Students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have taken to the streets to protest the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which entered 80th day. The Nation learnt students of the institution blocked the ever-busy Benin-Lagos Expressway, school gate and Ring Road. The protest caused gridlock on the highway for hours, […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold congresses to pick delegates who will vote at the state and national level between Saturday, May 7 and Monday, May 9. This information is in a schedule of activities released by Suleiman Arugungu, APC national organising secretary. These ad hoc delegates will be tasked with picking the […]
THE apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has set up a committee that would visit the various Emirs and Obas across the country to draw support from them to appeal to their people in the political parties to nominate Igbo candidates for the 2023 presidential election. The president of the Anambra State branch of […]
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has pardoned 90 inmates across correctional centres in the state. The governor granted the prisoners pardon when he paid a Sallah visit to the Goron Dutse Correctional Centre, Kano, on Monday, alongside some members of the State Executive Council (SEC), party leaders and other top government dignitaries. […]
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has proposed the reintegration of repentant terrorists to ensure the absolute return of peace in Nigeria’s north-east region. He gave the recommendation on Tuesday while addressing a gathering in Borno after visiting a camp housing people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. Guterres, who is […]
Eight civilians have been reported dead following an attack on Kautukari, a community in Chibok LGA of Borno state. A resident in the area told TheCable that several properties were set ablaze by the insurgents. TheCable had reported how suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) overran the community on […]
BBARING any last-minute changes, former governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, may pick the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms, on Friday, to contest the 2023 governorship race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ambode was governor of Lagos state for one term. He lost the APC ticket in the […]
The committee set up by the Federal Government to re-negotiate the 2009 agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions have submitted its interim report to the Ministry of Education. Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige, who disclosed this yesterday, said the Education Ministry has already commenced work on […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that whatever the situation and condition is, all will be well with Nigeria. Obasanjo, who said this at a Global Crusade organised by the Deeper Life Bible Church, in Abeokuta and monitored online on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to have faith in God. The former President said that […]
Victor Oshioke, media aide to Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his principal will announce his intention to contest the presidency on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Oshioke said the former Edo governor will make an official declaration at 3pm at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for […]
