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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its warning strike by eight weeks. ASUU reached the decision after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at its national secretariat in Abuja. The union said the decision was taken due to the unwillingness of government to meet their demands in the four weeks they declared a warning strike....

Aviation jet A1 fuel is to be sold at 500 naira within the next three days to prevent airlines from shutting down. This is according to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, MELE KYARI after a meeting with marketers, regulators and operators in the aviation industry. The meeting, which was presided over by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Re...

Senator LEKAN BALOGUN has been crowned as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan land. The official installation of the paramount ruler of Ibadan land held today at the Mapo Hall in the Oyo State capital. The new Olubadan, adorned with a white crown and wine traditional attire popularly known as ‘Aso Oke’, ascended the throne in grand style to usher in a new dispensation in the t...

The crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new twist after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rejected the notice for an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). INEC secretary, ROSE ORIARAN-ANTHONY, confirmed the commission’s decision in a letter dated March 9, 2022, and addressed to the party’s ‘national chairman’....

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain MUDA NUHU has disclosed that Airline operators cannot operate safely with a fifty-thousand-naira base for airfares.He made this disclosure at a meeting with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, AHMED WASE, over the scarcity and high cost of aviation fuel in the country.Meanwhile, airline operators&nbs...

Governor DAVE UMAHI has appealed the Federal High Court judgement which ordered the removal of him and his deputy, ERIC IGWE, from office. According to a notice appeal filed Governor UMAHI, and his deputy stated that the Federal High Court erred in his ruling and they, therefore, disagreed with the entire judgment which ordered their sack for defecting to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party (P...

The Senate has thrown out the request of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI for amendment of section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act which prevents appointive political office holders from contesting for election from party primary level without resigning. The request was rejected after the Senate Leader, Senator YAHAYA ABDULLAHI (APC Kebbi North) made the lead debate for the second reading of the bill. ...

Justice INYANG EKWO of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Ebonyi State Governor, DAVE UMAHI and his deputy, ERIC IGWE, to leave their seats following their defections to the APC. Justice EKWO, said that the governor and his deputy won the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and cannot transfer their mandate to another political party. The c...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has appreciated Nigerian women in celebration of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022. The year’s celebration which is themed Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow is under the hashtag #BreaktheBias. In a statement signed by presidential spokesperson FEMI ADESINA, the President said the celebration is an opportunity to reflect ...

The Yoruba socio-political group, AFENIFERE HAS hailed the release of Sunday Adeyemo by the Benin Republic Government. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade JARE AJAYI, it described the release of IGBOHO as a triumph over darkness in Yoruba land.  IGBOHO, who was released on Monday to Prof. BANJI AKINTOYE, and his deputy Professor WALE ADENIRAN, has been in detention...