The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is holding its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting Sunday, in Abuja to decide the next line of action on its industrial action that has entered 167th day. ASUU and other university based unions went on strike over alleged federal government’s failure to…
The cheapest state to live in the south is Osun. Things are relatively cheap here from house rent to basic provisions. If you’re really tired of staying in glorified cities then Osun is the most convenient place you can live in. There is stable power too in Osun. Osun has one of the most stable…
The federal government has reportedly procured six attack helicopters from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). The helicopter, T129, has the capacity to perform well in hot temperatures and high altitudes. According to Defense News, Temel Kotil, general manager of TAI, said the company will deliver a batch of six T129 attack helicopters. Kotil did not mention…
No fewer than 71.1 per cent of the 11.011 million potential voters registered at the on-going exercise are youth, INEC has mentioned. INEC’s spokesperson in Cross River, Tonia Nwobi, who spoke in Calabar on Thursday, said the figure represented those who registered between June 28, 2021 and July 25, 2022. She said that out of…
Dr. Wale Bolorunduro, who served as Osun State Commissioner for Finance during the first term of ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday, announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. Bolorunduro, an ally of Aregbesola, had a running battle with the administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola, especially regarding state debt portfolio, and when the state government decided…
An international telecom investor-operator, Orange Group, has vowed to play a big part in the Nigerian telecom sector including mobile, data, fixed and financial technology support services.Mrs. Victoria Adefala, stated this when she led a six-member team of Orange Middle East and Africa, on a visit to the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof….
Stakeholders and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, set up a high-powered committee to reconcile aggrieved party members and halt the gale of defection in Kaduna State. Led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai, the team comprises the State Working Committee, chairmen of various local government areas, elected representatives, elders and members of the State Executive…
ANAMBRA STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES 5TH ALTERATIONS BILLS OF 1999 CONSTITUTION.By CHUKWUEMEKA MODILIM..July 28, 2022….Anambra State House of Assembly has passed Fifth Alterations Bills of the 1999 Constitution from alteration one to sixty-six as adopted by National Assembly for the benefit of the people. According to the Majority Leader, Dr. Nnamdi Okafor, the Senate and House…
Seyi Tinubu, a promoter and child of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, posted a picture on Instagram and deleted it after it implicated him in monetary inducement on Wednesday. When zoomed, the now deleted picture showed “Money Inducements” on the whiteboard bearing items on the agenda at Tuesday’s strategy meeting Seyi attended at a youth campaign office in Abuja….
The federal government says it will penalise the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Daily Trust over their documentaries on terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. Lai Mohammad, minister of information and culture, said this in Abuja on Thursday. “Let me assure you, they will not get away with this naked glorification of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria,” Mohammad said….