Kwara State Governor, Dr Bukola Saraki has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), currently on strike, to return to the negotiation table with a view to resolving the trade dispute between the union and the Federal Government. Governor Saraki made the appeal,when the Vice Chancellor and members of the Governing […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI – THE Benue State Government has declared that it would be guided by constitutionality and the tenets of rule of law in addressing the succession crisis that has broken out in Tarka Local Government Area of the state. Acting governor of the state, Chief Steven Lawani, disclosed this while playing host […]

By Isiaka Oyibo LOKOJA – HEAVILY armed suspected thugs, yesterday, stormed the Okehi Legislative Chambers in Okehi Local Government Area, Kogi State, carting away the legislative maze of the chambers and injuring six councillors. The thugs, said to have been armed with dangerous weapons such as AK 47 riffles, dane guns and broken bottles, made […]

ILORIN -  Impressed by the success story of the Kwara State Government’s Public-Private-Partnership efforts in housing programme, an Abuja-based Mortgage firm, Aso Savings and Loans Plc, has offered to partner with the state government in providing affordable mass houses for citizens of the state. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the mortgage firm, Mr Hassan Usman, […]

By Wole Mosadomi MINNA -  Nemesis has caught up with a top civil servant in Niger State government who specialises in issuing fake employment letters to innocent job seekers. Malam Mohammed Baba Wachiko, aged 36, was said to have collected over N1.5m from eager undergraduates seeking employment. It was reliably gathered that Wachiko was charging […]