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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to resolve the prolonged industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. The President gave the directive Tuesday after receiving briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) involved in the ongoing efforts […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that it will not back down on the strike by members of the union across the country, which is currently in its fifth month. ASUU National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on Tuesday while briefing reporters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Lecturers in government-owned universities […]

Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has temporarily suspended operations over economic crisis. Airlines have been complaining about the skyrocketing price of Aviation fuel known as Jet A1 as well as its scarcity. The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) had recently hinted that two airlines may soon stop operation over the Jet A1 crisis and other […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 27-year-old drug queen, Mrs. Opoola Mujidat for planting drugs concealed in fetish bowls, containing scary native black soap and sponge on two Oman-bound male passengers at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, MMIA, Lagos. The passengers: Raji Babatunde Kazeem […]

A Nigerian pastor, Gospel Agochukwu has called on Christians to increase their church tithing.   The founder of Shekinah Arena Gospel Ministries, Port Harcourt, who stated this via Facebook on Saturday, July 16, claimed he gives 70% of his income as tithe.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday underwent a successful surgical procedure on his leg at the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State. His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, confirmed this in a tweet on his official Twitter handle @akandeoj on Saturday. He said the surgery procedure was necessary because of recurrent […]

The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, hit a five-year record high leapfrogging from 17.71 per cent in May to 18.60 per cent in June 2022. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its consumer price index (CPI) report for June 2022, released […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his farm in Daura, handed to him by his forefathers, is the next thing on his mind after leaving office next year. The President said this Friday in Daura while speaking to the elected Local Government Council chairmen from Katsina State. He said his administration had taken various decisions including […]

The Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in the Ikeja area has convicted and sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha to 16 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in a judgment that lasted two hours also convicted Baba Ijesha of four out of […]

The All Progressives Congress has postponed the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the running mate of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. However, no official reason had been given as of the time of filing this report. Also, no new date has been announced for the unveiling. Tinubu announced Shettima as his running mate on Sunday, […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a nationwide total ban on the use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who announced this in a statement on Wednesday said all SPY number plates currently in use would be confiscated. “This is irrespective of whether it is authorised, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Senator, Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, while discussing the state of the country and the upcoming general elections in 2023 with Punch, said : “At every opportunity to choose a leader, we choose wrong people. When it comes to the election, it is ‘see and buy.’ It is not goats that are casting […]

A coalition of Christians of Northern Extraction in the All Progressive Congress has warned that the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the party for the 2023 general election will have serious and grave consequences. The organisation, which comprised Christian politicians in the 19 northern states within the APC, said they would not go against their conscience […]

Jordan, the son of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has graduated with a Second Class Upper Division in Law at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Wike, his wife and daughter attended the graduation ceremony.  -LIB

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is eager to hand over to his successor because “it’s been tough”. The president said this while receiving some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), legislators and political leaders at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, on Monday. The President travelled to Daura on Friday ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. […]

A female member of First Baptist Church in Owerri, Imo State capital, has been abducted. A source told Daily Trust that the victim who is the wife of the General Manager, Imo State Zoo, Mrs. Francis Abioye, was kidnapped inside the church around 4:30pm. The church is close to Imo Fire Service. Sources said that […]