At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others seriously injured Friday when a Ukranian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country, the interior ministry said . “ Twenty -two people died , ” Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko told AFP , adding that “ the search […]
….Army kills 21 bandits, loses three soldiers in Katsina Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the regional governor in restive northeast Nigeria, three security said. Sources told AFP that eight policemen, three soldiers and four members of a government-backed militia […]
….FG Warns Civil Servants Against Joining Strike …..Airspace to be shut as aviation unions back labour strike ….Governors’ Forum urges labour unions to exercise caution Ibe Pascal Arogorn The Nigeria Labour Congress on Friday insisted that it will go on with its planned mass action scheduled for Monday, September 28. In a communique by its […]
The federal government has shut down a Chinese company polluting water supply in Karshi area council of the federal capital territory (FCT). The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) broke the news on Friday, stating that the agency has shut down a Chinese gold mining company, Hongao Mining Company Limited located in Kutasa […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil (ASUU-KUST), has urged stakeholders to prevail on the Federal Government to fulfill its promises towards ending the ongoing strike. The call was made in a statement jointly signed by Muhammad Gaya and Murtala Muhammad, chairman and secretary of the association, and issued […]
The Police at Force headquarters on Friday paraded 17 suspects including School Principals, Teachers and Supervisors who were caught engaging in examination malpractices during the last West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) in the country. The 17 suspects were arrested from Kano, Bauchi, Nasarawa and Rivers state. while other suspects nabbed for similar malpractices in Delta, […]
…Petitions UN, give Nigeria last chance for peaceful dissolution Ahead of the 60th independence anniversary of Nigeria on October 1, agitators of Biafra Republic in the southeast, and their Oduduwa counterparts in the southwest, yesterday, forged a common front to advance their cause of self-determination. This came as the bodies urged the Federal Government to […]
Nigerians mark the 60th independence anniversary of their beloved country next Thursday, few will disagree that, amidst the myriad of unnerving socio-economic and security challenges facing the nation, Nigeria remains a great country still waiting to happen. October 1, therefore signals another opportunity to ponder on the state of the nation and the failure of […]
The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Mathew Hassan Kukah has restated the Catholic Church’s support for the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at ridding the country of corruption, economic and financial crimes. Bishop Kukah reaffirmed this on Thursday, 24 September, 2020 while playing host to the Sokoto Zonal Head of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the appointments of Chief Executive Officers of agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Following recommendations to the President by Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau gets another nod as the Executive Secretary of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF); Ahmed Bobboi as Executive Secretary/ […]
