THE Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, Wednesday, restated his commitment to advancing women’s right and full participation in governance, just as he pledged support for the revised Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill, GEO, Bill.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday suspended its two-month-old nationwide strike. ASUP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Abdullahi Yalwa, made the disclosure in a press statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the suspended would take effect from Thursday (June 10). The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that ASUP embarked on a […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives has given nod for the second reading of a bill seeking to make the Nigeria Navy-University known as Admiralty University a conventional one. The sponsor of the bill, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi said that the bill if eventually passed into law will grant full legal status to the Institution. Leading […]

Flays Gov el-Rufai for increasing Kaduna varsity fees after sack of workers By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC,Ayuba Wabba, Wednesday,flayed the governor of Kaduna State,Nasir el-Rufai over increment by over 500 percent in the school fees of the state university. Wabba said the action of the governor which came at a time […]

–Okays 722bn FG’s borrowing request to fund security —Seeks restructuring of N39bn World Bank loans By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, Wednesday approved the draft 2021 supplementary budget of N895,842,462,917. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the […]