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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday indicated that it might resume its suspended strike in February if the Federal Government failed to implement agreements it signed with the lecturers. The National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos on Wednesday. Ogunyemi however assured Nigerians that ASUU would […]
In line with the prevailing protocol put in place by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, restricting large gatherings, President Muhammadu Buhari will not be hosting the usual Christmas homage by religious and community leaders in the Federal Capital Territory. The President urges all citizens to, in line with the prescribed protocol, observe social […]
The Federal government through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has denied rumours that Nigeria’s database has been breached. In a statement on Wednesday, NIMC said the data of Nigerians are safe in its custody and that the information of citizens being circulated on the internet is not from its database. There have been speculations […]
The Federal Government has declared Friday 25, Monday 28 December 2020 and Friday, January 1, 2021 as public holidays, to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians both at home […]
As Nigeria grapple with the second wave of Covid-19, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to halt all flights to and from the United Kingdom. Atiku made the call on Sunday in a series of tweets. He explained that the reason Nigeria took a harder than necessary hit during the first […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed a Deputy Superintendent of Police for complicity in smuggling about 300,000 live cartridges from the Benin Republic into Nigeria. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, in Lagos. Mr Ani said that the PSC took the decisions […]
The Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, is set to start this December. The Minister for Youths and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare confirmed this on Friday at the National Stadium Lagos while briefing Journalists. The league which was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic is to resume on Sunday 27th December. With emphasis on the right […]
Students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara abducted last Friday and released on Thursday night have arrived Katsina State, according to The Punch. The students escorted into the state capital by security operatives with some still in their school uniforms, were led to an expansive hall in the Government House where they were received […]
The federal government has licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrollment of the National Identity Number (NIN) across Nigeria. This was disclosed on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) website on Wednesday. This is coming after a two-week ultimatum was issued by the government to telecom service providers to block […]
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party. In its ruling on Thursday, the court held that Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, exhibited bias in the case of the former PDP spokesman. The […]
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