By Shina Abubakar A consultant pathologist with the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Dr. Waheed Akanni, yesterday, disclosed that the deceased Timothy Adegoke, OAU’s postgraduate student, was not suffering from any disease prior to his death. Chief Justice Adepele Ojo had adjourned trial into the murder of the deceased, last Thursday, after four witnesses, […]

“Nigerians have come to that stage where we need a change of baton. President Muhammadu Buhari is about to serve his second term in full.

By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye I have always had this lingering suspicion that apart from representing the deep-seated contempt that has come to define government’s attitude to the welfare of public sector workers, its shoddy, often, disdainful, treatment of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and its demands for improved working conditions might have been carefully […]

By Chioma Onuegbu & Harris Emanuel, Uyo The leadership of  the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Akwa Ibom State wing has ordered its members in public primary and secondary schools to down tools over failure of the state government to address their demands. Meanwhile, indications have emerged that Governor Udom Emmanuel will today meet with the […]

By Zeenat Sambo The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the one month warning strike by additional two months, meaning Nigerian students may stay at home for another three months. With the development, the lecturers would not work for a whole quarter of a year though would receive their monthly salaries and allowances […]

By Kingsley Omonobi  In the aftermath of a visible threat by personnel of the Nigeria Police Force to embark on strike over non-implementation of new salary structure approved for them by the Federal Government and denial by Force Headquarters of such a plan, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The National Judicial Council, NJC, has issued warning letters to two high court judges, even as it placed one of them on watchlist. The NJC, which is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, in a statement by its Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, said it took […]

•You asked for legacies, we gave you monuments, Obiano tells Anambra people; •I’m leaving you in good hands By Clifford Ndujihe & Vincent Ujumadu CHIEF Willie Obiano, the outgoing governor of Anambra State, who was sworn in on March 17, 2014 as the fifth civilian governor of the state, will bow out of office today […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – BECAUSE of the economic viability and population, students of Okpella descent in Etsako East local government area of Edo State have requested that the Edo State government cite the proposed airport in Edo North Senatorial District in Okpella even as they alleged that some influential people were trying to […]

By Adesina Wahab The World Bank has said that  boys and men are underachieving educationally in some African and Middle East countries as the world gradually recovers from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report titled: What about the boys? Addressing underachievement of boys and men during and beyond the COVID pandemic, the […]