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The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon on Thursday suggested that the union is prepared to hit the streets to protest the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Mr Asefon made the comment while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. According to Mr Asefon, the government appears […]

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Thursday praised President Muhammadu Buhari, saying there is no President in Nigeria’s history like him. He heaped the praises on Buhari at a state banquet in honour of the President who is on a two-day working visit to the South-Eastern state. “Let me underscore Your Excellency that there is […]

Peter Obi, former Anambra governor and presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it is sad that federal universities are on strike while politicians are campaigning for the 2023 elections. Obi said this on Wednesday while appearing as a guest on the Berekete family radio in Abuja. The Academic Staff […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday in Taraba, said if given the opportunity to lead the country, he would serve with all his heart. He also noted that Nigerians would not regret electing him into office but would “realise indeed they have done the right thing.” Osinbajo was speaking on Wednesday during his visits to […]

The press is a critical agent for the protection of democracy and development and must be supported to enable them to effectively discharge their constitutional duties as the watchdog of the society, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. It observed that Nigerian journalists fought very hard to achieve the nation’s democratic status and […]

US law enforcement was searching Monday for an Alabama murder suspect and a female corrections officer who authorities say participated in his escape, warning that both individuals were extremely dangerous. Early on Friday, inmate Casey White and officer Vicky White — who are not related — both left the Lauderdale County Jail where he was […]

The Police have frowned against the involvement of some ladies in bestiality. The warning came amid concerns over viral videos of some ladies having intercourse with dogs. The act of humans engaging in intercourse with animals is referred to as bestiality while the attraction to animals is called zoophilia. Checks by The Nation show the Criminal Code […]

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000. Falana made the comment on Thursday, days after the APC fixed the prices for nomination forms for those vying for seats in the 2023 […]

Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, on Friday, received the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination and expression of interest forms. The forms were presented to him by a support group, The New Nigeria (TNN). The APC had fixed the price for the forms at N100 million. Okorocha, who had announced his decision to contest […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to use every legitimate means to protect the votes of Nigerians during the 2023 general elections. The President spoke Thursday at an Iftar dinner with members of the Diplomatic Corps. He advised those planning to rig the 2023 general elections to perish the thought. ‘‘Those planning to rig the forthcoming […]

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Thursday said that former President Goodluck Jonathan cannot run for the 2023 presidential race. In a statement, Falana said Jonathan cannot contest the 2023 presidential election by virtue of Section 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). […]

An apprentice tyre dealer, Cissé Abdullahi, has solicited the support of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other philanthropists after his wife was delivered of a set of quadruplets – two boys and two girls. Abdullahi, 37, a native of Ilorin, who lives at Kumapaji Phase 3, Baale Bus Stop, Oko-Afo in the Olorunda […]