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The Leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it is awaiting the release of the N40 billion earned allowance the Federal Government promised the union, 12 days after it called off the nine-month strike. ASUU called of its strike on December 23, 2020, after a new deal with the government team, […]
Nigerians are more worried over insecurity, unemployment, poverty, corruption and high cost of living than they are of the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed over 1,300 people in the last nine months, a poll says. The poll, which was conducted by Infotrak Research and Consulting, shows that only seven per cent of respondents expressed worry […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that some foreign entities including human right groups such as Amnesty International and the International Criminal Court were being used to frustrate Nigeria’s efforts to deal with the Boko Haram menace. The Minister of Information and Culture said this on Monday at a media […]
As Nigeria battles the second wave of the corona virus pandemic, Information Minster, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government has no plan to impose a fresh lockdown on Nigeria. Mohammed, who spoke at a conference in Lagos Monday, appealed to Nigerians to adhere to all protocols outlined by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. […]
Prophet T. B. Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has denied saying Senator Orji Kalu would be Nigeria’s next president. Joshua was reported to have said over the weekend during a church service that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor would be a former governor from the southern part of the country who […]
The Nigerian Medical Association has called on the Federal Government to come up with new policies that will help to reduce the spread of the virus as the nation grapples with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Professor Uja, the Chairman of the association in an interview on Monday in Abuja also said the […]
The House of Representatives is mulling prisons terms will for cultivators, sellers and smokers of cannabis otherwise called Indian Hemp in Nigeria. This is contained in a new bill currently before the House for consideration. The draft is seeking to amend the contemporary Indian Hemp Act to provide for stiffer punitive measures against promoters of […]
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 […]
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