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The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has said technological glitches are responsible for the non-payment of pension to retired federal civil servants in Lagos. Executive Secretary of PTAD, Dr CHIOMA EJIKEME, speaking on a monitored said her agency was working on resolving the delayed payments. A Lagos state secretary of the National Union of Pensioners, ABIODUN ...

The Federal Government has given indications that the lingering tussle between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is more than it seems. The Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED, said this after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. He said that in spite of the complexities, a lot is being done behind th...

Candidates in the Ekiti State governorship election have signed a Peace Accord ahead of the poll billed for this Saturday.  They signed the Peace Accord at an event in Ado-Ekiti led by a former Head of State  General ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR, who was represented by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH. At the event, chairman of the Independen...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that preliminary assessments have commenced ahead of the Ekiti State Governorship election. INEC Voter Education Commissioner, FESTUS OKEYE made the statement in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. OKOYE added that stakeholder engagement has commenced, and the peace accord will be signed today as part of activities lined...

National Assembly workers under the auspices of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria have suspended their strike. The workers embarked on the strike action last Monday, thereby tripping activities at the National Assembly for a week. They are demanding for payment in arrears of their wages and other entitlements, among others from the management of the National asse...

Eleven kidnapped passengers from the March 28 Kaduna train attack, who were released last weekend, have been reunited with their families. The victims were released by their abductors on Friday, following a series of negotiations with the Federal Government after spending eleven weeks in captivity. The eleven victims comprise six females and five males.&nbs...

Napoli striker VICTOR OSIMHEN has scored four goals as the Super Eagles beat Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier on Monday to give Nigeria their biggest win in history. He opened the score sheet in the 9th minute of the tie, before adding one each in the 48th, 65th, and 84th minutes.  This is reportedly his first hat-trick and haul for...

3 days of mourning has been declared in the 6 states of the South-West, following the deadly attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state. The 3-day mourning period which runs from today June 13 till Wednesday June 15 was declared by the South-West governors Forum in a statement issued after a meeting. The South-West governors condemned the incident which they described...

The 2022 Democracy Day celebration and parade is currently going on at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Democracy day parade is in honor of the return to civil rule and to remember Nigeria’s heroes of democracy. As at the time of reporting, different units of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police Force had performed their parade, with some oth...

Osun State Governor, ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA, has called on Nigerians to abandon the old primitive sentiments that have continued to threaten the unity, peace, and progress of the country. Governor OYETOLA said this while speaking at the June 12 commemoration event held in Osogbo. On his part, Anambra State Governor, Professor CHUKWUMA SOLUDO, said that democracy all over the world is ...