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The Federal Government has registered two unions in the university system.The unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA).CONUA is a union for lecturers across the nation’s universities and it is led by a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, NIYI SUNMONU. The group was established in 2018 at OAU....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI will on formally present the 2023 budget estimates before a joint session of the National Assembly. The budget presentation is set to be the last to be done by the President, as he will be leaving office next year before the next budget is presented. Some few weeks back, the Minister of Finance ZAINAB AHMED had proposed two options for the National Assem...

Two months after the jailbreak which saw over 800 inmates escape at the Kuje Medium Custodial Facility in Abuja, about 422 inmates are yet to be recaptured. Reports state that 879 inmates, including 64 high-profile Boko Haram terrorists fled the facility during the jailbreak. The Nigerian Correctional Service’s spokesperson, UMAR ABUBAKAR, had said five persons, including an offi...

A former Chief of Army Staff, General ABDURRAHMAN DAMBAZAU (retd.) has said that insurgency has gone beyond being a threat to Nigeria as it now affects about 15 countries in West Africa including the Benin Republic. DAMBAZAU, was Chief of Army Staff from August 2008 to September 2010 and Nigeria’s Minister of Interior between November 2015 and May 2019,  He however, sai...

Federal government has announced that the purported list of nominees for national honors being circulated by some online media organizations is fake.President MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S late Chief of Staff, ABBA KYARI, and 436 other names surfaced online over the weekend.Also on the list are the presidential spokesperson, FEMI ADESINA, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), ISHAQ OLOYEDE, and...

The leadership of the House of Representatives will on Tuesday meet President MUHAMMADU BUHARI to provide their own recommendations to resolving the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Sources say that the lawmakers are scheduled to meet with the President, and offer resolutions they have reached from the various stakeholders meeting that have took place in the past couple of weeks.&nb...

The Chief of staff to President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Professor IBRAHIM GAMBARI has given assurances that Nigeria will be a safer and more secure country before his principal leaves office on May 29, 2023. Professor GAMBARI, said this while speaking at the 20th convocation lecture of the graduating cadets of regular course 69 of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Professor GA...

The presidency has said that president MUHAMMADU BUHARI will address the nation in a telecast on Saturday Tomorrow to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.           This was contained in a statement signed by presidential spokesperson FEMI ADESINA . He said the address is part of activities to celebrate the 62nd Independence Anniversa...

IBRAHIM GUSAU has been elected as the new President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).  IBRAHIM GUSAU was elected during the Annual General Assembly of the NFF in Benin City. GUSAU had won the first round with 21 votes but he could not be declared the outright winner for failing to meet the minimum threshold of 22 votes. ...

Lagos government has suspended all activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) with immediate effect.The announcement came after factional members of the association clashed in the Iyana Iba and Lagos Island areas of the state.In a statement announcing the suspension, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, SOLA GIWA, said the move was aimed at fulfilling one o...