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President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has met with the 23 released victims of the March 28, 2022, Abuja-Kaduna train attack.  BUHARI met the victims at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna about 24 hours after their release.  Earlier, the President was in Kaduna State at the passing-out parade and commissioning ceremo...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it will sue the Federal Government at the National Industrial Court over the recognition of two rival academic unions. Lawyer of ASUU FEMI FALANA SAN disclosed this to newsmen today, and was confirmed by the union’s President, Prof EMMANUEL OSODEKE. This comes 2 days after the Federal Government registered two new academic unions...

Ogun state governor DAPO ABIODUN has described teachers as career molders, mentors and national builders who sacrifice their all to produce diverse professionals for the nation. Governor ABIODUN disclosed this at the celebration of the 2022 World Teachers’ day in Abeokuta, the state capital. Governor ABIODUN said that education remain the bedrock of socio-political and econo...

The Federal Government through the minister of education, ADAMU ADAMU has hailed teachers for not embarking on strike despite what it tagged as “unfavorable and intolerable policies”. The minister made this known during the 2022 World Teachers Day celebration in Abuja. Speaking during the ceremony, ADAMU noted that teachers embraced the principle of constructive engage...

The House of Representatives has commenced the process of scrapping and merging ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government, with its Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Duplication of Functions of Agencies of the Federal Government commencing the move to reduce the cost of governance and ensure efficiency. The committee asked the MDAs to justify why they should remain in existence and as individual entities....

Speaker of the House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, has met with President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, to present him with some recommendations on how to resolve the persisting ASUU strike.GBAJABIAMILA led the leadership of the House to see the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.While addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Speaker said the lawmakers are hopeful because the Pres...

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...