By Dayo Johnson NATIONAL Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has told the electorate in Ondo state to vote out the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Rotimi Akeredolu in the Saturday poll. Secondus said this Wednesday at the grand finale of the party rally held in Ondo town, in […]

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Enugu State chapter, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the state government to either pay primary school teachers the N30,000 minimum wage or face industrial action.

By Dayo Johnson TWELVE state governors and other chieftains of the All Progressive Congress Wednesday stormed Ondo state for the grand finale of governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s campaign rally ahead of Saturday’s poll. They include Abubakar Bello (Niger) Solomon Lanlong (Plateau) Abdulrasak Abdulrahman (Kwara) Babagana Zulu (Borno) Nasir el-rufai (Kaduna) Umaru Ganduje (Kano) Inuwa Yayah (Gombe) […]

*Probe Alleged Criminal Activities of Police Unit By Tordue Salem The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday described the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, as unworthy of their security jobs. The Speaker gave the reprimand during Wednesday’s plenary session. He deplored the brutality, associated with the operations of the unit, across […]

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo(SAN), has launched the ambitious World Education Week – a six-day online global education showcase with over 85,000 registered online attendees in 146 countries – with a rallying cry supporting education’s key position as the foundation for bringing countries out of poverty.

By Henry Umoru THE Senate has begun a probe into what it described as incessant complaints by Nigerians of illicit and excessive bank charges by Commercial Banks on customers’ accounts. Consequently, the Senate has mandated the Senator Uba Sani, All Progressives Congress, APC, Kaduna Central led Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, and advised him to be the leader of all. Following the announcement on Wednesday, President Buhari said in a message to the new Emir: “I congratulate you on making history by becoming the first emir from the Mallawa ruling house in […]

Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, has been taken to task over his weekend claim that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has destroyed All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, through poor performance.

The police command in Niger has arrested four persons with human head in Sabon Pegi, Mashegu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna on Wednesday. Usman said that police operative attached to […]

By Dirisu Yakubu The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Wednesday, inaugurated newly constituted members of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) of the Ministry in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary who was represented by the Director, Special Duties, Mrs. Kafayat O. Salami identified corruption as a drawback in the nation’s quest for […]