In a bid to weaken the influence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal Government, on Tuesday, registered two unions in the university system. The unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, who spoke […]
Presidential candidate of The Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has dismissed claims that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is a terrorist group. Obi, who made this assertion while in an interview with Channels Television, stated that IPOB members live around him and do not constitute a threat to the country. He said, “The […]
A 33-year-old man, Akindele Olufemi, was on Tuesday, paraded by Ekiti State Police command for allegedly stealing a sum of N620,115 offering belonging to a Church in Osun State. Also paraded were three persons for alleged fake kidnapping and for trying to collect a sum of N5 million ransom under false pretence, with 16 other […]
A strategic planning committee of Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council met behind closed-doors in Abuja on Tuesday evening to review its growing membership list. The meeting, chaired by Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, who is also the Director General of the council, started a bit late at the PCC office in Abuja. A source told […]
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has offered to purchase Twitter for the initial offer price of $44 billion. In a filing on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk made the offer in a letter to Twitter. The development comes ahead of a court trial between Musk and Twitter in Delaware’s […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed seven police officers for gross misconduct while demoting 10 others. In a statement, PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said the disciplinary measures were taken against the officers at the ongoing 15th Plenary Meeting of the commission which is expected to end on Thursday, […]
The former lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, on Tuesday, said some persons nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as Resident Electoral Commissioners are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) President Buhari had written to the Senate on July 26, asking the upper chamber to confirm 19 RECs for the Independent National […]
A former governor of Edo State Adams Oshiomhole says the country’s electoral process has improved, noting that it is no longer a “do or die” affair. Oshiomhole made the comment on Tuesday during the Citizens Elections Dialogue organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Yiaga Africa, and Channels Television. The former governor was […]
The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed has put to rest the insinuation that the Obidient movement is not welcome in the Northern part of the country. Speaking when he appeared on Arise TV on Tuesday, Datti opined that anyone thinking that the Labour Party and its presidential candidate are not […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has concluded arrangements for the campaigns of the 2023 elections. Addressing journalists after inspecting the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Office in Abuja, the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Aminu Tambuwal, said the exercise will kick off in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, on Monday. […]
