By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has debunked a recent viral video alleging that its members were soliciting financial aid from a Nollywood actor. Comrade Christian Opata and Comrade Michael Nwokedi, Chairman and Secretary of ASUU-UNN, debunked the...
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The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American citizen, Mr Jamui Kasumu, at...
The National Population Commission (NPC) on Wednesday said it would recruit three million ad hoc staff for the 2023 population census. Dr Abdulmalik Durunguwa, NPC National Commissioner representing Kaduna state, disclosed this during a town hall meeting on the trial census for 2023 in Kafanchan. Durunguwa said the website...
A political group, Youths In Politics (YIP), Nigeria on Wednesday staged a peaceful walk to INEC headquarters in Lagos to demand more Voter Enrollment Machines. The group, which arrived at the INEC office at Sabo-Yaba around noon, complained that the ongoing Continuos Voter Registration (CVR) was taking a lot...
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Ahead of the July 16 Osun governorship election, hotel accommodations in Osogbo have been fully booked, with little or no space available . A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) correspondent who visited some hotels in Osogbo on Wednesday , said most of the rooms in several hotels were...
Book Review Title: The National Conversation: Interests and Intrigues that shaped the 2014 National ConferenceAuthors: Akpandem James and Sam AkpeSize: 633 pagesReviewer: Prof. Philip AfahaPublisher: Wordsworth ResourcesYear: 2022 The Amalgamation of 1914 by Lord Frederick Lugard brought the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria together, but the 2014 National...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – Bayelsa State Government has called for better collaboration with The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to enable more investments and to give more value to people of the state. The state’s Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call during a business...
Ex-militant leader Reuben Wilson on Tuesday berated the Senate Committee on Public Accounts over its threat to issue a warrant of arrest against the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (Rtd). The senate committee was irked by Dikio’s failure to honour its invitation...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Chief of Strategic Planning and Innovations, Ashcraft Centre for Social Science Research, Dr. Chiakor Alfred, has warned that it is very dangerous to allow Nigeria’s critical infrastructure, monuments and other assets to be destroyed because of the inescapable consequences on the nation’s socio-economic life....
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ozonnia Ojielo of Nigeria as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Rwanda, with the host Government’s approval. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq announced the appointment at a news conference...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met his primary and secondary school classmates where he shared some emotional moments with them. Buhari had travelled to his country home in Daura, Katsina State on Friday evening for the Sallah celebrations and has been there since then. Four days after, the old...
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a substantive Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) without delay. Clark made the appeal when members of the Delta Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Leaders of Thought (DELCAT) paid him...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Abdul-Samad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group, on his reappointment as President of the France-Nigeria Business Council by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. The President’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (a.k.a. Wadume), escaped from custody during July 5 jailbreak at Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja. The Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, NCoS, Mr Chukwuedo Humphrey,...
Super Eagles striker Ahmed Musa has criticized politicians who celebrate sending their children abroad while universities remain shut due to academic strikes. In a comment on his verified Instagram page, Musa asked noted that such politicians are running a system they don’t believe in. “To our political office holders...
By JOHN ONAH, Osogbo – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to conduct a free, fair, credible, inclusive and conclusive Gubernatorial election in Osun come 16 July, 2022. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Osogbo at the stakeholders meeting, assured political...
The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has released a preliminary findings on its recently concluded Governance Assessment of Gov. Gboyega Oyetola’s administration in Osun. NGIJ’s National Secretary, Mr AbdulRahman Aliagan who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the preliminary report contained majorly the Data Analysis of questionnaires administered during...
Mr Victor Ekpo, Managing Director, Cross River Water Board, says that N1.2 billion debt being owed to the utility company by customers have affected its service delivery to the people. Ekpo who stated this while addressing newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday, also spoke on a wide range of issues...
As the globe marks the 2022 World Population Day (WPD) with the theme: “A World of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing Opportunities and Ensuring Rights and Choices for All,” it is pertinent to analyse the roadmap toward achieving Demographic Dividend. The News Agency of...