By Peter Duru Makurdi -  National Auditor of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Samuel Ortom, has decried the lingering face off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government, pleading that the union call off its industrial action to save the country’s educational system from total collapse. Ortom whose […]

Maiduguri – The Umaru Shehu Ultra Modern Hospital, Maiduguri, treated more than 70,000 out-patients in the past 10 months, its Chief Medical Director, Dr Samuel Ville, said yesterday. Ville said in Maiduguri that more than 800 major surgeries were also carried out at the hospital during the period, in addition to many minor operations. He […]

On security, NDPI said “if FIFA is excluding Warri Stadium from hosting the U-17 World Cup — Nigeria 2009 based on security reason, we say that FIFA does not have the justification if Bauchi, Kano and Kaduna are chosen as venues considering the recent crisis that engulfed those states and other parts of the North as a result of the Boko Haram war which resulted in loss of lives and property worth billions of naira.”

By Tina Akannam Dutse – Mixed reactions now trail the recent auctioning of government vehicles in Jigawa State following allegations of fraud perpetuated during the auctioning. Vanguard gathered that the state government had sold some of its unserviceable vehicles at a public auction last month, during which there were allegations that due process was not […]

He made this promise during the swearing-in-ceremony for the newly elected executive of the legion in Okpoma, the Yala council headquarters.