The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka branch, has expressed strong displeasure with the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) for disconnecting the institution from power supply for four days. While power has been restored as of Saturday, discussions between EKEDC and the university management regarding payment modalities and measures to […]
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Why we celebrated Bichi’s exit – DSS officers The reasons the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the DG of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, resigned from their positions have been revealed. Sources within the Presidency told Saturday Punch that President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, […]
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A file photo of candidates taking an examination The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to suspend the recent policy by the Federal Ministry of Education to peg the minimum age requirement for enrollment for senior secondary school examination at 18 years. The association described the policy as limiting, […]
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Arrested and detained EndBadGovernance protesters have applied to a federal high court in Abuja seeking to vacate an order allowing the police to detain them for 60 days. Nigerians staged a nationwide protest against economic hardship from August 1–10. The protesters demanded a reduction in the cost of governance, a return to the petrol subsidy […]
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has sacked the Executive management of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NIRSAL). A source at the organisation confirmed that the affected directors got their letters on Friday. The pioneer Managing Director, Mr. Aliyu Abdulhameed, had earlier been sent away […]
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By Etim Etim There were exuberant celebrations at the national secretariat of the NLC in Abuja and at its state offices when the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, returned from the police headquarters after meeting with police chiefs in Abuja. Ajaero was invited for interrogation for allegedly being involved in serious crimes, including money laundering and […]
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed not to allow anyone to take over the Peoples Democratic Party structure in Rivers State. The former Rivers State Governor vowed to cause a political crisis in their states if any PDP governor tried interfering in the party’s affairs in the South-South state. PDP […]
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A magistrate court in Kano has remanded Muktar Dahiru, a journalist, for allegedly making a Facebook post considered “insulting” to the state governor, Abba Yusuf, Dahiru, who works with Pyramid FM Kano, a radio station managed by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), was arrested Thursday over the post. According to Premium Times, the […]
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The Naira lost N30 and N28.48 at the parallel and official foreign exchange market last week amid the Central Bank of Nigeria Retail Dutch Auction System. This comes as the Naira depreciated to N1645 against the dollar on Friday compared to the N1615 exchange rate recorded last week on Friday, 23 August 2024. Similarly, FMDQ […]
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Amid prolonged delays in the appointment of ambassadors to oversee Nigeria’s diplomatic missions, the Federal Government disbursed an approximate sum of N14bn to no fewer than 16 foreign missions in July 2024, findings by Saturday Ponch have revealed. Nigeria has 109 missions: 76 embassies, 22 high commissions, and 11 consulates globally. Recall that on September […]
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