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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said universities should be isolated from the Federal Government’s circular on new employment owing to the shortage of lecturers. The commission also stated that 100,000 academic staff members were attending to 2.1 million students in Nigerian universities. The NUC disclosed this in its latest …

Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former head of the Interim National Government that succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. Shonekan died in Lagos on Tuesday at the age of 85. He was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and November 17 1993 when …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, …

Surgeons perform a transplant of a heart from a genetically modified pig to patient David Bennett, Sr., in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 7, 2022. AFP US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve …

The N369 billion Second Niger Bridge in the Southeast is President Muhammadu Buhari’s biggest capital project, Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu has said. He spoke on Thursday in his Camp Neya country home in Igbere, Abia State. It was during a meeting he convened for the executive committee members …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted after President Muhammadu Buhari ruled out the possibility of releasing him from detention on the grounds of pardon. Buhari, during a Channels TV interview on Wednesday, said the IPOB leader must face the charges levelled against him …

Nigeria will collapse if a northerner succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka has warned during a sermon. Mbaka, who is the spiritual director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, sounded the warning during his weekly sermon in Enugu. The vocal priest urged northerners to allow condidates from …

What would have resulted into a fatal accident was reportedly prevented in Lagos State on Thursday, after the convoy of a Brigadier reportedly jumped a red light and hit the convoy of the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat. The incident reportedly occurred at about 6.05pm at Adebayo Kuku …

At least 60 people were reportedly killed in attacks across villages in Zamfara State. Some of the affected communities were identified as Kurfa Danya, Kurfa Magaji Rafin Gero, Tungar Isa and Barayar Zaki in Bukkuyum and Anka Local Government Areas of the state. A resident identified as Babangida said: “They …

In the last five months that Otunba Kehinde Oloyede assumed office as the chairman Oshodi/Isolo local government area Oshodi-Isolo has remained a place to be while in Lagos. Commercial bus drivers, residents, tanker drivers, motor park boys and traders all hail Otunba Kendoo for providing a good road network for …