THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday issued a three-week ultimatum to the federal government to implement the Memorandum of Action, MOA, it signed with it before the union called off its strike last December or risk another round of industrial action.

The Federal Government has provided a N656.1 billion bridging facility to state governments to cushion the effects of resumed bail out deductions.

The Federal Government has set 2022 as the target year to end the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing plans to convene a national summit next month to review targets set on the pandemic.

THE Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, warned that the 54 percent hike in electricity meter prices, as well as the rise in prices of gas, may push Nigerians to the wall. 

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) electricity consumers are not required to pay directly for the meters issued to them. This is contained in a statement NERC issued in Abuja on Monday. “We wish to reiterate that the NMMP designed to provide all consumers of electricity with […]

THE report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Incident and Cases of Police Brutality as well as human rights violations has  indicted the Nigerian Army and the Police of complicity in the death of protesters at the Lekki Toll gate in 2020. 

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offices Commission (ICPC), has denied media report on certificate and age scandal rocking the commission, urging the public to disregard such publication. Spokesperson for the Commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.Ogugua stated that the commission strongly refuted in its entirety attempts […]

The Chairman of Section, Public Interest And Development Law, SPIDEL, of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Monday Ubani has said the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami cannot set up an independent panel to probe the siege on Justice Mary Odili’s residence.

LEADER  of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday, said it does not believe in the Federal Government’s disposition to a political solution in resolving the cases of agitators, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho.

Bandits were again on rampage in the early hours of yesterday in two local government areas in Sokoto State, killing at least 15 persons and appointing district heads in affected communities.

EXCITING time awaits visitors to the forthcoming Abuja Motor fair as Eco Bus has promised to storm the event with its mass transit compressed natural gas-powered bus along with its technical team.

AS the 21st Abuja Motor fair gets set to kick off on Tuesday, organisers of the fair, BKG Exhibition, have taken time to explain the benefits of the annual event.

THE Vice Chancellor, University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami, yesterday, said the school had granted ‘amnesty’ to 500 students who had overstayed in the school for several reasons.

SEQUEL to the recent global launch of the all new Range Rover, Coscharis Motors Plc has opened a portal for ordering of the vehicle.

DELTA State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, yesterday, said the All Progressives Congress, APC, has squandered the goodwill it enjoyed prior to the 2015 election, which brought in President Muhammadu Buhari.