gambari gave the assurance on Wednesday while reacting to President Buhari’s statement at the ongoing...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Yiaga Africa says it has partnered UKAid to train no fewer than 40 young women in Lagos State as agents of change in their respective communities. The Director of Programme, Yiaga Africa, Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, made this known during the 2022 Community Organising...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is waiting for its lawyers for professional advice, following the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order restraining it from continuing with strike. The President of the Union, Mr Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has commiserated with the Hon Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu over the death of her mother, Hajia Zainab Sidi-Ali which occurred on Tuesday, 20th September2022. Bello led a delegation of senior officials of the FCTA...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the lecturers to call off their ongoing strike. Mr Femi Falana, who is the counsel to the union, confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday hours after the ruling of the...
Rep. Toby Okechukwu (PDP-Enugu), has faulted his inclusion on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) list for 2023 poll, as the candidate of Labour Party’s (LP) for Aninri/Awgu/Oji River. Okechukwu, also the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja....
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (I-G) to direct a thorough investigation into alleged killing of Miss Ummulkulthum Buhari, by a Chinese national, Mr Geng Quanrong in Kano. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Kabiru Rurum (APC-Kano...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York vowed to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect leaders of their choice. In his farewell speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as President, he told the...
Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential has called for nomination for the annual Security and Emergency Management Awards (SAEMA) and the Spokespersons Communication Awards (SCA) 2022. The two awards are hosted by Emergency Digest and Spokespersons Digest, both specialised publications of IMPR. While...
By GRACE AUDU (Health Correspondent) – Director-General of the World Health Organisations (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has launched a new report calling on global leaders to take urgent action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), responsible for 17 million premature deaths every year. To accelerate action, Dr Tedros has also...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara State has organized a two-day training workshop on export product development for sesame seed and sorghum farmers in the North East geopolitical zone of the country. Speaking at the programme, the Executive Director of...
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. At the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, September 21, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, moved two motions for the upper chamber to screen Ariwoola. His motions were approved by the legislators when they were...
The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to work. The Federal Government in a suit, prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the Minister of...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Chairman Cross River State Task Force on Quackery and Related Violations in the Healthcare Delivery System, Mr. David Ushie, said on Tuesday that the taskforce has arrested six persons including a fake doctor for multiple surgeries in Aladim Community in Ogoja LGA of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Sen. Kabiru Gaya, Senator representing Kano South District, over the death of Sadiq, his son, who was believed to have died in suspicious circumstances. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja consoled with Gaya and...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has has reacted to the gas leak incident on the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company’s (NPDC), Well 6, in Sangama community, Bonny LGA of Rivers State. The incident which was reportedly observed on September 3, 2022 at about...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has called for discipline among political actors, as parties prepare for campaigns ahead of the 2023 general elections. Kukah made the call at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s 2022 peace conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Kukah, a panellist at the conference electoral...