The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, while speaking on the issues between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, said the ‘no work, no pay’ policy reportedly enforced on the lecturers ought to be applicable to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Sowore, who spoke at the…
A former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has lamented that Nigeria is becoming a global threat, noting that the country has failed. Duke, who insisted that the system has been corrupted, stressed that no political party can get the country out of its current state. He said this on Saturday at the Front…
Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too; and he knows that we know,” the article reads in part. “The game he is playing is the main reason he didn’t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say,…
Twitter has been agog with a United States District Court judgement from the Northern District of Illinois taking possession of Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s money over his involvement in drug trafficking. The judgement docketed on July 26, 1993, and certified by Thomas O. Burton, the clerk of the court, indicted Tinubu for heroin trafficking in the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) AbdulRasheed Bawa has appealed the contempt of court verdict handed down to him by the Abuja High Court. Mr Bawa disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists at the House of Representatives. The Court gave the judgement following the EFCC refusal to return N40…
The Osun YPP Chairman has been suspended for what the disciplinary committee described as sheer misconduct. The report of the disciplinary committee set up by the state executives of the Osun State Young Progressives Party (YPP) to investigate the legal action instigated by the suspended chairman Com. Remi Ayanlade and the suspended secretary Com. Bimbo…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in custody in the United Kingdom. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order following an ex-parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba on behalf of the…
Although the government has yet to break the silence on the reason for making the half payment, informations gathered that the decision was taken based on the fact that the lecturers resumed work in the middle of October. official statement from the government as to why they decided to pay us half salaries, though unconfirmed…
“Let me assure you that one of the very first things we will tackle is the perennial flooding in Kogi State. Flooding is a big problem in Kogi perhaps because of its strategic location as the confluence between Rivers Niger and Benue. “This state has particularly been ravaged this year by flooding. You have lost…
Every hour, almost 100 children under the age of five die in Nigeria due to malnutrition, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. The Chief Nutritionist for UNICEF, Nemat Hajeebhoy, said this on Thursday in Abuja during a media executive roundtable meeting organised by the National Council of Nutrition in collaboration with the Office of…