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The West African Elders Forum (WAEF) Mission to Liberia has called for caution and restraint as Liberians wait eagerly for the final results of the November 14 presidential run-off elections which is currently being collated by the country’s National Electoral Commission (NEC). Head of WAEF Mission and former Nigerian President …

A lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Dr Ayo Ojediran, has slumped and died in his office. The incident occurred on Tuesday. Students of the school have mourned the demise of the 52-year-old lecturer. The Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, said …

The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress has suspended the ongoing strike. The unions suspended the strike on Wednesday night following the intervention of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The meeting with Ribadu started a few minutes after 7 pm and extended …

Prof Tahir Mamman, new Minister of Education A total of 179 students awarded the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship in Russian for the 2023/2024 academic session are to depart Nigeria on Wednesday. Speaking at the pre-departure briefing ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, charged …

… Orji, Ikpeazu Mourn Death Of Passengers During Truck Accident In Aba Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has ordered the immediate restoration of the previous directives restricting movement of heavy duty vehicles within Umuahia and Aba metropolis between the hours of 7am and 8pm as part of measures in …

Labour leaders – Festus Osifo of TUC and Joe Ajaero of NLC The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo has denied receiving any court order stopping the Organised Labour from embarking on the ongoing nationwide strike that began on Tuesday. According to Osifo, once the unions receive a court order …

The Court of Appeal panel led by Justice Yargata Nimpar had last Wednesday reserved judgment in the two appeals after listening to the arguments of the parties. The Court of Appeal in Lagos State will today, Wednesday, deliver its judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the …

NLC President Joe Ajaero brutalized in Imo.   National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest of those who attacked the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, Imo State capital, on November 1. Ajaero, who was in Owerri to lead a protest, was …

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated a committee tasked with revoking Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) belonging to erring landowners. The task force, led by Estate Surveyor Michael O. Chinda, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Lands, …

Old naira notes   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the use of old Naira notes indefinitely and beyond the December 31, 2023 deadline set by the Supreme Court. Isa AbdulMumin, Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, in a statement on Tuesday, said Nigerians should recall that the apex bank introduced …