As defaulters will not get February salary — Minister of Finance By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano About 55 per cent of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have been registered in the newly introduced Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS so far and those who have not been registered will not […]

Mikel Arteta is desperate to keep Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Arsenal “under any circumstances”, saying the club need to sit down with their captain before the end of the season. The 30-year-old has scored 20 goals in all competitions for the Gunners so far this season, double the amount of any of his team-mates. Speaking last […]

The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido, yesterday, acted true to his promise of entrenching transparency as the Council conducted open bids for award of contracts for various projects running into several millions of naira under the 2020 procurements year.

Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, has said that the N-Power scheme will collaborate with anti-graft agencies to come after beneficiaries who abscond from duty. Imoukhuede spoke with journalists on Thursday in Abuja while expressing displeasure over increasing reports of beneficiaries who fail to go to […]

Jihadists have killed five policemen in an attack on a northern Nigerian town where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, residents said Thursday. Fighters aligned to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in four trucks fitted with machine guns stormed Dapchi town in northeastern Yobe State late on Wednesday, sparking intense fighting […]

Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, opposed an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the final forfeiture of two of his properties in Ikoyi, Lagos. The said properties are located at 17 and 17A McDonald Road in Ikoyi, Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos State. The EFCC had […]

Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and subjected his estranged wife to intimidation, according to a British court ruling made public on Thursday. High Court judge Andrew McFarlane said he accepted claims by the sheikh’s wife Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein that he had “ordered and […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A 29-year-old suspect, Olusesan Adeyele on Thursday said he was under the influence of unseen forces when he defiled his three years old step-daughter. He added that he came to his senses after he defiled her and was confused as to what to do about it. He disclosed when the Osun […]

Countries across Africa are on high alert, undertaking multiple safety measures to keep out the coronavirus epidemic. At an entry point into Uganda for example, health officials have started screening people following as the first cases announced on the continent. Eyul James, an aviation and public health specialist told reporters: “They were coughing and sneezing […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has on Thursday set aside the ruling of an FCT High Court suspending Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC. The Presiding Judge, Justice Lewis Alagoa ordered that the status quo ante Bellum be […]