Fresh strike looms in the nation’s universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has threatened to embark on another round of industrial action following the alleged failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union. It gave government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or it will activate […]
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The Federal Government has implemented a 7.5 per cent tax on imported Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, as the cost of the commodity jumps by over 100 per cent within a period of eight months. It was gathered on Sunday that the government implemented the VAT on LPG imports about three weeks ago […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has recovered N53 billion from a real estate developer for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Its Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, who made the disclosure during a meeting with the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee Investigating the Operations of Real Estate Developers in the […]
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The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, Mr Mudasiru Abdullahi, has ordered a full scale investigation into the assassination of a Nigerian Pilot, Mr Abdulkarim Ibn Na-Allah. He gave the order late Sunday in Kaduna in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige. “I have directed that a full scale […]
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Omolayo receiving a handshake from President Muhammadu Buhari after conquering the world at the Paralympics in 2016 ’Team Nigeria won their second gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Sunday as Bose Omolayo claimed victory in the women’s 73kg para-powerlifting. She lifted a Paralympics record of 141kg to win the gold medal. She had […]
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The Federal Government, on Sunday, expressed concern about the 21-day strike notice issued by the Nigerian Medical Association over the alleged failure of government to meet the demands of the striking resident doctors. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while responding to an inquiry on the threat by the NMA, said doctors should stop embarking […]
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The South East Mandate (SEM), a new group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the weekend, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to nudge the party to nominate its presidential candidate in 2023 from the South East. Convener of the group and former Senate Committee Chairman on Works, Chief Julius Ucha, from Ebonyi State, stated that […]
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About 50 students of Imo State origin studying at the University of Jos returned safely to the state, at the weekend, courtesy of the state government, which provided free transport and security. Receiving the evacuees at Government House, Owerri, Governor Hope Uzodimma, represented by Chief of Staff, Nnamdi Anyaehie, said he was touched by their […]
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Glowing tributes continue to rain on the deceased music megastar, and university professor, Sir Victor Uwaifo. He died on Saturday afternoon at the Edo State government-owned Stella Obasanjo Specialist Hospital on Sapele Road in Benin, the Edo state capital at 80. Those who paid tributes include Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; Senate Chief Whip Orji […]
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday mourned the passing of legendary musician and art teacher, Prof. Victor Uwaifo, whose death was reported on Saturday evening. In a statement issued in Benin City, he expressed shock and sadness over the news of Uwaifo’s death, noting that his passing at this time was a huge loss […]
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