Russian football clubs and national teams have been suspended from all competitions by Fifa and Uefa after the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The world and European football governing bodies said they would be banned “until further notice”. It means the Russian men’s team will not play their World Cup play-off matches next month and […]
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday refused to grant bail to the detained former Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Force Intelligence Bureau, Nigerian Police Force, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Ekwo held that already there is an order of the court which had granted the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) maintains that it will not back down on the current industrial action, accusing the Federal Government of not keeping to its promises. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke said this on Monday, more than two weeks after ASUU declared a one-month warning strike over the Federal Government’s […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the ‘Notice of Election’ (Form EC60A) for the 2023 general elections. The electoral body had released a comprehensive timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 polls at the weekend. The Commission tweeted @inecnigeria: “And in line with the first activity in the Timetable and Schedule […]
The clamour for resource control and state police by the Southern Governors’ Forum seems to have suffered a setback going by the details of the 68 amendments proposed by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Special Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution. Also, the gains brought by the Federal […]
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has frowned at the statement credited to former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar about him getting the ticket of the party for 2023 Presidential election. Atiku after his visit to former president Olusegun Obasanjo told journalists that he will pick the party’s ticket and when asked if he’s confident of […]
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Revd. Ignatius Kaigama, Sunday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to the cries of Nigerians and resolve the lingering fuel scarcity and the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Kaigama, in his homily at the dedication ceremony of Holy Cross Parish in Gwarinpa, Abuja, said […]
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has rejected the electricity bill being considered by the senate. In a letter dated February 22 and addressed to Gabriel Suswam, chairman of the senate committee on power, Kayode Fayemi, NGF chairman, said it is “unconstitutional” for the upper legislative chamber to consider and pass a bill that treats […]
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo state has described Saturday’s state constituency bye-election held in Ngor Okpala Council Area as a charade that cannot survive honest scrutiny. This is also as the party described the conduct of Governor Hope Uzodinma and scores of his aides, as an assault on the integrity of the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied rumours that it demanded a fresh payment of N1 trillion from the federal government as a condition to end its ongoing strike. ASUU embarked on a warning strike on February 14 after a two-day deliberation of the union’s national executive council. The union had accused […]
