WORRIED by the continuous discrimination against holders of Higher National Diploma, HND, in Nigeria, the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has concluded plans to host a round table meeting with critical stakeholders on how to reverse the fate of polytechnics in Nigeria.

The Association of Private School Owners of Nigeria (APSON) has kicked against the adoption of Saturday as school day to make up for the loss every Monday. Recall that schools in the South-East are being forced to close on Mondays due to the sit-at-home order. This is happening even after the proscribed Indigenous People of […]

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief *Where to start is to download the e-Naira app from google store place or apple. *Note that after requesting the app, you may be asked to verify your identity by entering your passcode or by using Touch ID or Face ID. *From the Home screen, tap the App store.  […]

The Police Command in Niger said gunmen had killed an unspecified number of people while observing early morning  prayers at a Mosque at Mazakuka village in Mashegu  Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state,Mr Monday Kuryas, who disclosed this to Newsmen in Minna on Monday, said the hoodlums also […]

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has vowed to clear illegal dump sites around FESTAC Town and the entire Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of the state

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and Nigerians. The NLC President, MrAyuba Wabba, expressed labour position while unveiling the COVID-19 vaccination Advisory for the Federal Civil Servants on Monday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the federal government said it would […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Association of Igbo lawyers has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja with an application to be joined as a party in a suit some Northern elders filed for exit of the South East region from Nigeria. The Plaintiffs, Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’I, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam, had […]

…Says programme to fast track highway completion … Put completion rate at 78.40% against 90% claims  … Decry inadequate, poor budgetary provisions to ministry By Chris Ochayi ABUJA: The request for extra-budgetary funding intervention for completion of the East West highway dualisation project through the 2021 SUKUK issuance programme is yielding fruitful results, the Minister […]

By John Mayaki In Nigeria today, as the politics of 2023 takes center stage, it has become glaringly obvious that the nightmare scenario for a number of political actors is for the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to stand before a camera and make the following declaration: “I accept the call to run for the […]

By Okechukwu Anarado Politics is largely local; its democracy brand more so. The dominant political traits of a people are reflections of the common political idiosyncrasies of the constituent persons. These determine the characterization the peoples politics bears. Anambra State is home to notable politicians, urbane statesmen and stateswomen whose diverse but rational dispositions to […]

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Muhammad Bello, says the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) can drive Nigeria’s economic recovery process. Bello made this known on Monday when he declared open a two-day symposium on the imperatives of an NYSC Trust Fund in Abuja. The symposium is themed: “Consolidating the Gains of the […]

The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that resolution of the growing agitation for Biafra can only come through negotiations and not by the use of force against agitators

THE Anambra State government has adopted Saturdays for normal school days following the weekly sit –at-home on Mondays declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

The international community has reacted to the military coup in Sudan, where soldiers on Monday arrested members of a transitional government meant to guide the country to democracy. The U.S. government said it was “deeply alarmed” by reports of a military takeover, which is contrary to the will of Sudan’s people, the White House said. […]

Experts on Taxation, Economics, Public Policy and Media have urged the federal government to take urgent steps at ensuring fiscal prudence particularly with regards to revenue generation and collection, advising against the use of consultants in the tax regime which they argued is detrimental to national revenue drive.