Court workers to begin strike Thursday
President of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Comrade Marwan Mustapha Adamu said the strike is in compliance with the directive of the nation’s three labour centres to down …
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Gunmen kill Imo Catholic priest, one other
Gunmen on Monday night murdered a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Jude Egbuom and made away with his vehicle in Nkwerre in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. The …
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Workers’ Salary Arrears Will Be Paid In Six Months –Fayemi
“Ekiti people should expect the eight-point agenda redoubled. They should expect the backlog of salaries cleared within the first six months of my coming to the office. They should expect …
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UTME: Only 25% scored above 200, says Oloyede
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has said that 414,696 candidates, out of the 1,603,181 who sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, …
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Cross River reference point of agric policy, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday described Cross River State as a reference point in the agriculture revolution of his administration. He spoke in Calabar while inaugurating the state seedlings and seed …
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Killings: Buhari to put more pressure on security chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday promised to put more pressure on security chiefs to stop the spate of killings in the land. Speaking at an interactive session with stakeholders in Jos, …
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Banks aiding pay-roll fraud in Civil Service, Bayelsa govt. alleges
The Bayelsa State Government has accused some financial institutions operating in the state of colluding with unscrupulous civil servants to defraud the state government by promoting the ghost worker syndome …
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Our lawmakers don’t deserve re-election – Niger Delta leaders
Niger Delta leaders yesterday called on their people to vote out current members representing them in the National Assembly in the 2019 General election. The leaders described their region’s members …
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2018 budget cut: National Assembly committed crime against humanity, says SERAP
A civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, says the National Assembly violated the fundamental rights of Nigerians by cutting the proposed allocations for essential public services, including health, …
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Rice smuggling: Fed Govt to shut land border
The Federal Government will shut down the borders with a neighbouiring country through which rice is smuggled on a large scale, a minister said yesterday. Minister of Agriculture and Rural …
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Italy’s Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Stop Shell, Eni’s Nigerian Corruption Trial
Italy’s Supreme Court threw out an appeal from Shell and four former Shell managers to stop a trial on alleged corruption in Nigeria, which also sees Eni’s chief facing charges, …
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FEC approves N185b for 14 roads
Special Adviser on Media and publicity to the President Femi Adesina, who briefed reporters after the meeting, was accompanied by Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister of Trade and …
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Offa robberies: Police arrest more suspects in Oyo, Kogi, recover firearms
The operatives of the Intelligence Response Team led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, have arrested more suspects in connection with the April 5 Offa bank robberies during …
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Buhari not bound to consult before conferring national honours
The president had on June 6, proclaimed June 12 as the new Democracy Day, replacing the hitherto May 29 Democracy in acknowledgement of June 12, 1993 presidential election described as …
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