By Miftaudeen Raji  The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has described the N1.1 trillion outstanding revitalisation fund for the nation’s universities  as no longer applicable going by the current economic realities. The chairman of the Ebonyi State University chapter of the Union, Dr. Ikechukwu Igwenyi made this statement on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in […]

By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja THE Center for Social Justice, CSJ, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Health to use available resources to address the deteriorating state of Primary Health Care Centers, PHCs, challenges in the health sector and other prevalent diseases found in the national epidemiological analysis. This was even as it called on […]

Police in Ebonyi have arrested a 20-year-old mother of a baby boy and her lover, who sold their baby to a maternity home operator for N500,000. The mother, Ola China, 20, of Amangwu Edda in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi was impregnated out of wedlock by Jonah Ogbuagu, a bricklayer in August 2021. […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Professionals operating under the aegis of Nigeria Professionals Forum, NPF, have declared their support for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, saying Nigeria needs tested hands to pilot its affairs at this critical time. The National President of NPF, Engr. […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as prayed. The […]

… Scores Agencies Implementing FG Funded Projects Low  By Femi Bolaji  Jalingo-  Taraba state government has lamented that politicians are now taking credit for Zonal and constituency intervention projects funded by the Federal Government.  The state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Solomon Elisha, who spoke also bemoaned the performance of some agencies of the federal government […]

By Biodun Busari William Ruto has taken the oath of office and was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday. This came in a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his main political opponent, Raila Odinga. Read also: Osinbajo in Nairobi for Ruto’s inauguration Odinga faults Supreme Court ruling in Ruto’s […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has advised the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and other leaders of the party to desist from visiting those who destroyed Nigeria if they seek to rule the country.

By Efosa Taiwo Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has said that it is his time to win the Ballon D’ Or, telling Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo that their time is up. The Frenchman in a recent interview with the New York Times, as reported by The Mirror, said he has always dreamed about winning […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that for the intervention and appeals by former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the peace meeting called by the National Vice Chairman, South-South, Victory Giadom on Monday on how the party would perform well in the 2023 elections would be […]