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UNIJOS VC, Professor Ishaya Tanko Electricity returns after three months blackout Reprieve may have come for protesting students of the University of Jos as its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, on Saturday, announced that the institution has crashed its fees. According to him, the decision to reduce the fees followed …

Governor Ademola Adeleke Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has confirmed reported aircraft incident involving Governor Ademola Adeleke. The media aide, on Sunday, noted that there are strong indications that the two aircraft engines were tampered with before boarding. Reacting to news reports on the incident, the …

A plane that crashed while trying to land in stormy weather in the Brazilian Amazon has led to the killing of all the fourteen persons on board. Officials said the small plane’s pilot was approaching the remote town in heavy rain, with low visibility, and appeared to inadvertently start landing …

Leading experts in Nigeria’s health sector have said it would be impossible to produce sufficient personnel to effectively meet the country’s increasing healthcare needs with the current burden of brain drain. They held that it would take Nigeria 20 years, at the minimum, to produce 400,000 health workers needed to …

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu was aided by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, who parted ways with his erstwhile colleague, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. The Nobel Laureate said this, according to …

The Lagos State Government has announced the postponement of the planned rehabilitative works on the failed sections of the Third Mainland Bridge. The repairs were scheduled to go on for two consecutive Sundays, September 17 and 24, between 7 am to 7 pm on both days. According to a release …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule The Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned Governor Abdullahi Sule against dragging President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, into the politics of the state. In a statement made available to journalists in Lafia on …

Governor Alex Otti has officially commissioned Emelogu road, Shallom road and Cemetry road phase 1, all in Aba which were newly reconstructed with solar street lights by his administration. Speaking while commissioning the roads in Aba, Otti reassured the people of his commiment to fulfilling his campaign promises. He said …

L-R: CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso and Former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises, Muda Yusuf, has cautioned the newly appointed Central Bank Governor, Oluyemi Michael Cardoso against running the apex bank like his predecessor. The changes in the apex …

Director-General, Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha Nigeria’s debt servicing spending slowed to N849.58bn in the second quarter of 2023, findings have shown. This was a decrease by 43.04 per cent compared to N1.49tn, which was spent in Q1 2023 on servicing debt. According to data obtained from the Debt Management …