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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) have said there is likelihood of more states experiencing floods in the coming days, especially in the North Central, South East and South Western States. Director-General, NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu, and Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Mr Clement Nze, gave the […]

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union can call off its strike in a few days. The union embarked on the industrial action on February 14, 2022, to press home an improved academic environment and welfare of members. Some of the lecturers’ demands are the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers and the Federal Government. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said, “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.” This is just as the Speaker of […]

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has warned importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers to avoid the importation, distribution, sale and use of substandard cough syrups made in India. Punch reports that NAFDAC regulates and controls the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale, and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, packaged […]

Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 per cent of inmates from custodial centres across the country. Aregbesola made this known when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. The minister said that the […]

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has released his official campaign website. This was announced in a tweet via Obi’s verified Twitter handle on Friday. The former Anambra state governor said the website would be used to gather support for his aspiration for the top job of […]

Meta warned a million Facebook users Friday that they have been “exposed” to seemingly innocuous smartphone applications designed to steal passwords to the social network. So far this year, Meta has identified more than 400 “malicious” apps tailored for smartphones powered by Apple or Android software and available at the Apple and Google app stores, […]

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work with immediate effect. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking permission for it to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court which asked the striking […]

The Federal Government has declared Monday, 10 October 2022 as public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made this declaration on behalf of the federal government, congratulated all Muslims both at home and in the Diaspora for witnessing this year’s […]

President Biden on Thursday pardoned thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal law and said his administration would review whether marijuana should still be in the same legal category as drugs like heroin and LSD. The pardons will clear everyone convicted on federal charges of simple possession since it became a crime in the […]

President Buhari has expressed his happiness and satisfaction, and that of the entire nation with the military as well as other security agencies on safe release of the remaining 23 kidnapped train passengers held in captivity by Boko Haram terrorists. In a reaction to the news of the safe release of the hostages in line […]

Daughter of Nigerian Billionaire, Adedeji Adeleke; and sister to music star, Davido, Sharon Ademefun, has revealed why she works despite her father’s wealth. In a viral video uploaded on Instagram, Sharon stated that people wonder why she works hard despite her father’s wealth. She asserted that her father’s wealth has never stopped her from working to earn […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed his first great-grandchild. Aisha Mukhtar, his granddaughter, who got married to Khalid Wambai, in 2021, recently welcomed a baby girl. Aisha is the daughter of Hajiya Fatima, President Buhari’s second daughter, and a board member of the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Examiners of Nigeria (CIFCFEN). Buhari is blessed with 10 […]

Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday, accusing the cable television news network of defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages. Trump, in the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Florida, accused CNN of waging a campaign of “libel and slander” against him because it “fears” he will run for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he wants to see increased participation of women and youths in the 2023 elections. He said this in his Independence Day address to the nation on Saturday. Buhari also advised the youths to shun acts of violence as the election year closes in. “I also want to express my wish that […]