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President Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari has given the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, a two-week ultimatum to resolve the issues surrounding the ongoing 5-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU has been on strike since February 14th this year to compel the government to fulfill a …

File Photo: Nigeria Police The Katsina Police Command has vowed to capture a kingpin of bandits, Adamu Yankuzo, also known as Ada Aleyu, recently conferred with the traditional title of the Sarkin Fulani of Tsafe Emirate. The command disclosed this in a phone conversation with us on Tuesday, expressing its shock …

File: Dana Air plane A Dana Air Boeing 737 aircraft with registration number (5N DNA), on Tuesday, made an emergency landing on approach at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport following an issue with one of its engines. The airline confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, saying it happened …

A motor park at Mile 2, Lagos has been gutted by fire. This was confirmed in a terse statement shared with THE WITNESS by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service. The statement said: “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is presently combating intense Fire at an articulated Motor Park, …

A major disaster was averted on Tuesday after a serious incident involving a Dana Air Boeing 737 aircraft with registration number (5N DNA) made an emergency landing on approach at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport following an issue with one of its engines. The airline confirmed the incident in a statement …

Nelson With the passing of Chief Kemi Nelson, a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Lagos State has lost a very bright light, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has said. Chief Nelson, a former South-West Women Leader of the All Progressives …

Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, Oyo State Deputy Governor has been impeached, ENigeria Newspaper reports. The Oyo House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Debo Ogundoyin impeached Engineer Rauf Olaniyan. The House of Assembly approved the recommendations of the seven man panel set up by the Chief Judge which found Rauf Olaniyan …

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service says it is still attending to the raging fire which has engulfed Kadara Street, located within the Oko Baba sawmill in Ebute -Metta, Lagos. A statement by Ogabi Olajide, the deputy head of the agency, said  when its officials arrived at the  scene, …

Imported cars The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has said thousands of uncleared imported vehicles in Lagos State may be auctioned if the owners fail to comply with the newly introduced Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation policy NCS Area Comptroller of Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), Festus Oyedele Okun, put the …

Terrorists on Friday, attacked Paikon Basa community in Gurdi ward of Abaji Area Council of Abuja, killing a seven year-old boy identified as Ayuba. Daily Trust reports that a resident, James Gwatana, said bandits wielding sophisticated weapons invaded the community on Friday night. He said apart from the child who …