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ASUU The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reportedly called for an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) following the decision of the Federal Government to pay the lecturers half salaries for the month of October, 2022. While no date has been fixed yet, Punch gathered that …

Siminalaye Fubara A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify Siminalaye Fubara as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections. Fubara, the anointed candidate of Nyesom Wike, the incumbent governor of the state, had resigned as …

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the commission was determined to ensure that elections are never postponed due to problems with logistics. Yakubu stated this on Friday during the inauguration of the Electoral Logistics Committee (EloC) held at the INEC …

Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says his political structure in Kwara remains intact and cannot be successfully attacked and sunk. The minister said this in his hometown Oro near Ilorin at the traditional marriage of his granddaughter, Dr. Toyosi to an …

Forty-eight days after the Federal Government received the technical committee’s report that was set up to prevent the rejection of agro-exports from Nigeria at the international market, the government has hit the ground running with the implementation of some of the recommendations. In a bid to ensure that the recommendations …

Peter Obi Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he will dialogue with members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and apologize to EndSARS protesters if elected Nigeria’s president in 2023. The LP candidate who said this during an interview with Daily Trust in Abuja noted that …

Adams Oshiomhole, former APC National Chairman A former governor of Edo State and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has made claims that Nigeria spent between $20bn to $30bn on fuel subsidy during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was Nigeria’s president between 1999 and 2007. …

Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has expressed disappointment with himself that after 7 years in office, he has been unable to put an end to the out-of-school children challenge in the nation. He said that he recently realized he is the longest-serving education Minister …

The Communities tool is said to be intended to organise multiple group chats into one place: so that a school, neighbourhood or office could be joined together with a number of different chats. Administrators can then send messages to everyone in that community. WhatsApp on Thursday launched its new ‘Communities’ …

Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate for the Kogi State House of Assembly, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja over bank fraud, has been moved to Lagos. Atumeyi, cyber-fraud suspect was flown into Lagos in the early …