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After eight months of embarking on strike to press home their demands from the federal government, lecturers of public universities in the country have suspended the action. The decision which has not yet been officially communicated to the public, was taken at the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the lecturers’union under the aegis of […]

The naira has dropped to a record low of N742 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market, popularly called the black market. The figure represents a depreciation of N5 or 0.7 percent from the N737 it traded two weeks ago. With the depreciation, the gap between the official and parallel market exchange […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said not less than 95 million eligible voters would participate in the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Wednesday at an event organized by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Yiaga Africa at the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday reiterated his desire to hand over  a Nigeria  free from insecurity to the “next generation of leaders.” He made the reaffirmation after conferring national honours on 443 Nigerians and seven foreigners at an elaborate ceremony in Abuja. “We will continue to root out all forms of banditry, criminality, terrorism, and insurgency in the […]

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 […]