By Harris Emanuel – Uyo The University of Uyo branch of  Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association Of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and  Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), has joined their counterparts across the country on a 14-day warning strike over alleged indiscriminate deductions of the Integrated Payroll and […]

Anti-virus software creator John McAfee, who is wanted in the United States for tax evasion, has been arrested at Barcelona airport, police said Tuesday. Officers detained the 75-year-old on Saturday as he was about to board a flight to Istanbul and he was being held at a jail near Barcelona awaiting extradition to the United […]

The Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), arrested 1,091 traffic offenders in its ‘Operation Show your Driver’s Licence’ exercise, in the past seven days, its Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide, has said. Ogungbemide told the Newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos that the offenders were arrested over expired vehicle documents, tyres, and speed limiting […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said he had no powers to bring back the 14 lawmakers-elect yet to be inaugurated in the state, for the inauguration.

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS announced Tuesday that it was ending sanctions imposed against Mali after a military coup in August, saying it wished to back the return to civilian rule. In a statement, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said “heads of state and government have decided to lift sanctions” after […]