The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has decried salaries of its members, saying that academic staff of Nigerian universities are being paid “slave wage”.

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB,has shifted the commencement of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and the Direct Entry, DE registration ahead by one week. The board,in a statement, Tuesday,by its Head of Media and Protocol,Dr Fabian Benjamin,said the registration will now start on February 19,instead of February 12 it […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, branch of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, Tuesday, said they were mobilising her members in view of the Union’s proposed oncoming strike action.

Barely 48 hours in the kidnappers’ den, Rev. Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari abducted by terrorists on Monday, was released. 

A lecturer with the Kaduna State University (KASU), Prof. Muhammad Sani Yahaya has cried foul for being excluded by Kaduna Polytechnic Governing Council from candidates seeking to be rector of the Northern Premier institution established by the British Colonial Govt in 1956.

By Chioma Obinna Cancer has remained top of the list of diseases that are indiscriminately reducing the welfare and wellness of persons across the world, particularly, in developing countries like Nigeria. Statistics provided by the World Health Organisation’s 2020 report shows that cancer tops the list of killer diseases with nearly 10 million deaths. Nigeria […]

Some petroleum marketers say fuel scarcity will persist in Lagos and other parts of the country until depots are restocked with adequate and quality products. The marketers who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the condition of anonymity blamed the current scarcity on the supply of a wrong specification of petrol in […]

Nigerians have taken to social media to express concern, frustration and anger over fuel scarcity, which is biting harder in some parts of the country.

SENATOR Emmanuel Bwacha(Taraba South) on Tuesday, dumped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

DEPUTY Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Ochor C. Ochor has told the people of Ukwuani State Constituents to protect all government facilities in the communities from being vandalised.

By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said, it impounded 101 trailers of foreign parboiled rice, among other contraband goods within the last 13 months. Comptroller Dera Nnadi, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun […]

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olumide Akpata, on Tuesday in Lagos, said he would submit a recommendation on remuneration scale for lawyers to the National Executive Committee within the next two weeks. Akpata made the disclosure in a statement following the submission of a 126-page report by the Remuneration Committee of […]

THE National Association of Nigeria Comrades, NANC, Tuesday stated that what the country needs in 2023 was a leader with a clear-cut vision of revamping every sector of the economy, irrespective of a political party.

There seems to be no end in sight in the fight for the soul and control of party structure of All Progressive Congress, APC, in Kano State as the Senator Ibrahim Shekarau led faction rejected the guidelines for harmonization of party structure released by the APC headquarters which also named Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to head the supervisory committee of the exercise in the state.