Death toll from a strange disease which has ravaged the communities of Ute-Okpu and Idumesa in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State for over two weeks running has risen to over 30. A middle-aged woman, Mrs Monica Emeke, lost two of her children, a boy and a girl in one day to the […]
As the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities enters the seventh month, the lecturers have said it will suspend it if the Federal Government pays their withheld salaries and completes the negotiations of what led to the strike. The union accused the government of trying to use hunger, a weapon of […]
“Trump undermining US electoral system – International observers Agency report Supporters of United States President , Donald Trump, some of whom are suspected to be armed , have surrounded Maricopa County Election Department, Arizona , protesting the election . A video of the protest broadcast on CNN, showed many of the protesters carrying Trump banners […]
For demanding better conditions of service and regularisation of their appointment, the Department of State Services has sacked 140 teachers and other staff members of its Community Staff Schools , Asokoro , Abuja . The service also shut down the institution and directed the 1, 800 pupils in the nursery /primary and secondary classes to […]
A tense US presidential election was still undecided on Wednesday amid delays in vote counting in some key swing states, even as President Donald Trump claimed that there was a fraud being perpetrated against him. The outcome of the race now appears to be down to six states: Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and […]
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has said that the Police is working with the Police Service Commission to ensure that officers who lost their lives and those injured during the #EndSARS protest would be promoted to the next rank. This is even as he disclosed that officers and men of the Force will continue […]
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are yet to reach an agreement on the union demands, according to Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment. He said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed-door conciliation meeting between Federal Government representatives and ASUU on Wednesday in Abuja. […]
As the Federal Government has promised to distribute over six million electricity meters free to Nigerians, President Muhammad Buhari has assured that his administration will end the estimated billing regime in electricity supply in the country. The President gave the assurance Wednesday evening in a thread of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, @MBuhari, saying […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over fresh plans by the Federal Government to secure an additional US$1.2 billion loan from the Brazilian Government. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday, said it was worrisome that government had such a plan in […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday warned parties not to fall into contempt after police officers allegedly attempted to arrest the embattled Managing Director of HealthPlus Ltd, Bukky George, on the court’s premises. Mrs George is Plaintiff in a suit involving HealthPlus Ltd, HealthPlus Africa Holdings Ltd, Dr. Ayo Salami, Ms. Afsane […]
