Police block SSANU, NASU protest in Abuja over four months withheld salaries
The Nigeria Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, on Thursday stopped the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, from embarking on protest…
US President, Biden tests positive for Covid-19
President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, according to the president and CEO of UnidosUS Janet Murguía. According to CNN, Biden was expected to speak at the group’s conference in Las Vegas Wednesday night. “I was just on the…
Reps okay N1.9trillion for NDDC
House of Representatives yesterday approved N1.9 trillion budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Of the sum, N38,545,349,193 is earmarked for personal expenditure while N29,246,506,753 is for overhead. Internal capital expenditure will receive N8,785,574,130; while N835,222,569,924 will be spent…
PDP governors seek political solution to Rivers logjam
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday called for a political solution to the protracted crisis rocking Rivers State. Governors on the platform of the major opposition party also renewed PDP’s bid for power shift in 2027, urging other leaders to…
Over one million students admitted illegally – JAMB
Over one million students were admitted illegally by some tertiary institutions in the country, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede has said. Oloyede stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the ongoing policy meeting on 2023/2024…
FG Reverse and Peg admission age into tertiary institutions at 16
The Federal Government has reversed pegged the age for admission into tertiary institutions at 16. It instructed the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to ensure that only students above 16 are henceforth admitted into tertiary institutions. Minister of Education,…
Reps to investigate non-allocation of crude to Dangote Refinery
The House of Representatives on Thursday, July 18, resolved to investigate allegations that the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and International Oil Companies operating in the country have colluded to deny Dangote Refinery crude oil supply, thereby frustrating its operation….
Lukman faults Ndume’s removal as Senate Chief Whip
Former member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Moh. Lukman has faulted the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Senate. He also picked holes in the role…
Alleged drug deal: Appeal Court refuses Abba Kyari’s request to quash charge
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari praying that the alleged unlawful drug deal charge against him be quashed. In a judgment on Thursday, July 18, a three-member…
Customs varsity for take off before 2027
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has said that the Nigeria Customs University, Badagry, Lagos state will come on stream before the end of the current administration, while assuring that the committee was ready to give the…