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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has resolved to call off its eight months old strike, thus paving way for the reopening of the country’s public universities across the nation. The decision to suspend the prolonged industrial action came after an all-night meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU in Abuja. […]
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai says the federal government should privatise the oil and gas sector before it brings the country to its knees. In July 2022 the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited transformed from a corporation to a limited liability company. On October 5, met with scepticism and criticism, the […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said insecurity may hamper elections in the North-West and South-East states Yakubu said the insecurity in the country was concerning, noting that the security challenge which was hitherto restricted to the North-East region has now spread to other parts of the […]
A 67-year-old man, Ibrahim Ado, has been locked up in a room in Kaduna State for over 20 years. The old man was discovered by environmental health officers of the Kaduna North Local Government Area who were in the house on official duty. DSP Mohammed Jalige, the state police command spokesman, said the […]
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Wednesday fixed October 21, 2022, for judgment in an appeal filed by the Delta State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 governorship election, Mr David Edevbie. By the appeal, Edevbie is asking the Supreme Court to re-affirm his candidacy. Edevbie, in a 23-ground […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is still awaiting the decision of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the no-work-no-pay rule invoked by the Federal Government since its strike began eight months ago, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that the President’s decision on the matter is key to a […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged ex-Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Shasore (SAN), for money laundering. The EFCC filed four count charges against the founding partner of Africa Law Practice NG & Co. before the Federal High Court in Lagos. 58-year-old Shasore is accused of inducing one Olufolakemi […]
Nigerian Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan has said that the 2023 appropriation bill of N20.5 trillion which was presented to the joint session of the lawmakers by President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday would be passed into law in December. Lawan disclosed this at a reception organised for him on Tuesday after he […]
The United Kingdom is looking at tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country. According to Home Office figures, Nigerians accounted for the highest increase in the number of dependants accompanying persons with study visas for the year ending in June 2022. It has been discovered that Nigerian […]
Lois Arzurfa, one of the freed victims of the Kaduna train attack, says she is willing to put the experience behind her. In an interview with Punch on Monday, Arzurfa recounted the ordeal she and 60 others faced in over six months of captivity. Speaking from a hospital bed in Kaduna, she narrated […]
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